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
Full Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the University of St. Gallen
Member since February 2021
Dr Ing Bahman Azarhoushang
Professor of Production Engineering | Head of KSF - Institute for Advanced Manufacturing at Furtwangen University
Member since February 2026
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 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 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 | Dean of the Faculty of Health at the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg
Member since February 2021
Dr Michael Hallek
Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Cologne |
Director of Clinic I for Internal Medicine and the Center for Integrated Oncology CIO Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf
Member since February 2022
Dr Hanna Hottenrott
Head of the Research Unit ‘Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics’ at ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research |
Professor of Economics Innovation at the Technical University of Munich.
Member since February 2026
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 Eva-Maria Kieninger
Professor of German and European Private Law and International Private Law at the University of Würzburg
Member since February 2026
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
Director of the Leibniz Center for Contemporary History Research Potsdam |
Professor of Contemporary History at Humboldt University 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 and the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg.
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 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
Scientific Director of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon | University of Rostock
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 | Freie Universität Berlin
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
Andrea Frank
Deputy Secretary General of the Stifterverband
Member since February 2026
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 of the Supervisory Board of K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Member since February 2023
