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Aditi Lahiri
Aditi Lahiri is an India born German linguist at the University of Oxford.
Aditi Lahiri is an India born German linguist at the University of Oxford.
Albert H. Walenta
Albert H. Walenta is professor for experimental physics at the University of Siegen in Germany.
Albert H. Walenta is professor for experimental physics at the University of Siegen in Germany.
Angela D. Friederici
Angela Friederici (born in Cologne, Germany in 1952) is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, and is an internationally recognized ex...
Angela Friederici (born in Cologne, Germany in 1952) is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, and is an internationally recognized ex...
Anja Feldmann
Anja Feldmann (1966–present) is a German computer scientist.
Anja Feldmann (1966–present) is a German computer scientist.
Anthony A. Hyman
Anthony A. Hyman (born May 27, 1962) is a noted British scientist and academic figure.
Anthony A. Hyman (born May 27, 1962) is a noted British scientist and academic figure.
Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius (born 5 March 1967) is a German marine biologist presently serving as professor of geomicrobiology at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, University of Bremen.
Antje Boetius (born 5 March 1967) is a German marine biologist presently serving as professor of geomicrobiology at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, University of Bremen.
Armin Falk
Armin Falk (born 18 January 1968) is a German economist.
Armin Falk (born 18 January 1968) is a German economist.
Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (* 17 July 1955 in Bergisch Gladbach) is a German historian.
Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (* 17 July 1955 in Bergisch Gladbach) is a German historian.
Bernd Giese
Bernd Giese (born 2 June 1940, Hamburg, Germany) is a renowned chemist at the University of Basel in Basel, Switzerland who specializes in the bio-organic chemistry and synthesis of radicals in...
Bernd Giese (born 2 June 1940, Hamburg, Germany) is a renowned chemist at the University of Basel in Basel, Switzerland who specializes in the bio-organic chemistry and synthesis of radicals in...
Bert Hölldobler
Bert Hölldobler is a German behavioral biologist and Sociobiologist whose primary study subjects are social insects and in particular ants.
Bert Hölldobler is a German behavioral biologist and Sociobiologist whose primary study subjects are social insects and in particular ants.
Christian Haass
Christian Haass (born December 19, 1960 in Mannheim, Germany) is a German biochemist who specializes in metabolic biochemistry and neuroscience.
Christian Haass (born December 19, 1960 in Mannheim, Germany) is a German biochemist who specializes in metabolic biochemistry and neuroscience.
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (born October 20, 1942 in Magdeburg) is a German biologist who won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1991 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med...
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (born October 20, 1942 in Magdeburg) is a German biologist who won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1991 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med...
Detlef Weigel
Detlef Weigel (born 1961 in Lower Saxony, Germany) is a German American scientist working at the interface of developmental and evolutionary biology.
Detlef Weigel (born 1961 in Lower Saxony, Germany) is a German American scientist working at the interface of developmental and evolutionary biology.
Dieter Enders
Dieter Enders (1946 - ) is an organic chemist who has done work developing asymmetric synthesis, in particular using modified prolines as asymmetric auxiliaries.
Dieter Enders (1946 - ) is an organic chemist who has done work developing asymmetric synthesis, in particular using modified prolines as asymmetric auxiliaries.
Dieter Fenske
Prof. Dr. Dieter Fenske is a German inorganic chemist.
Prof. Dr. Dieter Fenske is a German inorganic chemist.
Dieter Lüst
Dieter Lüst (born September 21, 1956 in Chicago) is a German physicist, full professor for mathematical physics at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich since 2004 and a director of the Ma...
Dieter Lüst (born September 21, 1956 in Chicago) is a German physicist, full professor for mathematical physics at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich since 2004 and a director of the Ma...
Dietrich Dörner
Prof. Dr. Dietrich Dörner is emeritus professor for General and Theoretical Psychology at the Institute of Theoretical Psychology at the Otto-Friedrich University in Bamberg, Germany.
Prof. Dr. Dietrich Dörner is emeritus professor for General and Theoretical Psychology at the Institute of Theoretical Psychology at the Otto-Friedrich University in Bamberg, Germany.
Dominik Perler
Dominik Perler is a Swiss philosopher.
Dominik Perler is a Swiss philosopher.
Eckart Viehweg
Eckart Viehweg (born 30 December 1948 in Zwickau, died 29 January 2010) was a German mathematician.
Eckart Viehweg (born 30 December 1948 in Zwickau, died 29 January 2010) was a German mathematician.
