After four years in office, Prof. Dr Manfred Reichert has stepped down as Chair of the Doctoral Committee Dr. rer. nat. of the Faculty of Engineering, Computer Science and Psychology at Ulm University on 30 September 2023. As Chairman, he helped to initiate new doctoral regulations and chaired the examination committee for more than 60 doctoral colloquia. The first two years of his term of office in particular were characterised by the restrictions imposed by the pandemic. Shortly after the outbreak, he chaired the first online doctoral colloquium in the history of Ulm University.

Prof. Dr Matthias Tichy will become the new Chair of the Doctoral Committee Dr rer. nat. on 1 October 2023, while Manfred Reichert will remain a member of the Doctoral Committee.