Dr. Christian Dumpitak is Trainer for Higher Educational Teaching and executive coordinator of iGRAD - Interdisciplinary Graduate and Research Academy Düsseldorf -,which was founded in 2008 as a cross-curricular institution located in the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MNF) at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. iGRAD's offers in training and development, counselling, and services provide targeted support for the qualification of young researchers and are directed at all doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, research supervisors and mentors. iGRAD offers a structured educational program that complies with current standards.