Board of trustees

The Board of Trustees of the Max Planck Institute held the constituent meeting on 21 July 2011 in Seewiesen. As the Institute has two locations in two different federal states, two chairmen were elected: Luitpold Prinz von Bayern and Dr. Wilhelm Krull.

The Board of Trustees is an important instrument for communicating with the public. The trustees are influential members of German society from a variety of different backgrounds, such as politics, economy, science and media. They meet once a year to review the latest information on developments at the Institute and the Max Planck Society in general. The trustees provide the institutes with advice in social and science-political issues. The President of the Max Planck Society appoints the members of the Board of Trustees.

The members of the Board of Trustees are

Luitpold Prinz von Bayern (Chairman/Bavaria)

Dr. Wilhelm Krull, Generalsekretär der Volkswagen Stiftung (Chairman/Baden-Württemberg)

Dr. Konrad Freiherr von und zu Bodman

Prof. Wolfgang Brendel, Kammersänger

Dr. Georg Brun, Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst

Dr. Renate Fischer, Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg

Frank Hämmerle, Landrat Radolfzell

Andreas Jung, MdB

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Leppelsack, Stellv. Landesvorsitzender Landesbund für Vogelschutz

Willy Mayer, Präsident UsitawiNetwork Foundation

Armin Olbrich, Bayerischer Rundfunk

Karl Roth, Landrat Starnberg

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Rüdiger, Rektor der Universität Konstanz

Dr. Jörg Schmidt, Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Radolfzell am Bodensee

Christian Ziegler, Smithsonian Research Institute