Commission for Research & Strategy Members
The Commission for Research and Strategy was established with the launch of Excellence Initiative II in 2012 and enlarged in the context of the Excellence Strategy in 2020. In accordance with its statute, the Commission currently has the following members:
- the Rector, the Vice-Rector for Research,
- two representatives from each Research Council (RC),
- the two directors of the Marsilius Kolleg,
- the managing director from the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE),
- the managing director from the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR),
- two junior researchers,
- two selected members of the senate.
The Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Teaching, the Vice-Rector for Innovation and Transfer, the Vice-Rector for Quality Development and Sustainability, the Vice-Rector for International Affairs and Diversity, the Equal Opportunities Commissioner, the Director of the Research Division, the Director of the International Relations Division, and the Director of Communications and Marketing are permanent guest participants in the meetings of the Commission for Research and Strategy and each has an advisory role. The Commission meets four times per year and as needed.
Members
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Prof. Dr Frauke Melchior | Rector | |
Prof. Dr Andreas Dreuw | Vice-Rector for Research and Digitalization | Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing |
Prof. Dr Jan Lohmann | Spokesperson of Field of Focus 1 Deputy speaker of the Commission for Research & Strategy | Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg |
Prof. Dr. Adelheid Cerwenka | Member of RC Field of Focus 1 | Mannheim Institute for Innate Immunoscience Medical Faculty Mannheim |
Prof. Dr Stephanie Hansmann-Menzemer | Spokesperson of Field of Focus 2 Deputy speaker of the Commission for Research & Strategy | Institute for Physics |
Prof. Dr Anna Marciniak-Czochra | Member of RC Field of Focus 2 | Institute for Applied Mathematics |
Prof. Dr. Günter Leypoldt | Spokesperson of Fields of Focus 3 | Department of English |
Prof. Dr. Christiane Wiesenfeldt | Member of RC Field of Focus 3 | Department of Musicology |
Prof. Dr. Jan Rummel | Spokesperson of Field of Focus 4 | Institute of Psychology |
Prof. Dr. Andreas Voß | Member of RC Field of Focus 4 | Institute of Psychology |
Prof. Dr Michael Boutros | Director of Marsilius Kolleg Speaker of the Commission for Research & Strategy | Cellular and Micrological Biology Medical Faculty Mannheim |
Prof. Dr Friederike Nüssel | Director of Marsilius Kolleg Speaker of the Commission for Research & Strategy | Ecumenical Institute |
Prof. Dr Thomas Rausch | Managing Director of the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) | Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) |
Prof. Dr. Roland Herzog | Managing Director from the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing | Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing |
Dr. Lena Sowada | Representative of Junior Researchers | Department of Romance Studies |
Dr. Frederik Garbe | Representative of Junior Researchers | Institute of Computer Science |
Prof. Dr. Matthias Ebert | Representative of the Senate | Translational Gastrointestinal Oncology, Medical Faculty Mannheim |
Prof. Dr. Kathia Serrano Velarde | Representative of the Senate | Max-Weber-Institute of Sociology |
Permanent Guest Participants with Advisory Role
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Prof. Dr. Silke Hertel | Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Teaching | Institute of Education Science |
Prof. Dr Katja Patzel-Mattern | Vice-Rector for Innovation & Transfer | Department of History |
Prof. Dr Karin Schumacher | Vice-Rector for Quality Development and Sustainability | Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) |
Prof. Dr. Marc-Philippe Weller | Vice-Rector for International Affairs and Diversity | Institute for Comparative Law, Conflict of Laws, and International Business Law |
Prof. Dr Christiane Schwieren | Equal Opportunities Commissioner | Alfred-Weber-Institute for Economics |
Marietta Fuhrmann-Koch | Head of Communications & Marketing | |
Dr. Frank O. R. Fischer | Head of Research Division | |
Dr. Alexander Au | Head of International Relations Division |