Organization of the MPI
Research at the MPI is carried out in three departments. In addition, the institute hosts three Max Planck Research Groups, an Emeritus Group, and two Max Planck Fellows.
The directors of the departments, Prof. Dr. Ralf Conrad (Department of Biogeochemistry), Prof. Dr. Regine Kahmann (Department of Organismic Interactions), and Prof. Lotte Søgaard- Andersen (Department of Ecophysiology), are scientific members of the Max Planck Society. The Managing Director of the Institute is currently Prof. Regine Kahmann.
- The website of the Max Planck Society provides definitions of:
- Max Planck Research Group
- Max Planck Fellow
- Scientific member
The scheme below shows the organization of the institute. To see a description of our research, please follow the link Research.
Organigram of the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology as per September 2010.