For me, every successfully completed doctorate by a member of staff is a remarkable event. I am always proud to see a scientist in front of me at the thesis defence who has undergone visible personal development, often on a path with ups and downs, and is now beginning to stand on their own scientific feet.

I had wonderful experiences of a completely different nature in 2001 and 2002, because I had my then little son on my lap during exams with the students and was able to reconcile the first months of my child's breastfeeding period after parental leave with my academic appointment wonderfully and with the great tolerance of the students. I am very grateful to the students for that.

And of course, every interesting, often unexpected scientific twist in the research work of my colleagues is exciting.

the mechanical workshops, where I would like to learn how to weld and work on the lathe and milling machine. For me, manufacturing parts for ultra-high vacuum machines is a real art.

I would also like to listen to the meetings of the graduate programme "Practices of Subjectivation". And thirdly, I would like to accompany the caretaker for a day.

the path between Wechloy and Uhlhornsweg through the nature reserve, but not in heavy rain without wellies.

I like chatting to all sorts of people in the canteen, but my favourite thing would be to meet the Dalai Lama, although that could be somewhere else.

I find the fact that you can quickly enter into scientific dialogue with colleagues from completely different disciplines really broadens my horizons. I still have fond memories of failed project ideas that were probably too progressive at the time, such as research into the patina on artefacts and buildings together with philosophers, historians, archaeologists and microbiologists or ideas for the development and implementation of sustainable chemical processes with economists and sociologists.

Our successful cluster of excellence also pursues research approaches that transcend unusual disciplinary boundaries.

that we invite the brightest and most charismatic minds of our time as often as possible so that our students are inspired to engage with the big questions of our time.

I would also think it would be good if we introduced a day of voluntary work on which everyone could do voluntary work.

an internationally visible profile university that attracts enthusiastic students from all over the world, which not only trains outstanding personalities, but is also known as an unusual think tank for the society of tomorrow.