Advisory board

The advisory board functions as the external expert committee for strategic questions regarding the institutional direction and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. Its members are invited and appointed by the president of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. The advisory board includes representatives from industry and research as well as from authorities, ministries and foundations. The board meets once a year and evaluates the performance and image of the institute.

Dr. Henrich Guntermann (Chair)
European Consortium of Technology Transfer S.A.

Uwe Albrecht
Mayor and Councillor for Economics and Labour, City of Leipzig

MR‘in Dr. Annerose Beck
Saxon State Ministry of Science and the Arts (SMWK), Head of National-Regional Research Centers Administration

Bettina Berendsen
Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH

Prof. Dr. Jörg Gabert
Genolytic GmbH

Prof. Dr. Carola Griehl
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Köthen, Department of Applied Biosciences and Process Engineering

Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Jäck
University Hospital Erlangen, Head of the Molecular Immunology Department

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kalinke
TWINCORE - Zentrum für Experimentelle und Klinische Infektionsforschung GmbH

Dr. Markus Kaymer
Beckman Coulter GmbH

Prof. Dr. Markus Löffler
Leipzig University, Head of the Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology

Dr. Lorenz Mayr
Vector BioPharma AG, Switzerland

Dr. Kai Pinkernell
Medigene AG

Prof. Dr. Uwe Platzbecker
University of Leipzig Medical Center, Medical Department for Hematology, Cell Therapy and Hemostaseology

Dr. Mark Wolters
Bayer Pharma AG

Prof.  Dr. Nina Worel
University Clinic for Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Vienna