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Professorships and research groups
- Executive Director: Prof. Dr. Tilo Pompe
Vice Director: Prof. Dr. Annette Beck-Sickinger
- Biochemistry and Bioorganic Chemistry
Professor Annette Beck-Sickinger
Location: Brüderstr. 34 - Biochemistry and Molecular biology
Professor Mario Mörl
Location: Brüderstr. 34 - Biophysical Chemistry
Professor Tilo Pompe
Location: Johannisallee 21-23 - Biochemistry of microbial metabolism
N.N.
Location: Johannisallee 21-23 - Biotechnology
Professor Andreas Schmid (joint appointment with the Helmholz Centre for Environmental Research)
Location: Permoserstr. 15 - Electrobiotechnology
Professor Falk Harnisch (joint appointment with the Helmholz Centre for Environmental Research)
Location: Permoserstr. 15 - Functional Proteomics
Professor Martin von Bergen (joint appointment with the Helmholz Centre for Environmental Research)
Location: Permoserstr. 15 - Molecular biological and biochemical Processing technology
Prof. Dr. Matthias Meier
Location: Deutscher Platz 5 - Synthetic Protein biochemistry
Professorin Irene Coin
Location: Brüderstr. 34 - Environmental microrobiology
Professor Hauke Harms (joint appointment with the Helmholz Centre for Environmental Research)
Location: Permoserstr. 15
- Executive Director: Prof. Dr. Andreas Thum
Vice Director: Prof. Dr. Jörg Zabel
- Algae Biotechnology
Seniorprofessor Christian Wilhelm
Location: Permoserstraße 15 - General Botany
Professor Franziska Krajinski-Barth
Location: Johannisallee 21-23 - General zoology and Neurobiology
Professor Marc Schönwiesner
Location: Talstraße 33 - Biodiversity of the Atmosphere
Junior Professor Beatriz Sanchez Parra
Location: Talstraße 33 - Biology education
Professor Jörg Zabel
Location: Johannisallee 21-23 - soil ecology
Professor François Buscot (joint appointment with Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research)
Location: Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, Halle/Saale - Botanical garden
Professor Christian Wirth (Director), Dr. Martin Freiberg (Curator)
Location: Linnéstraße 1 - developmental biology
Professor Thomas Magin
Location: Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55 - Evolutionary Genetics
Professor Svante Pääbo (Appointed MPI-Director)
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6 - Experimental Interaction Ecology
Professor Nico Eisenhauer
Location: Puschstraße 4 - Genetics
Professor Andreas S. Thum
Location: Talstraße 33 - Human biology and Primate cognition
Professor Katja Liebal
Location: Talstraße 33 - Human Evolution
Professor Jean-Jacques Hublin (Appointed MPI-Director)
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6 - Mikrobial Interacton ecology
Professor Antonis Chatzinotas (joint appointment with Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research)
Location: Permoserstr. 15 - Molecular Evolution and plant Systematics
Professor Alexandra Muellner-Riehl
Location: Johannisallee 21-23 - Molecular Evolution and animal Systematics
Professor Sebastian Steinfartz
Seniorprofessor Martin Schlegel
Location: Talstraße 33 - Plant physiology
Professor Severin Sasso, Seniorprofessor Christian Wilhelm
Location: Johannisallee 21-23 - Special Botany and Functional Biodiversity
Professor Christian Wirth
Location: Johannisallee 21 - animal and behavioral physiology
Professor Robert Kittel
Location: Talstraße 33 - primate behavioral ecology
Professor Anja Widdig (Bridge professorship)
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6 - human behavior, ecology and culture
Professor Richard McElreath (Appointed MPI-Director)
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6
- Executive Director: Professor Jörg Jescheniak
- Experimental Psychology and methods
Professor Matthias Müller
Location: Neumarkt 9-19, Aufgang D - Work and Organizational Psychology
Professor Hannes Zacher
Location: Neumarkt 9-19, Aufgang A - Comparative Cultural Psychology
Professor Daniel Haun (Appointed MPI-Director)
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6 - life-span psychology
Professor Ute Kunzmann
Location: Neumarkt 9-19, Aufgang A - clinical child and adolescent psychology
Professor Julian Schmitz
Location: Neumarkt 9-19, Aufgang E - clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Professor Cornelia Exner
Location: Neumarkt 9-19, Aufgang E - cognitive psychology
Professor Jörg-Dieter Jescheniak
Location: Neumarkt 9-19, Aufgang A - cognitive and biological Psychology
Professor Erich Schröger
Location: Neumarkt 9-19 - Neuropsychology
Professor Angela D. Friderici (Appointed MPI-Director)
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stefanstraße 1a - Personality psychology and psychological assessment
Professor Stefan Schmukle
Location: Neumarkt 9-19 - Psychological Methodology
Professor Jana Holtmann
Location: Neumarkt 9-19, Aufgang A - Social psychology
Professor Immo Fritsche
Location: Neumarkt 9-19 Aufgang A
Associate Members
Associate Members of the Institute of Biochemistry
- Evolutionary Genetics
Honorary Professor Mark Stoneking
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig - soil zoology
Honorary Professor Willy Xylander
Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde
Am Museum 1, Görlitz
Associate Members of the Wilhelm Wundt Institute of Psychology
- Neuropsychology
Honorary Professor Sonja Kotz
Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften
Stefanstraße 1a, Leipzig