Excellence starts in the mind – doing science, shaping your career

OPTIMAS offers support on the topic of coaching and mentoring for young scientists. Burkard Hillebrands recorded a podcast with coach Martina Grünewald-Ernst.

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 initiates 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