Board

The Board of Die Junge Akademie consists of a Chair and four other members of Die Junge Akademie. The Plenum elects the Board every year in its spring meeting. The one-year term begins after the annual celebration event in summer. The Chair of the Board represents Die Junge Akademie internally and externally and heads the Board.

Chair

    • Hanna Pfeifer

      person_research_subject
      Peace and Con­flict Stud­ies
      institution
      In­sti­tute for Peace Re­search and Se­cu­ri­ty Pol­i­cy at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ham­burg
      E-mail
      Portrait of Hanna Pfeifer. She has chin-length dark brown hair and dark eyes. She is wearing a blouse with a floral design under a black blazer.

participating Members

Former Board members 83 results

Period
  • 2025 — 2026

    • Philipp Rothemund

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Ro­bot­ic Ma­te­ri­als
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Stuttgart
    • Helen Ahner

       
      person_research_subject
      His­tor­i­cal and Cul­tur­al An­thro­pol­o­gy
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Vi­en­na
    • Hani Harb

       
      person_research_subject
      In­fec­tious Im­munol­o­gy
      institution
      Dres­den Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­nol­o­gy
    • Benedikt Hartl

       
      person_research_subject
      (ac­tivist) ar­chi­tec­ture
      institution
      Op­po­site Of­fice
    • Hanna Pfeifer

       
      person_research_subject
      Peace and Con­flict Stud­ies
      institution
      In­sti­tute for Peace Re­search and Se­cu­ri­ty Pol­i­cy at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ham­burg
  • 2024 — 2025

    • Julia Gurol-Haller

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Po­lit­i­cal Sci­ence
      institution
      Ger­man In­sti­tute for Glob­al and Area Stud­ies (GI­GA)
    • Philipp Rothemund

       
      person_research_subject
      Ro­bot­ic Ma­te­ri­als
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Stuttgart
    • Kerstin Maria Pahl

       
      person_research_subject
      His­to­ry/​His­to­ry of Sci­ence
      institution
      Max Planck In­sti­tute for Hu­man De­vel­op­ment
    • Philipp Pilhofer

       
      person_research_subject
      His­to­ry of Chris­tian­i­ty
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Vi­en­na
    • Viola Priesemann

       
      person_research_subject
      Physics
      institution
      Max Planck In­sti­tute for Dy­nam­ics and Self-Or­ga­ni­za­tion
  • 2023 — 2024

    • Gisela Kopp

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Bi­ol­o­gy
      institution
      Max Planck In­sti­tute of An­i­mal Be­hav­ior
    • Julia Gurol-Haller

       
      person_research_subject
      Po­lit­i­cal Sci­ence
      institution
      Ger­man In­sti­tute for Glob­al and Area Stud­ies (GI­GA)
    • Pascal Langenbach

       
      person_research_subject
      Law
      institution
      Max Planck In­sti­tute for Re­search on Col­lec­tive Goods
    • Birgit Nemec

       
      person_research_subject
      His­to­ry of Med­i­cine/​His­to­ry of Sci­ence
      institution
      Char­ité – Uni­ver­sitätsmedi­zin Berlin
    • Kerstin Maria Pahl

       
      person_research_subject
      His­to­ry/​His­to­ry of Sci­ence
      institution
      Max Planck In­sti­tute for Hu­man De­vel­op­ment
  • 2022 — 2023

    • Timo de Wolff

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Math­e­mat­ics
      institution
      Tech­nis­che Uni­ver­sität Braun­schweig
    • Simon Wolfgang Fuchs

       
      person_research_subject
      Is­lam­ic Stud­ies
      institution
      The He­brew Uni­ver­si­ty of Jerusalem
    • Gisela Kopp

       
      person_research_subject
      Bi­ol­o­gy
      institution
      Max Planck In­sti­tute of An­i­mal Be­hav­ior
    • Birgit Nemec

       
      person_research_subject
      His­to­ry of Med­i­cine/​His­to­ry of Sci­ence
      institution
      Char­ité – Uni­ver­sitätsmedi­zin Berlin
    • Paulina Starski-Lutoborski

       
      person_research_subject
      Eu­ro­pean and In­ter­na­tion­al Law
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Freiburg
  • 2021 — 2022

