Management board and scientific advisory board
Management Board of the Department
The department members elect a management board for their organisation which manages the department. The management board contributes to decisions about obtaining membership and is in charge of the conceptual development of the department and the activity planning. It comments on research applications and current topics and agrees upon strategies with the scientific board, which advises regarding strategic department development issues. The department’s management board comprises of up to 7 department members. The board will be elected by the general assembly for two years each. The members of the management board shall represent the department’s range of subjects.
Scientific Advisory Board of the Department
Every Management Board of the department is supplemented by a Scientific Advisory Board. The Scientific Advisory Board comprises of three persons minimum. They are appointed upon proposal of the department’s management board by the Rector of the University of Rostock. The term of office of the members is four years. The members are internationally renowned scientists from the department’s science fields as well as economic players. The Scientific Advisory Board advises the Management Board regarding all significant scientific questions, particularly those related to long-term research and development planning.
The Management Board of the department Life, Light and Matter recommended to appoint the following internationally renowned scientists which were appointed by the rector with effect 1 October 2010 for a first term of office 2010 to 2014. We are pleased to announce that all three Advisory Board Members confirmed to contribute to the Advisory Board for a second term of office. The Rector of the University of Rostock, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schareck, appointed all previous Advisory Board members for another four year period on 1 October 2014.
Members of the Management Board
Periode of office 2022-2024
- Prof. Dr. Ralf Zimmermann, MNF (IfCh), Speaker of the Management Board
- Prof. Dr. Simone Baltrusch, UMR
- Prof. Dr. Olaf Kessler, MSF
- PD Dr. Marcus Frank, UMR
- Prof. Dr. Björn Corzilius, MNF (IfCH)
- Prof. Dr. Sylvia Speller, MNF (IfPH)
- Prof. Dr. Christian Klinke, MNF (IfPH)
Associated Board Members
Periode of office 2022-2024
- Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Meiwes-Broer, MNF
- Prof. Dr. Robert David, UMR
- Prof. Dr. Niels Grabow, UMR
- Prof. Dr. Stefan Lochbrunner, MNF
- Prof. Dr. Oliver Stachs, UMR
- Prof. Dr. Udo Kragl, MNF
- Prof. Dr. Ralf Ludwig, MNF
- Prof. Dr. Ursula van Rienen, IEF
- Prof. Dr. Friedemann Reinhard, MNF
Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Matthias Drieß
- Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Technical University of Berlin
- Spokesman of the Unicat Cluster of Excellence since 2007
Prof. Dr. Alexander Heisterkamp
- Professor at the Institute for Quantum Optics at Leibniz Universität Hannover
- Member of the Scientific Board of Directors of the Laser Zentrum Hannover e. V.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eckhard Quandt
- Professor of Inorganic Functional Materials at the University of Kiel
- Spokesperson-SFB 855: Magnetoelectric composites - biomagnetic interfaces of the future
- Vice President for Research, Scientific Infrastructure and Transfer at Kiel University
Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. mult. Sebastian M. Schmidt
- Scientific Director of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
- Professor of Quantum Statistics of Strongly Correlated Systems, at TU Dresden
- Area of expertise: Quantum statistics of strongly correlated systems, QCD and QED under extreme conditions
Head of Department
Prof. Dr. Ralf Zimmermann
Tel.: 0381/498 6460
E-Mail: ralf.zimmermann(at)uni-rostock.de
Deputy Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Meiwes-Broer
Tel.: 0381/498 8910
E-Mail: meiwes(at)uni-rostock.de
Scientific coordinator Networked Matter
Dr. Ralf Jaiser
Tel.: 0381/498-8913
Albert-Einstein Str. 25, 18059 Rostock; Raum 236
E-Mail:ralf.jaiser(at)uni-rostock.de
Scientific coordinator Department LL&M
Dr. Susanne Radloff
Tel.: 0381/498-8911
Fax: 0381/498-6802
Albert-Einstein Str. 25, 18059 Rostock; Raum 235
E-Mail: susanne.radloff(at)uni-rostock.de