Board of Trustees
The International Board of Trustees advises the Director on general scientific, organizational and technical issues. The Board also defines the general strategy and standards of the Institute.
Prof. Dr. Thomas F. Hofmann

Technical University of Munich
President
Chairman of the TUM-IAS Board of Trustees
Dr. Asifa Akhtar

Max Planck Society
Vice President
Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
Director
Prof. Dr. Michael Baumann

German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
Chairman and Scientific Director
Prof. Anders O. Bjarklev

Technical University of Denmark
President
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Bonhoeffer

Collegium Helveticum
Director
Prof. Martin Carrier
Prof. Alice P. Gast

Imperial College London
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering
Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering
Prof. Reinhold R. Geilsdörfer
Prof. Michael John Hannon

University of Birmingham
School of Chemistry
Former Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies
Chair of Chemical Biology and Director of the EPSRC Research and Training Centre in Physical Sciences for Health
Prof. Christine Lang

MBCC Group
Consulting and Coaching in Microbiotics and Bioeconomy
Prof. Dr. Marja Makarow

President of Academia Europaea
Prof. Hiroyuki Sakaki

The University of Tokyo
Professor Emeritus
Toyota Technological Institute
Former President
Prof. Dr. Robert Schlögl

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
President
Prof. Dr. Petra Schwille

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Director, Cellular and Molecular Biophysics
Dr. Kai Sicks

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Secretary General