    • Astrid Eichhorn

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Physics
      institution
      Hei­del­berg Uni­ver­si­ty
    • Timo de Wolff

       
      person_research_subject
      Math­e­mat­ics
      institution
      Tech­nis­che Uni­ver­sität Braun­schweig
    • Simon Wolfgang Fuchs

       
      person_research_subject
      Is­lam­ic Stud­ies
      institution
      The He­brew Uni­ver­si­ty of Jerusalem
    • Roman Lemberg

       
      person_research_subject
      Mu­si­cal The­atre /​ Dra­matur­gy /​ Per­for­mance
      institution
      Mu­si­cian, dra­maturge and per­for­mance artist
    • Paulina Starski-Lutoborski

       
      person_research_subject
      Eu­ro­pean and In­ter­na­tion­al Law
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Freiburg
  • 2020 — 2021

    • Lukas Haffert

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Po­lit­i­cal Sci­ence
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Bre­men
    • Anna Lisa Ahlers

       
      person_research_subject
      Chi­na Stud­ies /​ Po­lit­i­cal Sci­ences
      institution
      Max Planck In­sti­tute for the His­to­ry of Sci­ence (MPI­WG)
    • Astrid Eichhorn

       
      person_research_subject
      Physics
      institution
      Hei­del­berg Uni­ver­si­ty
    • Michael Saliba

       
      person_research_subject
      Physics /​ Op­to­elec­tron­ics
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Stuttgart
    • Isabel Nahal Schellinger

       
      person_research_subject
      Med­i­cine
      institution
      An­gi­o­lu­tions GmbH
  • 2019 — 2020

    • Philipp Kanske

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Psy­chol­o­gy/​Neu­ro­science
      institution
      Dres­den Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­nol­o­gy
    • Ulrike Endesfelder

       
      person_research_subject
      Mi­cro­bi­ol­o­gy/​Bio­physics
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Bonn
    • Lukas Haffert

       
      person_research_subject
      Po­lit­i­cal Sci­ence
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Bre­men
    • Christian Hof

       
      person_research_subject
      Bi­ol­o­gy
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Würzburg
    • Ricarda Winkelmann

       
      person_research_subject
      Physics
      institution
      Max Planck In­sti­tute of Geoan­thro­pol­o­gy
  • 2018 — 2019

    • Christoph Lundgreen

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      An­cient His­to­ry
      institution
      Dres­den Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­nol­o­gy
    • Philipp Kanske

       
      person_research_subject
      Psy­chol­o­gy/​Neu­ro­science
      institution
      Dres­den Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­nol­o­gy
    • Kristina Musholt

       
      person_research_subject
      Phi­los­o­phy
      institution
      Leipzig Uni­ver­si­ty
    • Jonas Peters

       
      person_research_subject
      Math­e­mat­ics, Sta­tis­tics
      institution
      ETH Zurich
    • Bernadett Weinzierl

       
      person_research_subject
      Aerosol Physics
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Vi­en­na
  • 2017 — 2018

    • Jule Specht

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Psy­chol­o­gy
      institution
      Hum­boldt-Uni­ver­sität zu Berlin
    • Miriam Akkermann

       
      person_research_subject
      Mu­si­col­o­gy/​Sound Art
      institution
      Dort­mund Uni­ver­si­ty
    • Christoph Lundgreen

       
      person_research_subject
      An­cient His­to­ry
      institution
      Dres­den Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­nol­o­gy
    • Wolfram Pernice

       
      person_research_subject
      Physics/​Elec­tri­cal En­gi­neer­ing
      institution
      Hei­del­berg Uni­ver­si­ty
    • Jonas Peters

       
      person_research_subject
      Math­e­mat­ics, Sta­tis­tics
      institution
      ETH Zurich
  • 2016 — 2017

    • Florian Meinel

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Law
      institution
      Georg-Au­gust-Uni­ver­sität Göt­tin­gen
    • Miriam Akkermann

       
      person_research_subject
      Mu­si­col­o­gy/​Sound Art
      institution
      Dort­mund Uni­ver­si­ty
    • Wolfram Pernice

       
      person_research_subject
      Physics/​Elec­tri­cal En­gi­neer­ing
      institution
      Hei­del­berg Uni­ver­si­ty
    • Angelika Riemer

       
      person_research_subject
      Im­munol­o­gy
      institution
      Ger­man Can­cer Re­search Cen­ter
    • Jule Specht

       
      person_research_subject
      Psy­chol­o­gy
      institution
      Hum­boldt-Uni­ver­sität zu Berlin
  • 2015 — 2016

