Organisation

Managing Director

Professor Sara Wickström, MD, PhD

Tel.: +49 251 70365-300
E-mail: office-wickstrom@mpi-muenster.mpg.de

Head of administration

Martin Becker

Tel.: +49 251 70365-910
Email: martin.becker@mpi-muenster.mpg.de

Scientific Members

Prof. Dr. Ralf H. Adams

Prof. Dr. Rui Benedito

Prof. Dr. Hans Schöler

Prof. Dr. Dietmar Vestweber

Prof. Sara Wickström, MD, PhD

External Scientific Members

Professor Dr. Erez Raz | Institute of Cell Biology, ZMBE Münster

Professor Dr. Gou Young Koh | Center for Vascular Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Representative of the Institute’s scientific employees in the BMS

Dr. Stefan Volkery (2025 - 2028)

Directors

Prof. Dr. Ralf H. Adams | Tissue Morphogenesis

Prof. Dr. Rui Benedito | Functional Genetics

Prof. Dr. Sara Wickström | Cell and Tissue Dynamics

Group leaders

Dr. Ivan Bedzhov
Embryonic Self-Organization | DFG Emmy Noether Group

Dr. Mara Pitulescu
Vascular Patterning Dynamics | Research Group

Dr. Mauricio Rocha-Martins
Embryo Self-correction | Max Planck Research Group

Dr. Kate Miroshnikova
Biophysical Regulation of Cell State Dynamics | Max Planck Research Group

Emeritus Directors

Prof. Dr. Hans Schöler
Formerly MPG White Paper Emeritus Group Project Group | "White Paper - Animal Testing in the Max Planck Society"
Brain Organoids: Alternatives to Animal Testing in Neuroscience

Prof. Dr. Dietmar Vestweber
Emeritus Group | Vascular Cell Biology