ESI Board

The Board of the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience decides on all overarching scientific questions. Every five years, its members are newly appointed by the Max Planck Society and the benefactors Dr. Andreas and Dr. Thomas Strüngmann. The managing director of the ESI is also a member of the Board.

Chair

• Prof. Martin Stratmann (President of the Max Planck Society) or
• Dr. Asifa Akhtar (Vice-President of the Max Planck Society)

Appointed by the Max Planck Society

• Prof. Wolf Singer (Director emeritus, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main)

Appointed by the benefactors

• Dr. Andreas Strüngmann (Benefactor)
• Prof. Herbert Jäckle (Director emeritus, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, former Vice-President of the Max Planck Society)
• Prof. Rudolf Steinberg (Former President of the Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main)
• Prof. Özlem Türeci (Chief Medical Officer, BioNTech; Professor, Johannes Gutenberg University and Helmholtz Institute, Mainz)

Joint appointment by the Max Planck Society and the benefactors

• Prof. Erwin Neher (Director emeritus, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen)