Max Planck Society
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The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society and renamed the Max Planck Society in 1948 in honor of its former president, theoretical physicist Max Planck.wikipedia
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Kaiser Wilhelm Society
Kaiser Wilhelm InstituteKaiser-Wilhelm GesellschaftKaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society and renamed the Max Planck Society in 1948 in honor of its former president, theoretical physicist Max Planck.
Its functions were taken over by the Max Planck Society.
Max Planck
PlanckMax Karl Ernst Ludwig PlanckPlanck, M.
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society and renamed the Max Planck Society in 1948 in honor of its former president, theoretical physicist Max Planck.
In 1948, the German scientific institution the Kaiser Wilhelm Society (of which Planck was twice president) was renamed the Max Planck Society (MPS).
Otto Hahn
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The Max Planck Society and its predecessor Kaiser Wilhelm Society hosted several renowned scientists in their fields, including luminaries such as Otto Hahn, Werner Heisenberg, and Albert Einstein.
He served as the last President of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society (KWG) in 1946 and as the founding President of the Max Planck Society (MPG) from 1948 to 1960.
Werner Heisenberg
HeisenbergW. HeisenbergHeisenberg, Werner
The Max Planck Society and its predecessor Kaiser Wilhelm Society hosted several renowned scientists in their fields, including luminaries such as Otto Hahn, Werner Heisenberg, and Albert Einstein.
He was director of the institute until it was moved to Munich in 1958, when it was expanded and renamed the Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics.
Adolf Butenandt
Adolf Friedrich Johann ButenandtAdolph ButenandtButenandt, Adolf Friedrich Johann
He was President of the Max Planck Society from 1960 to 1972.
Hubert Markl
Hubert Simon MarklHubert S. Markl
Hubert Simon Markl (17 August 1938 – 8 January 2015) was a German biologist who also served as President of the Max Planck Society from 1996 to 2002.
Hans F. Zacher
He was a professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and was the President of the Max Planck Society from 1990 till 1996.
Peter Gruss
Peter Gruss (born 28 June 1949 in Alsfeld, Hesse) is a German developmental biologist, president of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, and the former president of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (having been elected for the term from 2002 to 2008 and reelected for 2008–2014).
Schloss Ringberg
Friedrich AttenhuberRingberg
One of the larger donations was the castle Schloss Ringberg near Kreuth in Bavaria, which was pledged by Luitpold Emanuel in Bayern (Duke in Bavaria).
Not open to the general public, it is a property of the Max Planck Society and used for conferences.
Heidelberg
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Heidelberg is a scientific hub in Germany and home to several internationally renowned research facilities adjacent to its university, including the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and four Max Planck Institutes.
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
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The Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, MPIA) is a research institute of the Max Planck Society (MPG).
Germany
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The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society and renamed the Max Planck Society in 1948 in honor of its former president, theoretical physicist Max Planck.
Research institutions in Germany include the Max Planck Society, the Helmholtz Association, the Fraunhofer Society and the Leibniz Association.
Ernst Strüngmann Institute
Ernst Strungmann Institute
The ESI is under the scientific governance of the Max Planck Society.
Heinz Staab
Heinz A. Staab
He was director of the Max Planck Society from 1984 until 1990.
Martin Stratmann
Stratman is president of the Max Planck Society since June 2014 after having been its vice president from 2008 to 2014.
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Max-Planck-Institut für AstrophysikMPI for AstrophysicsInstitute for Astrophysics
It is one of many scientific research institutes belonging to the Max Planck Society.
Max Planck Institute for Physics
Max-Planck Institut für PhysikKaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für PhysikMax Planck Institute
It is part of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft and is also known as the Werner Heisenberg Institute, after its first director in its current location.
Florida Atlantic University
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In 2007 the Society established its first non-European centre, with an institute on the Jupiter campus of Florida Atlantic University focusing on neuroscience.
The university has established notable partnerships with major research institutions such as the Scripps Research Institute, the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, and the Max Planck Society.
Max Planck Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean
Max Planck Society also has a collaborative center with Princeton University—Max Planck Princeton Research Center for Plasma Physics—located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the U.S. The latest Max Planck Research Center has been established at Harvard University in 2016 as the [[Max Planck Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean]].
It was inaugurated with a workshop and a signing ceremony at Harvard University on October 10, 2017, when the president of the Max Planck Society, Martin Stratmann, and Harvard's vice-provost for international affairs signed a five-year agreement.
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
It was founded in 1991 by Rudolf K. Thauer and is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft).
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Albert Einstein InstituteMPI for Gravitational PhysicsAEI
The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) is a Max Planck Institute whose research is aimed at investigating Einstein’s theory of relativity and beyond: Mathematics, quantum gravity, astrophysical relativity, and gravitational wave astronomy.
Kreuth
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One of the larger donations was the castle Schloss Ringberg near Kreuth in Bavaria, which was pledged by Luitpold Emanuel in Bayern (Duke in Bavaria).
The castle Ringberg was owned by the dukes of Bavaria and was donated to the Max Planck Society in 1973.
Fritz Haber
HaberF. HaberHaber, Fritz
The KWG was one of the world's leading research organizations; its board of directors included scientists like Walther Bothe, Peter Debye, Albert Einstein, and Fritz Haber.
In 1981, the Minerva foundation of the Max Planck Society and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) established the Fritz Haber Research Center for Molecular Dynamics, based at the Institute of Chemistry of the Hebrew University.
Adolf von Harnack
Adolf HarnackHarnackAdolph von Harnack
After a long period in U.S. Army hands after World War II it has now resumed the role Harnack envisaged, as a centre for international intellectual life in the German capital, under the management of the KWG's successor organisation, the Max Planck Gesellschaft.
International Max Planck Research School for Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences
International Max Planck Research School
The Ph.D. program is organised by three of the Max Planck Institutes and two universities in Munich.