    • Gordon Kampe

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Mu­sic Sci­ence /​ Com­pos­ing
      institution
      Ham­burg Uni­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic and Dra­ma
    • Florian Meinel

       
      person_research_subject
      Law
      institution
      Georg-Au­gust-Uni­ver­sität Göt­tin­gen
    • Angelika Riemer

       
      person_research_subject
      Im­munol­o­gy
      institution
      Ger­man Can­cer Re­search Cen­ter
    • Evelyn Runge

       
      person_research_subject
      Po­lit­i­cal Sci­ence /​ Me­dia and Cul­tur­al Stud­ies /​ Jour­nal­ism /​ Pho­tog­ra­phy
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Cologne
    • Emanuel V. Towfigh

       
      person_research_subject
      Ju­rispru­dence
      institution
      EBS Uni­ver­sität für Wirtschaft und Recht
  • 2014 — 2015

    • Emanuel V. Towfigh

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Ju­rispru­dence
      institution
      EBS Uni­ver­sität für Wirtschaft und Recht
    • Daniel Chappell

       
      person_research_subject
      Anaes­the­si­olo­gie
      institution
      Varisano Klinikum Frank­furt
    • Katharina Heyden

       
      person_research_subject
      Evan­gel­i­cal The­ol­o­gy
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Bern
    • Gordon Kampe

       
      person_research_subject
      Mu­sic Sci­ence /​ Com­pos­ing
      institution
      Ham­burg Uni­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic and Dra­ma
    • Evelyn Runge

       
      person_research_subject
      Po­lit­i­cal Sci­ence /​ Me­dia and Cul­tur­al Stud­ies /​ Jour­nal­ism /​ Pho­tog­ra­phy
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Cologne
  • 2013 — 2014

    • Sibylle Baumbach

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Eng­lish Lit­er­a­ture and Cul­tur­al Sci­ence
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Stuttgart
    • Daniel Chappell

       
      person_research_subject
      Anaes­the­si­olo­gie
      institution
      Varisano Klinikum Frank­furt
    • Magdalena Nowicka

       
      person_research_subject
      So­ci­ol­o­gy
      institution
      Ger­man Cen­tre for In­te­gra­tion and Mi­gra­tion Re­search (DeZ­IM)
    • Giesela Rühl

       
      person_research_subject
      Law
      institution
      Hum­boldt-Uni­ver­sität zu Berlin
    • Moritz Schularick

       
      person_research_subject
      Eco­nom­ics /​ Eco­nom­ic His­to­ry
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Bonn
  • 2012 — 2013

    • Cornelis Menke

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Phi­los­o­phy of Sci­ence
      institution
      Jo­hannes Guten­berg Uni­ver­si­ty Mainz
    • Sibylle Baumbach

       
      person_research_subject
      Eng­lish Lit­er­a­ture and Cul­tur­al Sci­ence
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Stuttgart
    • Ulrike von Luxburg

       
      person_research_subject
      Com­put­er Sci­ence
      institution
      Eber­hard Karls Uni­ver­sität Tübin­gen
    • Martin Wilmking

       
      person_research_subject
      Geo-ecol­o­gy
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Greif­swald
    • Robert Wolf

       
      person_research_subject
      Chem­istry
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Re­gens­burg
  • 2011 — 2012

    • Martin Wilmking

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Geo-ecol­o­gy
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Greif­swald
    • Cornelis Menke

       
      person_research_subject
      Phi­los­o­phy of Sci­ence
      institution
      Jo­hannes Guten­berg Uni­ver­si­ty Mainz
    • Bénédicte Savoy

       
      person_research_subject
      Art His­to­ry
      institution
      Tech­nis­che Uni­ver­sität Berlin
    • László Székelyhidi

       
      person_research_subject
      Math­e­mat­ics
      institution
      Max Planck In­sti­tute for Math­e­mat­ics in the Sci­ences
    • Robert Wolf

       
      person_research_subject
      Chem­istry
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Re­gens­burg
  • March 2011 — July 2011

