MPE Organisation
The institute is headed joinly by the five directors; every four years the managing director changes.
Managing Director
Prof. Dr. Kirpal Nandra
Director of the high energy groupMax-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching
Scientific Members, Directors
| Prof. Dr. Ralf Bender | (Optical and Interpretative Astronomy) |
| Prof. Dr. Paola Caselli | (Center for Astrochemical Studies) |
| Prof. Dr. Frank Eisenhauer | (Infrared- and Submillimeter-Astronomy) |
| Prof. Dr. Reinhard Genzel | (Infrared- and Submillimeter-Astronomy) |
| Prof. Dr. Kirpal Nandra | (High-Energy Astronomy) |
Retired Scientific Members
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Haerendel
Prof. Dr. Gregor Morfill
Prof. Dr. Joachim Trümper
External Scientific Members
Prof. Dr. Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Leiden Observatory (NL), MPE
Prof. Dr. John Kormendy, University of Texas at Austin (USA)
Prof. Dr. Roald Z. Sagdeev, University of Maryland (USA)
Dr. Karl Schuster, IRAM, Grenoble (France)
Prof. Dr. Amiel Sternberg, Tel Aviv University (Israel), Flatiron Institute (New York, USA)
Former Scientific Members
Prof. Dr. Günther Hasinger
MPE Member in Scientific Council of the Chemistry, Physics & Technology Section of the MPG
Dr. Natascha M. Foerster Schreiber
Head of the Administration
Pia Fischhaber