Gerald Haug elected President of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Gerald Haug is the new president of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He was elected in a secret written vote taken by the Leopoldina Senate. On 1 March 2020 this renowned climatologist will take over the position from Jörg Hacker. The microbiologist Hacker directed the academy since 2010 and is now retiring as scheduled after two terms. Haug (born 1968) will be the XXVII Leopoldina president. He is a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz as well as a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich/Switzerland. The handover ceremony will take place on Thursday, 20 February 2020.
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