Newly appointed professors 2026

Each year, about 30 appointment procedures are completed successfully at the University. Here, you can find all newly appointed professors at a glance.

Main building seen from the Inselplatz

Image: Nicole Nerger (University of Jena)
Main building seen from the Inselplatz

Welcome!

  • Corinna Kufner

    Denomination:  Photonic Abiogenesis

    Joint appointment with: Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology | DEU

  • Robert Pham Xuan

    Denomination: Educational Science with a focus on Inclusion and Heterogeneity in the Educational System

    Previous Employer: University for Continuing Education Krems | AT

  • Eduard Preis

    Denomination: Pharmaceutical Technology

    Previous employer: University of Marburg | DEU

  • Patrick Roberts

    Denomination: Archaeological Science

    Joint appointment with: Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology | DEU

  • Dilek Aysel Tepeli

    Denomination:  Intercultural Communications with a Focus on Migration Studies

    Previous employer: Ruhr University Bochum | DEU

  • Anja Träger

    Denomination: Pharmaceutical Chemistry

    Previous employer: University of Jena | DEU

  • Saleh Zakerinia

    Denomination: Finance and Labor

    Previous employer: Harvard Business School | USA

Appointments after Retention Negotiations and Tenure-Track Procedures

  • Sebastiano Bernuzzi

    Denomination: Numerical Relativity

    Previous employer: University of Jena | DEU

  • Marek Sierka

    Denomination: Computational Materials Science

    Previous employer: University of Jena | DEU