
We are hiring! Full Professorship (W3) in “Molecular Biophysics”
We are seeking an outstanding candidate to lead a research group at HITS and contribute to the research and teaching initiatives …

Guillermo Cabrera-Vives
Klaus Tschira Guest Professor, September 2024 – March 2025 “I admire the way how research is done here,” Guillermo Cabrera-Vives wraps up his first …

Therapeutic Designer Peptide to Combat Acute Heart Muscle Weakness
Researchers of the Heidelberg University, Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) and Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) have developed a synthetic peptide …

Registration now open: 3rd SIMPLAIX Workshop on “Machine Learning for Multiscale Molecular Modeling”
The 3rd SIMPLAIX Workshop on “Machine Learning for Multiscale Molecular Modeling” will take place in the Studio Villa Bosch in Heidelberg …

New Scientific Director: Kai Polsterer
As of January 2025, Kai Polsterer is the new Scientific Director of the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS). As the position …

Season’s Greetings
While many of our international students have returned home to their families abroad, other HITSters are staying to celebrate the festive …

Frauke Gräter: “I will miss HITS.”
After fifteen years at HITS, group leader Frauke Gräter will leave the institute at the end of the year. As …

Victoria Stodden to receive Humboldt Research Award
Victoria Stodden, statistician and associate professor at the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of …

Honors for HITS group leaders at the KIT “Ehrenabend“
At the “Ehrenabend des Präsidenten” (“Honorary Evening of the President”) in late November, the leadership of the Karlsruhe Institute of …

Jackson Ryan to be “Journalist in Residence” at HITS
The Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies gives science journalists the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of computer-based, data-driven science with a …