Bodies

Board of Trustees / General Assembly

Members

[as of November 2025]

Dr. Tim Metje
Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism
Delegate of the State and Chair of the Board of Trustees

Ingo Höllein 
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
Delegate of the Federal Government and Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees

Prof. Dr. Ursula M. Staudinger 
TU Dresden 
Rector of TU Dresden 

Prof. Dr. Gianaurelio Cuniberti 
TU Dresden 
Expert Member of the Board of Trustees

Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Peter Fratzl 
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Expert Member of the Board of Trustees

Dr.-Ing. habil. Katrin Sternberg 
SIS Medical AG 
Expert Member of the Board of Trustees

Dr. Rui de Oliveira 
BASF SE 
Chair of the "Friends of IPF" Association of Supporters

 

 

Scientific Advisory Board

Members

[as of November 2025]

Prof. Dr. Matthias Ballauff
Freie Universität Berlin
Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. Aránzazu del Campo Bécares
Leibniz Institute for New Materials

Dr.-Ing. Martin Giersbeck
Robert Bosch GmbH

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Hopmann
RWTH Aachen

Prof. Dr. Katharina Maniura
Empa Materials Science and Technology

Prof. Dr. Helmut Schießel
TU Dresden, Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life

Dr. Tom Stückemann
Eurofins Food & Feed Testing Leipzig GmbH

Dr. Bernhard von Vacano
BASF SE

Prof. Dr. Tanja Weil
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Wessling
RWTH Aachen