Ferdi Schüth
Ferdi Schüth (Ferdi Schueth) is a German chemist.
Ferdi Schüth (Ferdi Schueth) is a German chemist.
Ferenc Krausz
Ferenc Krausz (born May 17, 1962, in Mór, Hungary) is a Hungarian-Austrian physicist, whose research team has generated and measured the first attosecond light pulse and used it for capturing el...
Ferenc Krausz (born May 17, 1962, in Mór, Hungary) is a Hungarian-Austrian physicist, whose research team has generated and measured the first attosecond light pulse and used it for capturing el...
Frank Neese
Frank Neese (born 13 December 1967) is a German theoretical chemist at the University of Bonn.
Frank Neese (born 13 December 1967) is a German theoretical chemist at the University of Bonn.
Frank Steglich
Frank Steglich (born 1941) is a German physicist.
Frank Steglich (born 1941) is a German physicist.
Franz-Ulrich Hartl
Franz-Ulrich Hartl (born March 10, 1957) is a German biochemist and Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry.
Franz-Ulrich Hartl (born March 10, 1957) is a German biochemist and Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry.
Friedrich Seifert
Friedrich Alfred Seifert (born May 8, 1941) is a German mineralogist and geophysicist.
Friedrich Alfred Seifert (born May 8, 1941) is a German mineralogist and geophysicist.
Gerd Faltings
Gerd Faltings (born July 28, 1954 in Gelsenkirchen-Buer) is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic algebraic geometry.
Gerd Faltings (born July 28, 1954 in Gelsenkirchen-Buer) is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic algebraic geometry.
Gerhard Ertl
Gerhard Ertl is a German physicist and a Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany.
Gerhard Ertl is a German physicist and a Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany.
Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff
Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff (born 31 January 1953) is a German academic and senior judge.
Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff (born 31 January 1953) is a German academic and senior judge.
Gisela Anton
Gisela Anton (née Glasmachers) (b.
Gisela Anton (née Glasmachers) (b.
Glenn W. Most
Glenn Warren Most (* 1952) is a classicist and comparatist originating from the US, but also working in Germany and Italy.
Glenn Warren Most (* 1952) is a classicist and comparatist originating from the US, but also working in Germany and Italy.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (complete German title "Förderpreis für deutsche Wissenschaftler im Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft") is a research pr...
The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (complete German title "Förderpreis für deutsche Wissenschaftler im Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft") is a research pr...
Géza Alföldy
Géza Alföldy (June 7, 1935 – November 6, 2011) was a Hungarian Ancient historian.
Géza Alföldy (June 7, 1935 – November 6, 2011) was a Hungarian Ancient historian.
Günter Hotz
Günter Hotz (born 16 November 1931) is a German pioneer of computer science.
Günter Hotz (born 16 November 1931) is a German pioneer of computer science.
Hannah Monyer
Hannah Monyer (born 3 October 1957 in Laslea, Romania) is a Romanian-born (Transylvanian Saxon) German neurobiologist and, since 1999, she has been Director of the Department of Clinical Neurolo...
Hannah Monyer (born 3 October 1957 in Laslea, Romania) is a Romanian-born (Transylvanian Saxon) German neurobiologist and, since 1999, she has been Director of the Department of Clinical Neurolo...
Hartmut Michel
Hartmut Michel is a German biochemist and Nobel Laureate.
Hartmut Michel is a German biochemist and Nobel Laureate.
Herbert W. Roesky
Herbert Roesky, (b November 6, 1935), is an internationally renowned inorganic chemist.
Herbert Roesky, (b November 6, 1935), is an internationally renowned inorganic chemist.
Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit b. is a distinguished German Japanologist and Translator.
Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit b. is a distinguished German Japanologist and Translator.
Jan Veizer
Ján Veizer is the Distinguished University Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Ottawa and Institute for Geology, Mineralogy und Geophysis, of Bochum Ruhr University, he held the NSE...
Ján Veizer is the Distinguished University Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Ottawa and Institute for Geology, Mineralogy und Geophysis, of Bochum Ruhr University, he held the NSE...
Joachim Milberg
Joachim Milberg is a German Professor of Production Engineering and past CEO of BMW AG. He is now Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BMW AG.
Joachim Milberg is a German Professor of Production Engineering and past CEO of BMW AG. He is now Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BMW AG.
Joachim Weickert
Joachim Weickert is a German professor of mathematics and computer science at Saarland University.
