Directors

Prof. Dr. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Director Emeritus at the Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology,
Max-Planck-Ring 5, 72076 Tübingen.
Studies of Biology, Physics and Biochemistry in Frankfurt and Tübingen. PhD in 1973, Professor 1985. Embryology and Genetics. Nobel Prize in Medicine 1995. Since 2013 chancelor of the Order Pour le Mérite.

christiane.nuesslein-volhard[at]tuebingen.mpg.de

 

Dr. Barbara Bludau
Former Secretary General of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science,
Studied law at the Universities of Göttingen, Munich, Cologne and Bonn, doctorate (Dr. jur.) 1972
Former Secretary General of the Max Planck Society.
sciencekontor[at]outlook.de

 

 

Prof. Dr. Maria Leptin
Institut für Genetik Cologne University, Institute of Genetics, Zülpicherstraße 47, 50674 Köln.
Degree in Mathematics and Biology, Heidelberg 1973. PhD in 1979, Full Professor 1994. Cell- and Developmental Biology. Since 2009 director of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) in Heidelberg. 2 sons.

mleptin[at]uni-koeln.de, maria.leptin@embo.org

 

Dr. Brigitte Mühlenbruch
President of the European Platform of Women Scientists EPWS, Brüssel.
Auf dem Uhlberg 10, 53127 Bonn.
Studies of Pharmacy in Würzburg and Bonn. PhD in 1969.

muehlenbruch[at]uni-bonn.de

 

 

Dr. Gerlind Wallon
Deputy Director EMBO
EMBO Young Investigator Programme
Meyerhofstraße 1, 69112 Heidelberg
Studies of Chemical Engineering in Hamburg and Biochemistry at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA. PhD 1996. 2 children.

wallon[at]embo.org