
Organization of the Institute
Managing Director
Prof. Dr. Laurent Gizon
Directors
Prof. Dr. Laurent Gizon (Managing Director)
Prof. Dr. Sami Solanki
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Kleine
Retired Directors
Prof. Dr. Ulrich R. Christensen
Prof. Dr. Vytenis M. Vasyliunas
For former directors check the page about the history of the institute
External scientific members
Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Glaßmeier
Technische Universität zu Braunschweig, Institut für Geophysik und Extraterrestrische Physik
Prof. Dr. K. R. Sreenivasan
New York University, Tandon School of Engineering
For former external scientific members check the page about the history of the institute
Max Planck Fellow
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hohage
University of Göttingen, Institute of Numerical and Applied Mathematics
Other functions
Assistant to the Board of Director: Dr. Johannes Stecker
Head of Administration: Andreas Poprawa
Equal Opportunity Officer: Tanja Eggers, Regina Aznar Cuadrado, Kaori Nagashima
Ombudsperson: Prof. Dr. Hardi Peter
Representative in the Section: Dr. Johannes Wicht
Organizational structure of the MPS
Members of Staff
As of July 1, 2022, a total of 281 employees were working at the institute. Of these, 104 positions were financed by third-party funding. The diagram shows the distribution among the different fields of activity
