Organisation

Sections

Each Academy member belongs to the section that represents his or her field of work. The Leopoldina currently has 28 sections, each of which is headed by a senator elected by its members.

No.	Sections	Elected Senators (Academy Members)
1	Mathematics	N.N.
2	Informatics	Prof. Dr. Bernhard Nebel, Freiburg
3	Physics	Prof. Dr. Gerd Leuchs, Erlangen
4	Chemistry	Prof. Dr. Gerhard Erker, Münster
5	Earth Sciences	Prof. Dr. Manfred R. Strecker, Potsdam
6	Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences	Prof. Dr. Bertram Brenig, Göttingen
8	Organismic and Evolutionary Biology	Prof. Dr. Ulf-Ingo Flügge, Köln
9	Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology	Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Amrhein, Zürich
10	Biochemistry and Biophysics	Prof. Dr. Roland Lill, Marburg
11	Anatomy and Anthropology	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kummer, Gießen
12	Pathology and Forensic Medicine	Prof. Dr. Hans Kreipe, Hannover
13	Microbiology and Immunology	Prof. Dr. Axel Brakhage, Jena
14	Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine	Prof. Dr. Oliver Brüstle, Bonn
15	Physiology and Pharmacology/Toxicology	Prof. Dr. Armin Kurtz, Regensburg
16	Internal Medicine and Dermatology	Prof. Dr. Thomas Schwarz, Kiel
17	Surgery, Orthopaedics, Anaesthesiology	Prof. Dr. Brigitte Vollmar, Rostock
18	Gynaecology and Paediatrics	Prof. Dr. Annette Grüters-Kieslich, Berlin
19	Neurosciences	Prof. Dr. Peter Falkai, München
20	Ophthalmology, Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Stomatology	Prof. Dr. Barbara Wollenberg, Munich
21	Radiology	Prof. Dr. Wolfram Knapp, Hannover
22	Veterinary Medicine	Prof. Dr. Lothar H. Wieler, Berlin
23	History of Science and Medicine	Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel, Regensburg
24	Epistemology	Prof. Dr. Ulrich Gähde, Hamburg
25	Economics and Empirical Social Sciences	Prof. Dr. Martin Weber, Mannheim
26	Psychology and Cognitive Sciences	Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hommel, Leiden (NL)
27	Engineering Sciences	Prof. Dr. Horst Hahn, Karlsruhe
28	Cultural Sciences	Prof. Dr. Andreas Kablitz, Köln