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Members of the Senate

In the Senate, the group of professors and junior professors is represented by seven members, while the other groups each have two representatives. According to §8 of the Constitution of Leibniz University, all representatives, except for those from the student group, are elected for a term of two years. Representatives from the student group are elected for a one-year term. The elections for student representatives in the Senate take place annually in January, with the most recent election having occurred in January 2024. The elections for representatives of the other groups occur biennially in January, with the next election scheduled for January 2025. The current term of office for all members runs until 31 March 2025. The president chairs the Senate. The administration of the Senate is managed by Dr. Siefert.

From front left: Yudhveer Singh Nijjer, Prof. Monika Sester, Tabea Herbst, Prof. Hans-Peter Braun, Dr. Nadja Bieletzki, Prof. Bettina Lindmeier, Prof. Stefan Schreieder, Prof. Stephan Köster, Dr. Florian Leydecker, Prof. Jörn Ostermann, Dr. Andreas Schneider; not pictured: Prof. Stephan Thomsen

Members with voting rights

University professors

Representatives

  • Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Braun (Speaker)
    Institute of Plant Genetics
  • Prof. Dr. Denis Gebauer
    Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
  • Prof. Dr. Claas Friedrich Germelmann
    Institute of International Law
  • Prof. Dr. Christine Hatzky
    History Department
  • Prof. Dr. Markus Jager
    Institute of  the History and Theory of Architecture
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Philipp Junker 
    Institute of Continuum Mechanics
  • Prof. Dr. Michael Oestreich
    Institute of Solid State Physics

Deputies

  • Prof. Dr. Maik Dierkes
    Institute of Banking and Finance
  • Prof. Dr. Bettina Lindmeier
    Institute of Education for Special Needs
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörn Ostermann
    Institute of Information Processing
  • Prof. Dr. Jens Robert Schöndube
    Institute of Controlling
  • Prof. Dr. Stefan Schreieder
    Institute of Algebraic Geometry
  • Prof. Dr. Roland Schwarze
    Chair in Civil Law, Labour and Industrial Law and Civil Procedure
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Monika Sester
    Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics
  • Prof. Dr. Vera Ursula Volkmann
    Institute of Sport Science

Students

Representatives

  • Tabea Herbst
  • Yudhveer Singh Nijjer

Deputies

  • Nils Baum
  • Jula Malin Kuscha­

Scientific staff

Representatives

  • Dr. Andreas Schneider (Speaker)
    Institute for Inorganic Chemistry
  • Dr. Florian Leydecker
    Institute of Applied Mathematics

Deputies

  • Dr. Edwina Albrecht
    Institute of Education
  • Dr.-Ing. Nadja Oneschkow
    Institute of Building Materials Science

Technical and administrative staff

Representatives

  • Katja Bohne
    Department 1 / Section (SG) 12
  • Bodo Steffen
    ZQS

Deputies

  • Dr. Nadja Gabriele Camphie Bieletzki
    LCSS
  • Eva-Britta Juhre
    Dean of Studies Office, Natural Sciences

Members without voting rights

Presidential Board

  • Prof. Dr. Volker Epping
    President of Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø
  • Prof. Dr. Joachim Escher
    Vice President for Human Resources Development
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Blume
    Vice President for Research and Transfer
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Regina Nogueira
    Vice President for International Affairs and Sustainability
  • Prof. Dr. Julia Gillen
    Vice President for Education
  • Dr. Christoph Strutz
    Senior Vice President

Deans of the faculties

  • Prof. Dr. Christian Werthmann
    Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Sciences
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Heipke
    Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodetic Science
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Werle
    Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
  • Prof. Dr. Jan Eichelberger
    Faculty of Law
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Annika Raatz
    Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
  • Prof. Dr. Matthias Schütt
    Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Stefanie Heiden 
    Faculty of Natural Sciences
  • Prof. Dr. Katja Mackowiak
    Faculty of Philosophy
  • Prof. Dr. Marcel Prokopczuk
    Faculty of Economics and Management

Chairperson of the QUEST Leibniz Research School

  • Prof. Dr. Michèle Heurs

Director of the Leibniz School of Education

  • Prof. Dr. Sascha Schanze

Director of the Leibniz School of Optics

  • Prof. Dr. Uwe Morgner

Representatives of the central bodies

  • Martina Vanden Hoeck (ZQS)
    Deputy: Dr. Meike Huntebrinker (Graduate Academy)

Equal opportunities officer

  • Sarah Peters

Advisory member from the Staff Council

  • Anh-Vu Phan
  • Deputy: Regina Wilkening-Garcia

PhD students’ representation

  • Victoria Alexandra Bauer
    Deputy: Joseph Winkler

Management

  • Dr. Justin Siefert

Chairperson and management

Chairperson

Prof. Dr. Volker Epping
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Management

Dr. Justin Siefert
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