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Beyond IMP

The IMP takes great pride in the success of its outgoing colleagues and alumni. Former students, postdocs, and group leaders are an impressive international network – and testimony to the IMP’s high academic standard. This page celebrates the successes of hard-working researchers who made good use of the IMP as a stepping stone in their career.

Since the establishment of the IMP in 1985, many academic careers were in part spent at the institute. Today, the IMP has around 280 staff members, which is still small enough to foster a personal atmosphere. As an entity of this size, ties between individuals are strong and we are committed to boosting our outgoing colleagues and maintaining close relationships with our alumni.

IMP: empowering scientific careers

If you are reading this page because you consider applying for a job at the IMP, you may also want to look up IMP Alumni on LinkedIn (where you also find a dedicated IMP Alumni Group), browse ResearchGate, or read reviews on Glassdoor. You will quickly find others confirm that research at the IMP empowers scientists to high-flying careers.

„At the IMP, I appreciated the interaction with colleagues, the fantastic science and the functional services and infrastructure that were in place.“ Claudine Kraft
IMP PhD student 2001-2005
Group Leader, Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL)
„The IMP has been very important for me ... it provided me with a new slant on my own research.“ Adrian Bird
IMP Senior Scientist 1987-1990
Professor at Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh
„The IMP is really a role model for successful research in Europe. In my opinion, there should be an IMP in almost every European country.“ Thomas Jenuwein
IMP Group Leader, Senior Scientist 1993-2008
Director at Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
„The IMP [...] established itself as a world-class biomedical institute in Europe. And it continues to be world-class and it is really one of the great institutes in Europe.“ Kim Nasmyth
IMP Senior Scientist and Managing Director 1988-2005
Senior Scientist and Whitley Professor of Biochemistry at University of Oxford
„My choice to do my postdoctoral studies on cell-cycle at the EMBL was a clear consequence of the IMP ‘imprinting’.“ Giulio Superti-Furga
IMP PhD student 1988-1990
Current: Scientific Director and CEO of CeMM
„I learned as much about myself, my nationality, and politics in general as I did about how to do science.“ Sarah Bowman
IMP PhD student 2003-2007 (Knoblich Lab)
Staff Scientist, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard University
„The (...) 4 1/2 years at IMP were amongst the most exciting times of my life, definitely scientifically, but also privately.“ Christian Häring
IMP PhD student 2000-2003
IMP Postdoc 2003-2004
Group Leader, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
„The close contact to top scientists and the international atmosphere at the institute were inspiring and essential for my career.“ Konrad Hochedlinger
IMP Master student 1998-1999
Professor, Harvard University
„Life as a PhD student at the IMP was intense - many of us worked very hard. I have fond memories of late night discussions and fun conversations with colleagues.“ Andrea Hutterer
IMP PhD student 2002-2006
Platform Coordinator, Institute Curie
„By all means, living in Vienna and working at the IMP was a true privilege.“ Hartmut Vodermaier
IMP PhD student 2000-2004
Senior Editor, EMBO Journal

Are you an IMP alumnus or alumna?

If you are an IMP alumnus or alumna yourself but are no longer linked to IMP – then please do get in touch! Join our LinkedIn Alumni Group and drop us a line so we can include you in our alumni directory.

IMP Alumni Greetings

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A testimonial video with greetings from IMP Alumni first presented on the occasion of the opening of the new IMP building on 1 March 2017.