Board of Trustees
(status: May 2022)
The Board of Trustees is formed by a group of international advisors from academia, research support organizations, and industry. It advises the director on general scientific, organizational, and technical issues. The Board also defines the general strategy and standards of the Institute.
Members
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Thomas F. Hofmann Technical University of Munich, President
Dr. Asifa Akhtar Max Planck Society, Vice President | Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Director
Prof. Michael Baumann, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Chairman and Scientific Director
Prof. Anders O. Bjarklev Technical University of Denmark, President
Prof. Sebastian Bonhoeffer, Collegium Helveticum, Director
Prof. Martin Carrier Bielefeld University, Faculty of History and Philosophy and Theology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of Science, former Head of Institute
Prof. Alice P. Gast Imperial College London, President
Prof. Reinhold Geilsdörfer Dieter Schwarz-Foundation, CEO
Prof. Maja Göpel Leuphana University Lüneburg
Prof. Michael J. Hannon University of Birmingham, Chair of Chemical Biology and Director of the EPSRC Research and Training Centre in Physical Sciences for Health, Institute of Advanced Studies, former Director
Prof. Heather Hofmeister, Ph.D. Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, The Center for Leadership and Behavior in Organizations (CLBO), Scientific Director
Prof. Christine Lang MBCC Group, Consulting and Coaching in Microbiotics and Bioeconomy
Prof. Hans-Christian Pape Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, President
Prof. Reinhard Rummel TUM, Institute for Astronomical and Physical Geodesy, TUM Emeritus of Excellence
Prof. Hiroyuki Sakaki Nara National Institute of Higher Education and Research
Prof. Bert Sakmann Max Planck Florida Institute, Inaugural Scientific Director | Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Emeritus Research Group Leader | Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 1991
Dr. Kai Sicks German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Secretary General