People - 17 March 2026

Dr Philip Anderson, Senior Physician, Orthopaedic Clinic König-Ludwig-Haus, has been granted venia legendi in the field of "Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery" with effect from 11 March 2026.

Dr Franca Genest, Specialist, Orthopaedic Clinic König-Ludwig-Haus, Würzburg, has been granted venia legendi in the field of "Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery" with effect from 11 March 2026.

Prof. Dr Chaitanya Gokhale, Center for Computational and Theoretical Biology (CCTB), has declined an appointment at Kiel University.

Dr Sandra Ihne-Schubert, Senior Physician at Giessen and Marburg University Hospital and Research Associate at the Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II of Würzburg University Hospital, has been granted venia legendi in the field of "Internal Medicine" with effect from 12 March 2026.

Holger Main, Amtsmeister, University Library, was appointed Oberamtsmeister with effect from 1 March 2026.

Dr Dominik Neuenfeld, Junior Professor, Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, will be reappointed Junior Professor of Quantum Information and Gravitation at the University of Würzburg with effect from 26 May 2026.

Dr Stephan Schröder-Köhne, Akademischer Oberrat, University of Würzburg Graduate Schools (UWGS), has retired at the end of January 2026.

Dr Katrin Schlegelmilch, Akademische Rätin, Chair of Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry, has been granted lifetime appointment into civil service with effect from 15 March 2026.

Prof Dr Ronny Thomale, Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, has declined appointments at the University of Alberta, Canada, and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Job anniversaries 25 years

Harriet Falkenhagen, President's Office, on 14/03/2026

Dr Oliver Sticht, University Library, on 05.03.2026

Research sabbatical leave in the winter semester 2026/27 has been granted to

Prof Dr Katharina Breininger, Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (CAIDAS)

Prof Dr Tom Fischer, Institute of Mathematics