Organization of MPI-TM
Research at the institute is carried out in four departments with a total of six research groups. In addition the institute hosts three Max Planck Research Groups, one Emmy Noether Research Group, three department-independent research groups, one emerita and two emeriti, as well as two Max Planck Fellows.
The directors of the departments, Prof. Dr. Helge Bode (Department of Natural Products in Organismic Interactions), Prof. Dr. Lotte Søgaard-Andersen (Department of Ecophysiology), Prof. Dr. Victor Sourjik (Department of Systems and Synthetic Microbiology) and Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb (Department of Biochemistry and Synthetic Metabolism) are scientific members of the Max Planck Society. Managing Director 2024 - 2026 is Prof. Dr. Helge Bode.
Structure
Structure of the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology as of September 2024