Board of Directors
MPIA, as any other Max Planck Institute, is managed by its directors. Each director is a scientific member of the Max Planck Society e.V. and the head of one of the institute's scientific departments. The directors alternately act as managing directors.
Planet and Star Formation Department
Prof. Dr. Thomas Henning
Phone: (+49|0) 6221 – 528 200
Atmospheric Physics of Exoplanets Department
Dr. Laura Kreidberg
Galaxies and Cosmology Department
Prof. Dr. Hans-Walter Rix (managing director)
Phone: (+49|0) 6221 – 528 210
Where institute management task are concerned, the directors are supported by the Scientific Coordinator and the Head of Administration; in their external communications, by the head of public outreach.
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| Klaus Jäger Scientific coordinator |
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| Markus Pössel Managing scientist, HdA, and senior MPIA outreach scientist |
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| Mathias Voss Administration Manager |
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Former Directors
Prof. Dr. Immo Appenzeller
Prof. Dr. Steven V.W. Beckwith
Prof. Dr. Hans Elsässer (†)
Prof. Dr. Guido Münch
Former External Scientific Members
Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Böhm (†)
Prof. Dr. Walter Fricke (†)
Prof. Dr. George H. Herbig (†)
External Scientific Members
By appointing eminent German and international scientists as external scientific members, Max Planck Institutes bolster international scientific cooperation.
Prof. Dr. Conny Aerts (Universität Leuven/Radbound Universität Nijmegen)
Prof. Dr. Immo Appenzeller (Emeritus, University of Heidelberg)
Prof. Dr. Steven V.W. Beckwith (University of California, Berkeley)
Prof. Dr. Willy Benz (Universität Bern)
Prof. Dr. Rafael Rebolo (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias)
Prof. Dr. Volker Springel (Heidelberger Institut für Theoretische Studien)
Max-Planck-Fellow
Prof. Dr. Oliver Trapp (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
