Scientific Advisory Board

The Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology evaluates the directors and research group leaders regarding their research program and resource allocation to ensure that they pursue only high level state of the art research. The members of the Scientific Advisory Board are recruited from internationally leading research institutions and universities and are selected by the President of the Max Planck Society on the basis of suggestions from the institute. They are appointed for a maximum period of six years, and new appointments replace part of the members every three years.

Our current members are:

Prof. Dr. Richard Benton University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Adriana C. Briscoe, University of California, Irvine CA, USA

Prof. Dr. Jon Clardy Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA

Prof. Dr. Donald Hilvert, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Julia Kubanek (CHAIR) Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, USA

Prof. Dr. Anna Mapp, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, USA

Prof. Dr. Alison Mercer University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Prof. Birger Lindberg Møller The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark

Prof. Caroline Müller Universität Bielefeld

Prof. Dr. John Thompson, University of California, Santa Cruz CA, USA

Dr. Danièle Werck Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Strasbourg, France