Managing  Director
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Eberhard Bodenschatz

Head of Administration
Mazen Dizayee

Scientific Members
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Eberhard Bodenschatz
Prof. Dr. Stephan Herminghaus
Prof. Dr. Ramin Golestanian

Max Planck Research Group Leaders
Prof. Dr. Karen Alim
Honorarprofessor Dr. Stefan Luther
Dr. Armita Nourmohammad
Dr. Viola Priesemann
Dr. Michael Wilczek
Dr. David Zwicker

External Scientific Members
Prof. Dr. Jens Frahm
Prof. Dr. Detlef Lohse
Prof. Dr. Alain Pumir

Max Planck Fellows
Prof. Dr. Claudia Steinem

Emeritus Directors
Prof. Dr. Theo Geisel
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Jan-Peter Toennies
Prof. Dr. Heinz-Georg Wagner

Number of Employees
On August 1st, 2016, there was a total of 285 employees and scholarship holders at the MPIDS, including 78 scientific employees and 63 junior researchers. 70 scientists were paid with third-party funds.