Bodies

General Assembly

The General assembly is the supreme body of the association. The board of directors represents the association and is responsible for the long-term research planning. Currently, the association has seven voting members. The Free State of Saxony is a member of the association as a legal entity.

List of members: (State as of November 2024)

Free State of Saxony (represented by the Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism,
represented by Dr. Tim Metje)

Prof. Dr. Gianaurelio Cuniberti

Prof. Dr. Ursula M. Staudinger

Prof. Dr. Carsten Werner

Prof. Dr. Andreas Fery

Prof. Dr. Jens-Uwe Sommer

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Stommel

Board of Trustees

The board of trustees oversees all major scientific, economic and organizational issues of the association and is responsible, among other things, for approving research plans and program budgets. The board of trustees includes representatives of the funding bodies, a representative of the general assembly, and an expert elected by the general assembly.

List of members: (State as of November 2024)

Saxon State Ministry of Science, Culture and Tourism
represented by Dr. Tim Metje

Federal Ministry of Education and Research
represented by Ingo Höllein

Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Peter Fratzl
Max-Planck Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung

Prof. Dr. Ursula Staudinger
Technische Universität Dresden

Scientific Advisory Board

The scientific advisory board advises the board of trustees and the Board of Directors on all scientific, scientific-technical, structural and organizational issues of importance and evaluates structural changes.

List of members: The Scientific Advisory Board is constituted of up to ten external experts in the various fields of work of the Institute, both from Germany and abroad, with voting rights. The members of the Scientific Advisory Board are appointed by the Board of Trustees in consultation with the Board of Directors.

(As of October 2024)

Prof. Dr. Matthias Ballauff
Freie Universität Berlin
(Head of Scientific Advisory Board)

Prof. Dr. Aránzazu del Campo Bécares
Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Hopmann
RWTH Aachen

Prof. Dr. Katharina Maniura
Empa Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Schweiz

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Paul
Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle

Dr. Tom Stückemann
Eurofins Food & Feed Testing Leipzig GmbH

Dr. Bernhard von Vacano
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein

Prof. Dr. Tanja Weil
Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Wessling
RWTH Aachen

Dr.-Ing. Martin Giersbeck
Robert Bosch GmbH