🎉 PhDversary! Annual update – DC1 – Simon Schröder
July 1, 2026 It really doesn’t feel like three years have passed since starting my #PhDjourney at the University of Groningen as part of #BiodeCCodiNNg. Sometimes it feels much longer, sometimes it feels much shorter than that. I’ve grown a lot personally and professionally during that time and feel excited to start into this fourth […]
🎉 PhDversary! Annual update – DC7 – Lilla Gal
June 13, 2026 Special congratulations to Lilla Gal on her third PhD-versary! 🎉 A wonderful milestone to celebrate alongside the closing of such a memorable chapter for the BiodeCCodiNNg Doctoral Network. Attending conferences always reminds me why I chose this path and gives me fresh motivation for what comes next. Over the past three days, I had the […]
🎉 PhDversary! Annual update – DC10 – Flora Maria Bindreiter
January 22, 2026 My second #PhD year taught me resilience and an analytical mindset that I expect to be useful in future research projects: If it first looks to me like an experiment didn’t work, a second look might show that it did work — the result is just different from what I expected. I am more than grateful for […]
Wishing you a peaceful holiday season and a bright New Year 🎉😊
December 18, 2025 December always brings a funny balance—one foot in work and the other in Holiday mode 🎄💼. As we wrap up another year, we celebrate the dedication, creativity, and resilience of our doctoral researchers, as well as the support of our supervisors and industry partners 👩🔬👨🔬🤝. This year has been shaped by collaboration, learning, and […]
🎉 PhDversary! Annual update – DC4 – Annika Hein
December 9, 2025 Two years ago, I moved from the Baltic Sea to the North Sea to begin my #PhD journey here at the University of Groningen. Now, I have completed the first half of my PhD, and I am looking forward to the second half! The past year of my journey has been eventful, […]
🎉 PhDversary! Annual update – DC9 – Lan Julij Zadravec
October 27, 2025 I have completed my second year of my #PhD at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology and it has been an incredibly interesting and productive year. Over the course of this past year, I was able to promote biocatalysis at the University of Zagreb’s MUZZA festival, as well […]
🎉 PhDversary! Annual update – DC5 – Nikita Pal
September 21, 2025 2 years since I began my PhD journey at the University of Graz, and it’s been a year of steady growth, collaboration, and lessons. Over this year, I had the joy to supervise a bachelor’s student as well as work alongside DC4 Annika Hein during her secondment in Graz. I also delivered […]
🎉 PhDversary! Annual update – DC2 – Carina Kipp
August 28, 2025 This past year has been full of learning and growth — from workshops in Gothenburg and Zagreb on industrial processes and reaction modeling, to my first secondment in Göttingen where Suresh Rohan and I successfully crystallized my enzyme variant. I’m grateful for the opportunities that #BiodeCCodiNNg continues to bring and excited to […]
🎉 Two Years into the PhD Journey! Annual update – DC8 – Lindelo Mguni
August 5, 2025 Today marks two years since I began my PhD journey — and what a journey it’s been so far! In these past 24 months, I’ve had the opportunity to: 🔹 Attend 3 academic conferences, presenting posters showcasing my research (and one speed talk), 🔹 Complete my academic secondment in Groningen (@RUG), 🔹 […]
🎉 PhDversary! Annual update – DC1 – Simon Schröder ✨
July 1, 2025 Can’t believe it has been two years since starting my #PhD at the University of Groningen. For me, this now marks the halfway point of my studies, which is exciting and frightening at the same time. The recent year of this journey has been quite eventful. I was able to attend workshops […]