    • Cornelis Menke

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Phi­los­o­phy of Sci­ence
      institution
      Jo­hannes Guten­berg Uni­ver­si­ty Mainz
    • Daniel Chappell

       
      person_research_subject
      Anaes­the­si­olo­gie
      institution
      Varisano Klinikum Frank­furt
    • Verena Lepper

       
      person_research_subject
      Egyp­tol­ogy and Se­mit­ic Stud­ies
      institution
      Ägyp­tis­ches Mu­se­um und Pa­pyrus­samm­lung Berlin
    • Klaus Oschema

       
      person_research_subject
      Me­di­ae­val His­to­ry
      institution
      Deutsches His­torisches In­sti­tut Paris
    • Moritz Schularick

       
      person_research_subject
      Eco­nom­ics /​ Eco­nom­ic His­to­ry
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Bonn
  • 2010 — March 2011

    • Rafaela Hillerbrand

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Phi­los­o­phy/​Physics
      institution
      Karl­sruhe In­sti­tute of Tech­nol­o­gy
    • Tilman Brück

       
      person_research_subject
      De­vel­op­ment and agri­cul­tur­al eco­nom­ics
      institution
      Hum­boldt-Uni­ver­sität zu Berlin
    • Matthias Klatt

       
      person_research_subject
      Ju­rispru­dence
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Graz
    • Klaus Oschema

       
      person_research_subject
      Me­di­ae­val His­to­ry
      institution
      Deutsches His­torisches In­sti­tut Paris
    • Florian Steger

       
      person_research_subject
      His­to­ry, The­o­ry and Ethics of Med­i­cine
      institution
      Ulm Uni­ver­si­ty
  • 2009 — 2010

    • Tilman Brück

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      De­vel­op­ment and agri­cul­tur­al eco­nom­ics
      institution
      Hum­boldt-Uni­ver­sität zu Berlin
    • Kärin Nickelsen

       
      person_research_subject
      His­to­ry of Sci­ence
      institution
      Lud­wig-Max­i­m­il­ians-Uni­ver­sität München
    • László Székelyhidi

       
      person_research_subject
      Math­e­mat­ics
      institution
      Max Planck In­sti­tute for Math­e­mat­ics in the Sci­ences
    • Philip Walther

       
      person_research_subject
      Chem­istry /​ Physics
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Vi­en­na
    • Hildegard Westphal

       
      person_research_subject
      Palaeon­tol­ogy /​ Ge­ol­o­gy
      institution
      Leib­niz Cen­tre for Trop­i­cal Ma­rine Re­search (ZMT) GmbH
  • 2008 — 2009

    • Hildegard Westphal

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Palaeon­tol­ogy /​ Ge­ol­o­gy
      institution
      Leib­niz Cen­tre for Trop­i­cal Ma­rine Re­search (ZMT) GmbH
    • Anke Jentsch

       
      person_research_subject
      Dis­tur­bance ecol­o­gy and veg­e­ta­tion dy­nam­ics
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Bayreuth
    • Matthias Koenig

       
      person_research_subject
      So­ci­ol­o­gy
      institution
      Hei­del­berg Uni­ver­si­ty
    • Kärin Nickelsen

       
      person_research_subject
      His­to­ry of Sci­ence
      institution
      Lud­wig-Max­i­m­il­ians-Uni­ver­sität München
    • Bénédicte Savoy

       
      person_research_subject
      Art His­to­ry
      institution
      Tech­nis­che Uni­ver­sität Berlin
  • 2007 — 2008

    • Matthias Koenig

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      So­ci­ol­o­gy
      institution
      Hei­del­berg Uni­ver­si­ty
    • Bettina Beer

       
      person_research_subject
      Eth­nol­o­gy
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Lucerne
    • Michael Boutros

       
      person_research_subject
      Bio­chem­istry
      institution
      Deutsches Kreb­s­forschungszen­trum und Uni­ver­sität Hei­del­berg
    • Thomas Koop

       
      person_research_subject
      Chem­istry
      institution
      Biele­feld Uni­ver­si­ty
  • 2006 — 2007

