Board of Trustees

(status: March 2026)

The Board of Trustees is formed by a group of international ­advisors from academia, research support organizations, and ­industry. It advises the TUM-IAS director on general scientific, ­organizational, and technical issues. The Board also defines the general strategy and standards of the TUM-IAS.

Members

Chairman: Prof. 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. 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. Reinhold Geilsdörfer, Dieter Schwarz Foundation, CEO

Prof. Michael John Hannon University of Birmingham, School of Chemistry  | Chair of Chemical Biology and Director of Physical Sciences for Health | Former Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies

Prof. Christine Lang, Foundation Biobased Future

Prof. Marja Makarow, University of Helsinki, Professor emerita of Molecular Biology, Former Vice-President of Research and Innovation | Academia Europaea, Former President

Prof. Robert Schlögl, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, President

Prof. Petra Schwille, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Director, Cellular and Molecular Biophysics

Dr. Kai Sicks, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Secretary General