Doctoral and Postdoctoral Openings in Plant Immunity, Organic Electronics, Physics, and Astrophysics at University of Cologne University of Cologne in Germany

The University of Cologne is advertising multiple research openings for prospective doctoral researchers and postdocs across several fields. The examples listed in the post include a PhD opportunity in Plant Immunity at CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences / Saur Lab, a PhD position in RTG Template-Designed Organic Electronics (TIDE) funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), a postdoctoral position in Mesoscopic physics of topological insulator hybrid devices, and a postdoctoral position in Computational Astrophysics within the Research Cluster of Excellence DYNAVERSE | Our Dynamic Universe.

This post is aimed at candidates interested in academic careers, especially those with backgrounds or research interests in biology, plant sciences, physics, astrophysics, chemistry, and materials science. The announcement does not provide detailed entry requirements, but it clearly targets master students and PhD researchers for doctoral opportunities, and it also advertises postdoctoral openings.

Funding information is only partially specified: the TIDE doctoral positions are stated to be funded by the DFG. No stipend amount, tuition details, or other financial package information is included in the post.

Application deadlines mentioned in the post are July 22, 2026 for the Plant Immunity PhD, September 1, 2026 for the TIDE PhD, and July 30, 2026 for both postdoctoral positions. The post says to explore all University of Cologne vacancies via the link in the comments and apply to the relevant opening.