Organization & Structure
The institute has a staff of around 500 people, including approximately 150 scientists.
There are four departments, each with its own research groups and their own specific focus. Each department is headed by a director who is autonomous in his research activity. All directors are scientific members of the Max Planck Society and decide jointly on all matters concerning the institute.
Every two years they rotate in assuming the role of Managing Director.
Management
Prof. Dr. Stefan Raunser
Phone:+49 (231) 133-2300
Assistance
Meike Schulte
Phone: +49 (231) 133-2301
Fax: +49 (231) 133-2399
Monika von Manger
Phone: +49 (231) 133-2301
Fax: +49 (231) 133-2399
Head of Administration
Wolfgang Bork
Phone:+49 (231) 133-2502
Fax: +49 (231) 133-2699
E-Mail
Advisory Board
Evaluation and Advisement
To ensure the high quality of their work in the long term, Max Planck institutes regularly undergo reviews by an expert panel. For this purpose, each institute has an advisory board. This international body consists of 13 scientists from various renowned institutions. Every three years it carries out an evaluation of the research achievements of the institute. The results are an important basis for the planning of the distribution of resources by the Max Planck Society.
Members
Dr. Patricia Bassereau,
Physics of Cells and Cancer, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Prof. Dr. Jan Löwe
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
Prof. Dr. Adele Marston
Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Prof. Dr. Satayajit Mayor,
University of Warwick, UK
Prof. Dr. Tobias Meyer
Weill Cornell Medicine, USA
Prof. Dr. Andrew Murray
Harvard University, USA
Prof. Dr. Eva Nogales
Molecular and Cell Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Dr. Gaia Pigino,
Fondazione Human Technopole, Milano, Italy
Prof. Dr. Andrea Rentmeister,
Institute for Chemical Epigenetics, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich
Prof. Dr. Karla Fullner Satchell
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, USA
Prof. Dr. Titia Sixma
Division of Biochemistry, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Mikiko Sodeoka
RIKEN, Japan
Board of Trustees
Expert View from Outside
The Board of Trustees is an institution which supports the regular exchange of ideas in the Max Planck Society. The main task of this body is to advise the respective institute in matters of science policy as well as economic and organizational issues and to promote contact to the city, the region, and other parts of society.
Members
Guido Baranowski
TechnoConsult, Dortmund
Prof. Dr. Manfred Bayer
Rektor, Technische Universität Dortmund
Dr. Gisa Ellrichmann
Direktorin, Neurologische Klinik, Klinikum Dortmund gGmbH
Prof. Dr. Jan G. Hengstler
Wissenschaftlicher Direktor, Leibniz-Institut für Arbeitsforschung an der Technische Universität Dortmund
Oliver Kaczmarek
Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Andrea Kienle
Leiterin der Abteilung 3 Forschung, Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes NRW
Heike Marzen (Vice Chairperson)
Geschäftsführerin, Wirtschaftsförderung Dortmund
Prof. Dr. Helge Möllmann
Chefarzt, Klinik für Innere Medizin, St. Johannes Hospital Dortmund
Sabine Poschmann
Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages, Berlin
Dr. Bernhard Schaaf
Direktor, Klinik für Pneumologie, Infektiologie und internistische Intensivmedizin, Klinikum Dortmund
Stefan Schreiber
Hauptgeschäftsführer, Industrie- und Handelskammer zu Dortmund
Dirk Stürmer (Chairman)
Geschäftsführer, TechnologieZentrumDortmund GmbH
Thomas Westphal
Oberbürgermeister, Stadt Dortmund