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