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. Roger S. Goody
Phone:+49 (231) 133-2600
roger.goody@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de
Assistance
Birgit Apprecht
Phone: +49 (231) 133-2602
Fax: +49 (231) 133-2499
Administration Manager
Wolfgang Bork
Phone:+49 (231) 133-2502
Fax: +49 (231) 133-2699
wolfgang.bork@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de
General Manager
Dr. Peter Herter
Phone:+49 (231) 133 - 2500
Fax:+49 (231) 133 - 2599
peter.herter@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de
Assistance
Petra Jurczynski
Phone: +49 (0231) - 133-2501
Fax: +49 (231) 133-2599
petra.jurczynski@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de
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
Prof. Dr. Naama Barkai
Departments of Molecular Genetics and Physics of Complex Systems,
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Jürgen Kurths
Forschungsbereich Transdisziplinäre Konzepte und Methoden, Potsdam Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Germany
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. 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
Prof. Dr. Antonina Roll-Mecak
Porter Neuroscience Research Center, Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, NINDS, USA
Prof. Dr. Karla Fullner Satchell
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, USA
Prof. Dr. Ben Shen
The Natural Products Discovery Center, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, USA
Prof. Dr. Titia Sixma
Division of Biochemistry, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Mikiko Sodeoka
RIKEN, Japan
Prof. Dr. Dan Yang
Westlake University, China
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
Heike Marzen
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
Geschäftsführer, TechnologieZentrumDortmund GmbH
Thomas Westphal
Oberbürgermeister, Stadt Dortmund