Next-Level Productivity: Tools and Strategies for Researchers

TitleTimeRoomTeacher
Next-Level Productivity: Tools and Strategies for Researchers26.02.2026 10:00 - 17:00 (Thu)TUM Graduate School: Boltzmannstr. 17, 85748 Garching bei München, Room E003Dr. Carsten Rohr
Next-Level Productivity: Tools and Strategies for Researchers27.02.2026 10:00 - 17:00 (Fri)TUM Graduate School: Boltzmannstr. 17, 85748 Garching bei München, Room E003Dr. Carsten Rohr
Keywords: 
Prioritizing, optimization of processes, delegating, automating, efficient communication, AI tools
Course Description: 

Are you ready to take your productivity to the next level? As a scientist driven by curiosity and passion, it's essential to focus on what truly matters—your research. However, day-to-day distractions often sabotage this drive: paperwork, waiting for equipment/time/people, or getting assignments unrelated to your project.

Join us for a workshop to equip you with the tools and strategies to reduce distractions and optimize your productivity.

The workshop will focus on:

  • Prioritizing (Pareto and Eisenhower)
  • Automating time-consuming processes
  • AI tools in research
  • Delegating correctly to save time
  • Process optimization
  • Habit building
  • Efficient communication (email, meetings, collaboration)

Your personal toolkit

You’ll walk away with a personal productivity toolkit ready to be implemented in your daily work life. Throughout the training, you will be encouraged to identify actionable insights and apply them to your own unique research context.

Course aims: 
  • Prioritizing at work
  • Automating time-consuming processes
  • Delegating properly to save time
  • AI Tools for literature and research
  • Efficient communication
Teaching methods: 

Working on your own topics, trainer input, individual and group exercises.

This course fits doctoral candidates in the following phase: 

At the beginning of the doctorate │ during the doctorate │ at the end of the doctorate

Participation requirements: 

None.

Technical requirements: 

Please bring your laptop.

Course preparation: 

None.

Additional information: 

None.

What participants say about this course: 
  • The delivery mode and method was excellent. Very interactive and a trusting atmosphere.
  • The trainer took into account real study cases from the participants.
  • The course instructor is well-equipped with the latest technologies and instructs us so that we can incorporate them into our lives.
  • Taught us a lot useful AI tools.
  • Hands on practice on my own ToDo list - very helpful!
Category: 
Fachübergreifende Veranstaltung
Event type: 
Seminar/Workshop
Organizer: 
Graduate School Geschäftsstelle
Responsibility for event: 
Hauptverantwortung
Format: 
In Präsenz
Course Language: 
EN
Course Capacity (Max): 
18
Course capacity (Min): 
1
Day Units: 
2
Duration in hours: 
12
Financial contribution: 
35 Euro
Trainer: 
Dr. Carsten Rohr

Dr. Carsten Rohr studied physics in Munich and did his doctorate on molecular self-organization. He plays and teaches improvisational theatre. He is an experiential educator and an IHK-certified trainer. In his workshops, he exclusively focuses on scientists and engineers and likes to combine hard skills and soft skills training elements. His workshops include "presentation skills", "scientific writing" and "efficiency skills". Additionally, he is co-founder of a medtech start-up.