Joachim Weickert is a German professor of mathematics and computer science at Saarland University.
Johann Mulzer
Johann Hermann Wolfgang Mulzer is a German organic chemist, best known for his work in total synthesis.
Johann Hermann Wolfgang Mulzer is a German organic chemist, best known for his work in total synthesis.
Julius Wess
Julius Wess was an Austrian theoretical physicist noted as the co-inventor of the Wess–Zumino model and Wess–Zumino–Witten model in the field of supersymmetry.
Julius Wess was an Austrian theoretical physicist noted as the co-inventor of the Wess–Zumino model and Wess–Zumino–Witten model in the field of supersymmetry.
Jürgen Gauß
Jürgen Gauß (Juergen Gauss) is a German theoretical chemist.
Jürgen Gauß (Juergen Gauss) is a German theoretical chemist.
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas is a German sociologist, geographer and philosopher in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism.
Jürgen Habermas is a German sociologist, geographer and philosopher in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism.
Jürgen Kocka
Jürgen Kocka (born 19 April 1941, in Haindorf) is a German historian.
Jürgen Kocka (born 19 April 1941, in Haindorf) is a German historian.
Jürgen Mittelstraß
Jürgen Mittelstraß (born October 11, 1936 in Düsseldorf) is a German philosopher especially interested in the philosophy of science.
Jürgen Mittelstraß (born October 11, 1936 in Düsseldorf) is a German philosopher especially interested in the philosophy of science.
Jürgen Osterhammel
Jürgen Osterhammel (born 1952 in Wipperfürth, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German historian.
Jürgen Osterhammel (born 1952 in Wipperfürth, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German historian.
Jürgen Warnatz
Jürgen Warnatz (born 31 May 1944 in Chemnitz, died 22 December 2007 in Neckarsteinach) was a German physicist.
Jürgen Warnatz (born 31 May 1944 in Chemnitz, died 22 December 2007 in Neckarsteinach) was a German physicist.
Karl Leo
Karl Leo (July 10, 1960, in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German physicist.
Karl Leo (July 10, 1960, in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German physicist.
Klaus Kern
Klaus Kern (born 24 March 1960) is a German solid state chemist.
Klaus Kern (born 24 March 1960) is a German solid state chemist.
Manfred Broy
Manfred Broy (born 10 August 1949 at Landsberg am Lech) is a German computer scientist.
Manfred Broy (born 10 August 1949 at Landsberg am Lech) is a German computer scientist.
Manfred G. Schmidt
Manfred G. Schmidt is Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg.
Manfred G. Schmidt is Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg.
Martin Beneke
Martin Beneke (born 1966) is a German physicist.
Martin Beneke (born 1966) is a German physicist.
Matthias Hentze
Matthias W. Hentze (b. 25 January 1960, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany) is a German scientist.
Matthias W. Hentze (b. 25 January 1960, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany) is a German scientist.
Norbert Peters (engineer)
Norbert Peters (born on July 10, 1942 in Linz, Austria) is a distinguished professor at RWTH Aachen University, Germany and one of the world-wide authorities in the field of combustion engineering.
Norbert Peters (born on July 10, 1942 in Linz, Austria) is a distinguished professor at RWTH Aachen University, Germany and one of the world-wide authorities in the field of combustion engineering.
Patrick Cramer
Patrick Cramer is a German biochemist.
Patrick Cramer is a German biochemist.
Peter Becker
Peter Becker is a German Molecular biologist.
Peter Becker is a German Molecular biologist.
Peter Greil
Peter Greil is German scientist.
Peter Greil is German scientist.
Peter Gruss
Peter Gruss (born 28 June 1949 in Alsfeld, Hesse) is a German developmental biologist, and the current president of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (having been elected for the term from 2002 to 200...
Peter Gruss (born 28 June 1949 in Alsfeld, Hesse) is a German developmental biologist, and the current president of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (having been elected for the term from 2002 to 200...
Peter Wasserscheid
Peter Wasserscheid (born 23 October 1970 in Würzburg) is a German chemist and professor for chemical reaction engineering at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Peter Wasserscheid (born 23 October 1970 in Würzburg) is a German chemist and professor for chemical reaction engineering at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Reinhard Genzel
Professor Reinhard Genzel FRS is a German astrophysicist.
Professor Reinhard Genzel FRS is a German astrophysicist.
Roman Inderst
Roman Inderst (born 13 April 1970) is a German economist.
