Intermediate Staff
As a PhD student or Post-Doc, you are part of the junior intermediate staff (called: Low Mittelbau, UMB). As a status group, we organize to exchange on and pursue our shared concerns and interests. In monthly general meetings, we discuss issues of broader relevance for all of us. Members represent our group in the various committees and working groups at the Institute, and at the Faculty of Science. They report back to the general meeting. Important topics include regulations and conditions for PhD and PostDoc qualification, support for young researchers, working conditions, gender equality, the support for young families, and our teaching. We collect and provide relevant information on PhD guidelines, job and funding opportunities, and the work of other bodies of academic governance. You find an overview of our current structure and activities, contacts and events on the German version of this website.
UMB Coordinators and Representatives in Institute Council

- Name / Titel
- Dr. Martina Kauzlaric
- Funktion
- deputy group lead
- martina.kauzlaric@giub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 80 17

- Name / Titel
- Nora Komposch
- Funktion
- PhD student and assistant
- nora.komposch@giub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 52 39

- Name / Titel
- Jessica Verheij
- Funktion
- PhD student
- jessica.verheij@giub.unibe.ch

- Name / Titel
- Dr. Alexander Vorbrugg
- Funktion
- PostDoc
- alexander.vorbrugg@giub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 33 23
Representative in Equality Commission

- Name / Titel
- Andrea Winiger
- Funktion
- PhD Student / Assistant
- andrea.winiger@giub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 52 69
Representative in Finance Commission

- Name / Titel
- Sandra Volken
- Funktion
- PhD Student
- sandra.volken@giub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 88 60
Representative in House Commission

- Name / Titel
- Reto Bürgin
- Funktion
- PhD Student / Assistant
- reto.buergin@giub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 88 77
Representative in IT Commission

- Name / Titel
- Dr. Alexander Raphael Groos
- Funktion
- PostDoc
- alexander.groos@giub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 80 19
Representative in Lab Commission

- Name / Titel
- Lorenz Gfeller
- Funktion
- PhD student
- lorenz.gfeller@giub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 38 56
Representative in Library Commission

- Name / Titel
- Dr. Elisabeth Militz
- Funktion
- Postdoc Maternity replacement of Prof. Dr. Carolin Schurr | Unit Leader Social and Cultural Geography in Spring 2021
- elisabeth.militz@giub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 86 05
Representative in Measuring Devices Commission

- Name / Titel
- Dr. Alexander Raphael Groos
- Funktion
- PostDoc
- alexander.groos@giub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 80 19
Representative in Quality Assurance Commission (QSE) and promotion of early career researchers

- Name / Titel
- Dr. Alexander Vorbrugg
- Funktion
- PostDoc
- alexander.vorbrugg@giub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 33 23
Representative in Teaching Commission

- Name / Titel
- Dr. Martina Kauzlaric
- Funktion
- deputy group lead
- martina.kauzlaric@giub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 80 17