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.
Former Directors
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas K. Henning
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)