    • Katja Windt

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      En­gi­neer­ing /​ Pro­duc­tion Tech­nol­o­gy
      institution
      En­dress+Hauser Group Ser­vices AG
    • Bettina Beer

       
      person_research_subject
      Eth­nol­o­gy
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Lucerne
    • Björn Falkenburger

       
      person_research_subject
      Med­i­cine
      institution
      Dres­den Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­nol­o­gy
    • Christian Fleischhack

       
      person_research_subject
      Math­e­mat­ics /​ The­o­ret­i­cal Physics
      institution
      Pader­born Uni­ver­si­ty
    • Ricarda Schubotz

       
      person_research_subject
      Cog­ni­tive Neu­rol­o­gy
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Mün­ster
  • 2005 — 2006

    • Björn Falkenburger

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Med­i­cine
      institution
      Dres­den Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­nol­o­gy
    • Julia Fischer

       
      person_research_subject
      Bi­ol­o­gy
      institution
      Georg-Au­gust-Uni­ver­sität Göt­tin­gen
    • Martin von Koppenfels

       
      person_research_subject
      Study of Lit­er­a­ture
      institution
      Lud­wig-Max­i­m­il­ians-Uni­ver­sität München
    • Cord Müller

       
      person_research_subject
      The­o­ret­i­cal Physics
      institution
      Bay­erisches Lan­desamt für Maß und Gewicht
    • Katja Windt

       
      person_research_subject
      En­gi­neer­ing /​ Pro­duc­tion Tech­nol­o­gy
      institution
      En­dress+Hauser Group Ser­vices AG
  • 2004 — 2005

    • Julia Fischer

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Bi­ol­o­gy
      institution
      Georg-Au­gust-Uni­ver­sität Göt­tin­gen
    • Giovanni Galizia

       
      person_research_subject
      Bi­ol­o­gy
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Kon­stanz
    • Katharina Landfester

       
      person_research_subject
      En­gi­neer­ing /​ Chem­istry
      institution
      Max Planck In­sti­tute for Poly­mer Re­search
    • Thomas Mussweiler

       
      person_research_subject
      Psy­chol­o­gy
      institution
      Lon­don Busi­ness School
    • Jörg Rössel

       
      person_research_subject
      So­ci­ol­o­gy
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Zurich
  • 2003 — 2004

    • Katharina Landfester

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      En­gi­neer­ing /​ Chem­istry
      institution
      Max Planck In­sti­tute for Poly­mer Re­search
    • Giovanni Galizia

       
      person_research_subject
      Bi­ol­o­gy
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Kon­stanz
    • Andreas Keil

       
      person_research_subject
      Cog­ni­tive Neu­ro­science
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Flori­da, Gainesville (USA)
    • Heike Solga

       
      person_research_subject
      So­ci­ol­o­gy
      institution
      WZB Berlin So­cial Sci­ence Cen­ter
    • Barbara Stiebels

       
      person_research_subject
      Gen­er­al Lin­guis­tics
      institution
      Leipzig Uni­ver­si­ty
  • 2002 — 2003

    • Ulrich Schollwöck

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      The­o­ret­i­cal Physics
      institution
      Lud­wig-Max­i­m­il­ians-Uni­ver­sität München
    • Alexandra M. Freund

       
      person_research_subject
      Psy­chol­o­gy
      institution
      Uni­ver­si­ty of Zurich
    • Martin Korte

       
      person_research_subject
      Bi­ol­o­gy
      institution
      Tech­nis­che Uni­ver­sität Braun­schweig
  • 2001 — 2002

    • Rainer Maria Kiesow

      Chair
      person_research_subject
      Ju­rispru­dence
      institution
      Ecole des hautes etudes en sci­ences so­cia­les, Paris (Frank­re­ich)
    • Eva-Maria Engelen

       
      person_research_subject
      Phi­los­o­phy
      institution
      Berlin-Bran­den­burg Acad­e­my of Sci­ences and Hu­man­i­ties
    • Ulrich Schollwöck

       
      person_research_subject
      The­o­ret­i­cal Physics
      institution
      Lud­wig-Max­i­m­il­ians-Uni­ver­sität München
  • 2000 — 2001

    • Jens Beckert

       
      person_research_subject
      So­ci­ol­o­gy /​ Busi­ness Man­age­ment
      institution
      Max Planck In­sti­tute for the Study of So­ci­eties
    • Rainer Maria Kiesow

       
      person_research_subject
      Ju­rispru­dence
      institution
      Ecole des hautes etudes en sci­ences so­cia­les, Paris (Frank­re­ich)
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