The International Faculty Program of
the University of Cologne
The International Faculty Program is a cornerstone of the internationalization strategy for the four Key Profile Areas defined in the UoC’s Institutional Strategy. The program aims at attracting outstanding international researchers who already collaborate closely with researchers based at the UoC. It targets the Key Profile Areas, increasing their visibility and competitiveness at the international level. The program will also contribute to the internationalization of teaching especially at the post-graduate level and is steered by the Prorector for Academic Career, Diversity and International Affairs in close collaboration with the Key Profile Areas. Contracts with international faculty members are made for two years with the option of being extended.
International faculty contribute to the scientific and academic tasks and duties of the KPAs. A minimum presence in Cologne of six weeks per contractual year is required as well as close collaboration with the regular faculty of the UoC. Professors recruited through the program will directly participate in the mentoring of doctoral candidates.
Members of the International Faculty
KPA I: Aging-associated Diseases
- Prof. Dr. Ulrich Brandt
Full Professor for Mitochondrial Molecular Medicine at the Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen and Adjunct Professor for Biochemistry at the Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main - Prof. Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers, PhD
Department of Genetics, Erasmus University Rotterdam - Prof. Tamas L. Horvath, PhD
Jean and David W. Wallace Professor of Biomedical Research and Chair, Yale University
KPA II: Behavioral Economic Engineering and Social Cognition
- Prof. Gary E. Bolton, PhD
O. P. Jindal Chair Professor of Management Economics, University of Texas at Dallas - Prof. Elena Katok, PhD
Ashbel Smith Professor, Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX - Prof. Dr. Mattias Polborn
Professor of Economics and Political Science, Vanderbuilt University - Prof. Martin C. Schmalz, PhD
Associate Professor of Finance, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
KPA III: Quantum Matter and Materials
- Kamran Behnia, PhD
Senior researcher at Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI), Paris - Prof. Xiaonan Ma, PhD
Professor of Mathematics at Universite Paris Diderot-Paris 7 - Prof. Fulvio Parmigiani, PhD
Professor of condensed matter at the department of physics, faculty of Science, of the Università degli Studi of Trieste
KPA IV: Socio-economic, Cultural and Political Transformations in the Gobal South
- Prof. David M. Anderson, PhD
Professor of African History, Global History & Culture Centre at the University of Warwick - Prof. Cláudio Pinheiro, PhD
Professor of African History, Institute of History, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Prof. Bill Pritchard. PhD
Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Sydney
CA III: Quantitative modelling of complex systems
- Prof. Pavlos Kollias, PhD
Professor at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, of Stony Brook University – State University of New York
Atmospheric Scientist, Department of Environmental Sciences Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton NY
Former members of the International Faculty