GSfBS Office

Contact Details and Availability

Please note that Isabell Witt will be out of office from 22 - 29 May 2026.
Kathy Joergens will be out of office from 22 May - 05 June 2026.

Physical address: University Building no. 301
Center of Molecular Biosciences (CoMB)
Zülpicher Str. 47a; D-50674 Cologne
https://maps.uni-koeln.de/?building=301

Email address of the Graduate School
gradschool-biosciences(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

Please note that we all speak both German and English, so you can contact us in either language!

Dr. Isabell Witt

CoMB Building, room no 0.37 Scientific Coordinator GSfBS
Telephone +49 221 470-1683 responsible for surnames A - L
E-Mail isabell.witt(at)uni-koeln(dot)de
Office: Wednesday 10:00-18:00h
Remote: Tuesday 11:00-15:00h &
Thursday 13:00-17:00h

Dr. Katerina Vlantis

CoMB Building, room no 0.39 Scientific Coordinator GSfBS
Telephone +49 221 470-7728 responsible for surnames M - Z
E-Mail katerina.vlantis(at)uni-koeln(dot)de
Office:Tuesday-Thursday
Remote: Monday (partially), Friday
Consultation hours: Tuesday

Kathy Joergens

CoMB Building, room no 0.38 GSfBS Administration
Telephone +49 221 470-7727
E-Mail kathy.joergens(at)uni-koeln(dot)de
Office: Mon, Tue, Thursday 9:00-17:00h
Remote: Wednesday 9:00-17.00h

Office: We can be contacted in person between 11:00 - 15:00 h or on individual appointment.
To see us in person, please drop us an e-mail to make sure we have time for you.
Remote: We can be contacted via e-mail.
Zoom Meetings: To join for virtual counselling, please drop us an e-mail.

Subscribe to GSfBS e-mail listserve

If you have the impression that you have not been added to our e-mail listserve, please use the link above and apply for membership!
We only accept applications with institutional e-mail addresses.

Help & Support

In case of conflicts or problems regarding your PhD project, please find further information at https://gs-biosciences.uni-koeln.de/conflicts-or-problems

In case of questions regarding our graduate programme, please get in touch with your GSfBS coordinator
Dr. Isabell Witt (when your surname starts with A–L) or
Dr. Katerina Vlantis (when your surname starts with M-Z).

You may have a question referring to

Membership with the GSfBS: Information about the GSfBS doctoral study programme and eligibility criteria for memberships at the beginning of the PhD. You are invited to get in touch with a coordinator for an individual meeting.
Registration as a Doctoral Candidate with the Doctoral Office of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Cologne
Registration with the GSfBS and filling the supervision agreement
Core study programme of the GSfBS - Members of a specialised graduate programmes like IMPRS or iRTGs, RTGs, ITNs are held to contact their respective programme coordinator.
Doctoral thesis | dissertation: Upon request, the GSfBS provides a leaflet with general information and guidance on how to prepare a doctoral thesis. Advanced Doctoral Candidates are encouraged to contact us. A formatted thesis template can be downloaded from the doctoral-studies page of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences https://mathnat.uni-koeln.de/en/doctorate at “forms/guidelines”: https://mathnat.uni-koeln.de/en/doctorate/forms-guidelines
Application for the admission to the doctoral examination: Checking the documentation of TAC meetings, compliance with the mandatory study programme and the application for admission to the doctoral examination.

For any other questions related to the PhD, please feel invited to contact us as well! We may then direct you to the responsible contact person.