Contact Persons

Research Centers

• Adaptive Rationality: Prof. Dr. Ralph Hertwig, Deputy Managing Director
• Lifespan Psychology: Prof. Dr. Ulman Lindenberger, Managing Director
• Humans and Machines: Prof. Dr. Iyad Rahwan, Director
• Environmental Neuroscience: Prof. Dr. Simone Kühn, Director

 

Emeritus Groups

• Educational Research: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Baumert, Director emeritus
• Development and Socialization: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Edelstein, Director emeritus
• Adaptive Behavior and Cognition: Prof. Dr. Gerd Gigerenzer, Director emeritus
• Sociology and the Study of the Life Course: Prof. Dr. Karl Ulrich Mayer, Director emeritus
• History of Emotions: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ute Frevert, Director emeritus

 

Research Groups

• Max Planck Research Group  Biosocial: Dr. Laurel Raffington, Group Leader
• Max Planck Research Group MR Physics: Sebastian Schröder, Acting Research Group Leader
• Emmy Noether Group PlasMa | Plasticity of Matrescence: Nora Moog, Group Leader
• Emmy Noether Group RAVEN | Real-world Applications of Variability in Episodic memory and Neurodevelopment: Chi (Zoe) Ngo, Group Leader
• Minerva Fast Track Research Group “Migration, Identity and Blackness in Europe”: Johanna M. Lukate, Group Leader

 

Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research

• Helena Maravilla, Coordinator

 

Service Units

Administration

• Julian Plenefisch, Head
• Katharina Annas, Secretariat Head of Administration

 

Scientific Service

• Imke Kruse, Head

 

Library and Research Information

• Sebastian Nix, Head

Public Relations

• Maria Einhorn, Head
• Nicole Siller, PR Advisor
• Berit Styll, Content Manager

Information Services & Technology

• Michael Dammer, Head

 

Facility & Technical Operations

• Stefan Heßler, Head

International Office

• Anke Schepers-Klingebiel, Head
• Katja Münz, Adaptive Rationality