Thomas C. G. Bosch, Kiel, Kiel University (Section of Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology)
John A. G. Briggs, Martinsried, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (Section of Biochemistry and Biophysics)
Eran Elinav, Rehovot, Israel, Weizmann Institute of Science (Section of Microbiology and Immunology)
Stefan Engelhardt, Munich, Technical University of Munich (Section of Physiology and Pharmacology/Toxicology)
Ana García Sáez, Frankfurt am Main, Max Planck Institute for Biophysics (Section of Biochemistry and Biophysics)
Catherine H. Graham, Birmensdorf, Switzerland, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL (Section of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology)
Meritxell Huch Ortega, Dresden, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (Section of Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology)
Florian Klein, Cologne, University of Cologne (Section of Microbiology and Immunology)
Percy Knolle, Munich, Technical University of Munich (Section of Microbiology and Immunology)
Hanna Kokko, Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Section of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology)
Kirsten Küsel, Jena, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Section of Microbiology and Immunology)
Ana Martin-Villalba, Heidelberg, German Cancer Research Center in the Helmholtz Association (Section of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine)
Markus Reichstein, Jena, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (Section of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology)
Benjamin Schuler, Zurich, Switzerland, University of Zurich (Section of Biochemistry and Biophysics)
Veronika Sexl, Innsbruck, Austria, University of Innsbruck (Section of Physiology and Pharmacology/Toxicology)
Cynthia M. Sharma, Würzburg, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (Section of Microbiology and Immunology)
News The Leopoldina welcomes new members to Class II – Life Sciences
The new members of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina are traditionally invited to the symposium of their respective classes in the year following their election. On Wednesday, 15 April 2026, Leopoldina President Professor Bettina Rockenbach presented the new members of Class II – Life Sciences with their certificates. The following members were elected to Class II of the Leopoldina in 2025.