Boards and Committees
Scientific Advisory Board (Fachbeirat)
The Scientific Advisory Boards are the main instrument for evaluating the scientific performance of the institutes in the Max Planck Society. The President appoints members to the Scientific Advisory Boards based on proposals made by the institutes. The Scientific Advisory Board evaluates the institute every three years.
(The last visits were 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2025)
Members:
Prof. Dr. Joss Bland-Hawthorne, University of Sydney, Sydney (Australia)
Prof. Dr. Claude, Canizares, MIT, Kavli Institute, Cambridge (USA)
Prof. Dr. Annalisa Celotti, SISSA, Trieste (Italy)
Prof. Dr. Roger Davies, University of Oxford, Oxford (UK) Chair
Prof. Dr. Alyssa A. Goodman, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge (USA)
Prof. Dr. Christiane Helling, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz (Austria)
Prof. Dr. Koen Kuijken, Universiteit Leiden, Leiden (The Netherlands)
Prof. Dr. Elaine Sadler, University of Sydney, Sydney (Australia)
Prof. Dr. Re’em Sari, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem (Israel)
Prof. Dr. Belinda Wilkes, Chandra X-Ray Center, Bristol (United Kingdom)
Board of Trustees (Kuratorium; together with the MPI für Astrophysik)
The primary role of the Board of Trustees is to establish a trusting relation between the institutes and the general public. A research organization has to rely on the interest of the board members to make use of the opportunities research opens up and to rely on the willingness of the members to continually support research.
Members:
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. A. Bode, Member of the Supercomputing Centre LRZ, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
MDirig Dr. Johannes Eberle, Bavarian Ministry of Science and Art, Department Research and Science System
MdB F. Hahn, Deutscher Bundestag
Dr. K. Hess, Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space, Head of Department Space and Astrophysics
Prof. Dr. D. Kranzlmüller, Chairman of the Board, Supercomputing Centre LRZ, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Dr. F. Merkle, former member of the board, OHB System AG
Dr. A. Pagels-Kerp, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt DLR, Divisional Board Member for Space
Dr. U. von Rauchhaupt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Editorial Department "Science"
Prof. R. Rodenstock, Rodenstock Geschäftsführungs GmbH, Managing Director
Prof. Dr. J. Rubner, Vice President Global Communication and Public Engagement Technische Universität München
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. M. Tschöp, President of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Dr. M. Weiß, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Editorial Department “Science”
MDirig Dr. M. Wolter, Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, Head of dep. 4