Organization of the Institute

Directors

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Kleine (Managing Director)
Prof. Dr. Laurent Gizon
Prof. Dr. Sami Solanki

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

Research Coordinator: Dr. Wieland Dietrich

Head of Administration: Andreas Poprawa

Equal Opportunity Officers: Melani Bergmann (deputies: Saskia Heise, Annita Ngatchou Weiss)

Ombudsperson: Dr. Miriam Rengel (Deputy: Dr. Robert Cameron)

Representative in the Section: Dr. Joanna Drazkowska

Organizational structure of the MPS

 

Members of Staff

As of August 1, 2025, a total of 288 employees were working at the institute. Of these, 109 positions were financed by third-party funding. The diagram shows the distribution among the different fields of activity