Scientists and scholars appointed by the Federal President on the joint proposal of the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Max Planck Society (MPG), the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK), the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (HGF), the Fraunhofer Society (FhG) and the Leibniz Association.
Chairperson: Professor Dr Julia C. Arlinghaus
Substitute: Professor Dr Ferdi Schüth
Dr Julia C. Arlinghaus
Chairperson of the Scientific Commission
Chair of Production Systems and Automation at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF in Magdeburg
Member since February 2021
Dr Liane G. Benning
Professor of Interface Geochemistry at the Free University of Berlin and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) Potsdam
Member since February 2024
Dr Folkmar Bornemann
Professor of Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computing at the Technical University of Munich
Member since February 2024
Dr Petra Dersch
Professor of Microbiology and Head of the Institute of Infectology at the University of Münster
Member since February 2024
Dr Nina Dethloff, LL.M.
Professor of Law
Director of the Institute for German, European and International Family Law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Member since February 2020
Dr Jakob Edler
Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI
Professor of Innovation Policy and Strategy at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR)
Member since February 2023
Dr Christian Facchi
Research Professor for Embedded and Networked Systems at Ingolstadt University of Technology
Head of Graduate Centre
Member since February 2020
Dr Christine Falk
Professor for Transplantation Immunology at the Institute for Transplantation Immunology at the Hanover Medical School
Member since February 2023
Dr Uta Gaidys
Professor of Nursing Science
Head of the Department of Nursing and Management at the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg
Member since February 2021
Dr Michael Hallek
Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Cologne
Director Clinic I for Internal Medicine
CIO Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf
Member since February 2022
Dr Frank Kalter
Professor of General Sociology at the University of Mannheim
Director of the German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM)
Member since February 2024
Dr Wolfgang Lehner
Professor for Databases
Director of the Institute for System Architecture at the Technical University of Dresden
Member since February 2023
Dr Anne Lequy
Professor of Specialised Communication - French (Technical Translation) at Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences
Member since February 2025
Dr Gabriele Metzler
Professor of the History of Western Europe and Transatlantic Relations at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Member since February 2024
Dr Friederike Pannewick
Professor of Arabic Studies at the Philipps University of Marburg
Member since February 2024
Dr Ursula Rao
Director of the Department of Ethnology, Politics and Governance at the MPI for Ethnological Research
Honorary Professor of Ethnology at the University of Leipzig
Member since February 2023
Dr Gabriele Sadowski
Professor of Thermodynamics at the Technical University of Dortmund
Member since Februar 2022
Dr Ferdi Schüth
Deputy Chairperson of the Scientific Commission
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim/Ruhr
Member since Februar 2022
Dr Christine Silberhorn
Professor for Integrated Quantum Optics at the University of Paderborn
Member since February 2023
Dr Thomas S. Spengler
Professor for Production and Logistics at the Technical University of Braunschweig
Member since February 2020
Dr Birgit Spinath
Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Heidelberg
Member since February 2023
Dr Klement Tockner
Professor of Ecosystem Sciences at the Institute of Biosciences at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Director General of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research Frankfurt, Member of the Leibniz Association
Member since February 2024
Dr Wolfgang Wick
Chairperson of the WR
Professor for Clinical Neuro-oncology
Medical Director Neurology, Centre Spokesperson Head Clinic, Heidelberg University Hospital | Head of the Neuro-oncology Clinical Cooperation Unit at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
Member since February 2021
Dr Oliver Zielinski
Professor of Earth System Research at the University of Rostock
Director of the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde
Member since February 2025
Public figures appointed by the Federal President of Germany on the basis of a joint proposal by the federal government and the governments of the states (Länder)
Dr Jutta Allmendinger
Professor of Educational Sociology and Labor Market Research at the Humboldt University, Berlin
Head of the doctoral program on "Good Work in a Transformative World“ at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
Member since February 2025
Dr Ulrich A. K. Betz
Senior Vice President Innovation, Merck KGaA
Dept. Head Future Insight, Merck KGaA
Chairman of the Board, Future Insight e. V.
Member since February 2021
Dr Eva-Lotta Brakemeier
Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Greifswald
Director of the Centre for Psychological Psychotherapy
Member since February 2024
Dr Alena Michaela Buyx
Professor of Ethics in Medicine and Health Technologies at the Faculty of Medicine at the Technical University of Munich
Director of the Institute for the History and Ethics of Medicine at the Technical University of Munich
Member since February 2025
Dr Ing Frank Heinricht
Chairman of the Board of Management of SCHOTT AG
Member since February 2020
Dr Stefan Kampmann
Management consultant, Knetzgau
Member since February 2023
Andrea Martin
Chief Technology Officer Ecosystems and Associations, IBM DACH
Member since February 2024
Dr Harald Schwager
Member and Vice Chairman of the Board of EVONIK Leading Beyond Chemistry
Member since February 2023
