Excellence starts in the mind – doing science, shaping your career
How clarity, attitude, and strategic thinking change research paths and teaching.

Being appointed to a professorship is more than just a career move — it marks a turning point. The appointment marks the beginning of a phase in which academic excellence, leadership skills, and strategic positioning come together in a unique way.
During this sensitive transition period, we — Martina Grünewald-Ernst, coach with training in psychotherapy and neuroscience, and Prof. Dr. Burkard Hillebrands, physicist and chair holder — support scientists in the postdoctoral and application phase and after their first appointment.
We explain what we specifically do in a Podcast (in German)
This is an initiative within the framework of the state research center OPTIMAS of RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau.
Contact us:
- OPTIMAS management office, RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, Phone: +49 (0)631 205 3576, e-mail: optimas_gf(at)uni-kl.de
- LeaCo Lab, Martina Grünewald-Ernst, Eichenstraße 12, 42659 Solingen, Phone: +49 (0) 212 / 52085310, e-mail: info(at)leaco-lab.de