Faculty at the Max Planck School Matter to Life

The Max Planck School Matter to Life is a joint initiative between Universities and research institutions all across Germany. Through in-person and online courses, workshops, and cutting-edge research, students will receive a top-notch training from almost 50 established experts in the field of Matter to Life. 

Fellows of the Executive Board

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Joachim Spatz

Chair
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg & Heidelberg University
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Prof. Petra Schwille

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich & Technical University of Munich
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Eberhard Bodenschatz

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen & University of Göttingen
Research Topic: Fluid Physics, Pattern Formation and Biocomplexity
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Peter Comba

Heidelberg University
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Hendrik Dietz

Technical University of Munich
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Stefan Klumpp

University of Göttingen
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Martin Möller

DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen & RWTH Aachen University

Fellows

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Philippe Bastiaens

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund & TU Dortmund University
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Andreas Bausch

Technical University of Munich
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Job Boekhoven

Technical University of Munich
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Michael Boutros

German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg & Heidelberg University
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Laura De Laporte

DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen & RWTH Aachen University
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Tobias Erb

Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg & University of Marburg
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Ramin Golestanian

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen & University of Göttingen
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Frauke Gräter

Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) & Heidelberg University
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Stephan Grill

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden & Technical University Dresden
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Helmut Grubmüller

Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen & University of Göttingen
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Michael Grunze

Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg & em. Heidelberg University
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Jochen Guck

Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen & Technical University Dresden
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Stefan Hecht

DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen & RWTH Aachen University, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Stefan Hell

Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen & University of Göttingen, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg & Heidelberg University
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Thomas Henning

Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg & Heidelberg University
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Stephan Herminghaus

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen & University of Göttingen
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Andreas Herrmann

DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen & RWTH Aachen University
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Anthony Hyman

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden & Technical University Dresden
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Karin Jacobs

University of Saarland
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Andreas Janshoff

University of Göttingen
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Kai Johnsson

Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg & École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Frank Jülicher

Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden & Technical University Dresden
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Sarah Köster

University of Göttingen
Research Topic: Cellular Biophysics
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Hans-Georg Kräusslich

Heidelberg University Hospital
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Katharina Landfester

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
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Reinhard Lipowsky

Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam & University of Potsdam, Humboldt University, Berlin
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Marcus Müller

University of Göttingen
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Andrea Musacchio

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund & University of Duisburg-Essen

Matthias Rief

Technical University of Munich
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Tim Salditt

University of Göttingen
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Franziska Schoenebeck

RWTH Aachen University
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Ulrich Schwarz

Heidelberg University
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Christine Selhuber-Unkel

Heidelberg University








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Friedrich Simmel

Technical University of Munich
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Victor Sourjik

Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg & University of Marburg
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Claudia Steinem

Göttingen University
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Kai Sundmacher

Max Planck institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg & University of Magdeburg
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Klaus Tanner

Heidelberg University
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Franziska Thomas

Heidelberg University
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Tanja Weil

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
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Fred Wolf

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen & University of Göttingen
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Martin Zacharias

Technical University of Munich

Faculty members starting in October

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Karen Alim

Technical University of Munich & Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen
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Timo Betz

University of Göttingen
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Arnold Boersma

DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen
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E. Ada Cavalcanti-Adam

Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg & Heidelberg University
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Erwin Frey

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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Kerstin Göpfrich

Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg & Heidelberg University
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Joachim Rädler

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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Ulrich Schubert

University of Jena

Hans-Robert Volpp

Heidelberg University
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Richard Wombacher

MPI for Medical Research







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David Zwicker

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen

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