Roman Inderst (born 13 April 1970) is a German economist.
Rudolf G. Wagner
Rudolf G. Wagner (born 1941 in Wiesbaden, Germany) is a German sinologist.
Rudolf G. Wagner (born 1941 in Wiesbaden, Germany) is a German sinologist.
Rudolf K. Thauer
Rudolf K. Thauer (born October 5, 1939) is a biologist and a retired professor of microbiology and heads the Emeritus group at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg.
Rudolf K. Thauer (born October 5, 1939) is a biologist and a retired professor of microbiology and heads the Emeritus group at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg.
Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff
Sigrid Doris Peyerimhoff (born January 12, 1937 in Rottweil) is a theoretical chemist and Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Germany.
Sigrid Doris Peyerimhoff (born January 12, 1937 in Rottweil) is a theoretical chemist and Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Germany.
Stefan Hell
Stefan W. Hell is a physicist and one of the directors of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany as well as the head of the department "Optical Nanoscopy" at...
Stefan W. Hell is a physicist and one of the directors of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany as well as the head of the department "Optical Nanoscopy" at...
Stefan Müller (mathematician)
Stefan Müller (b. March 15, 1962, in Wuppertal) is a German mathematician and currently a professor at the University of Bonn.
Stefan Müller (b. March 15, 1962, in Wuppertal) is a German mathematician and currently a professor at the University of Bonn.
Stefanie Dimmeler
Stefanie Dimmeler (born 18 July 1967) is a German biologist and biochemist.
Stefanie Dimmeler (born 18 July 1967) is a German biologist and biochemist.
Susanne Albers
Susanne Albers is a German theoretical computer scientist and professor of computer science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Susanne Albers is a German theoretical computer scientist and professor of computer science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Theo Geisel (physicist)
Theo Geisel (born 24 August 1948 in Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse) is a German physicist.
Theo Geisel (born 24 August 1948 in Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse) is a German physicist.
Thomas Zink
Thomas Zink is a German mathematician.
Thomas Zink is a German mathematician.
Ulrich Herbert
Ulrich Herbert (born 24 September 1951) is a German historian.
Ulrich Herbert (born 24 September 1951) is a German historian.
Ute Frevert
Ute Frevert (born June 10, 1954 in Schötmar, Bad Salzuflen) is a German historian.
Ute Frevert (born June 10, 1954 in Schötmar, Bad Salzuflen) is a German historian.
Werner Hildenbrand
Werner Hildenbrand (born 25 May 1936 in Göttingen, Germany) is a German economist and mathematician.
Werner Hildenbrand (born 25 May 1936 in Göttingen, Germany) is a German economist and mathematician.
Winfried Denk
Winfried Denk (born November 12, 1957 in Munich) is a German physicist and neurobiologist, director of the Max-Plack-Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg.
Winfried Denk (born November 12, 1957 in Munich) is a German physicist and neurobiologist, director of the Max-Plack-Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg.
Wolfgang Hackbusch
Wolfgang Hackbusch (born 24 October 1948 in Westerstede, Lower Saxony) is a German mathematician, known for his pioneering research in multigrid methods and later hierarchical matrices, a concep...
Wolfgang Hackbusch (born 24 October 1948 in Westerstede, Lower Saxony) is a German mathematician, known for his pioneering research in multigrid methods and later hierarchical matrices, a concep...
Wolfgang Krätschmer
Wolfgang Krätschmer (b. 6 August 1942 in Berlin) is a German physicist.
Wolfgang Krätschmer (b. 6 August 1942 in Berlin) is a German physicist.
Wolfgang Lück
Wolfgang Lück (born 19 February 1957 in Herford) is a German mathematician who is an internationally recognized expert in Algebraic Topology.
Wolfgang Lück (born 19 February 1957 in Herford) is a German mathematician who is an internationally recognized expert in Algebraic Topology.
Wolfgang Prinz
Wolfgang Prinz is director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, and an internationally recognized expert in experimental psychology, cognitive ...
Wolfgang Prinz is director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, and an internationally recognized expert in experimental psychology, cognitive ...
Wolfram Burgard
Wolfram Burgard (born 1961 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany) is a German roboticist.
Wolfram Burgard (born 1961 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany) is a German roboticist.
Wolfram Saenger
Wolfram Saenger (born 1939) is a German biochemist and protein crystallographer.
Wolfram Saenger (born 1939) is a German biochemist and protein crystallographer.