GAUSS Managing Board

The GAUSS Managing Board is responsible for the management of all duties and responsibilities of GAUSS. It defines and further develops the strategic orientation, scientific concept, and training program of the graduate school. Furthermore, it is evaluating and deciding on applications for admitting new supervisors and implementing new doctoral programs.

The spokesperson of GAUSS, elected by the board members, represents the interests of GAUSS within the regulatory framework. He/she is the chair of the GAUSS Managing Board and responsible for the operational business of the graduate school.

The GAUSS Managing Board is composed of

  • one member of each of the mathematics and natural science faculties,
  • one member of the University Medical Center Göttingen,
  • one member of the Göttingen Graduate Center for Neurosciences, Biophysics and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB),
  • one member of the non-university campus partners,
  • one doctoral student representative.

The doctoral student representative is elected from his/her peer group for one year. The other members are appointed for two years by their respective institution.

The GAUSS Managing Board reports to the Presidential Board of the University and to the mathematics and natural science faculties.

Reiners
Prof. Dr. Ansgar Reiners (since 1st Sept 2017)
Faculty of Physics
Institute for Astrophysics
Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1
37077 Göttingen
Phone +49 (0) 551 - 39 28530
Ansgar.Reiners@phys.uni-goettingen.de
Plonka-Hoch
Prof. Dr. Gerlind Plonka-Hoch (since 1st April 2016)
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Institute of Numerical and Applied Mathematics
Lotzestr. 16–18
37083 Göttingen
Phone +49 (0) 551 - 39 22115 or 4502
plonka@math.uni-goettingen.de
Stuelke
Prof. Dr. Jörg Stülke (since 1st April 2017)
Faculty of Biology and Psychology
Institute for Microbiology and Genetics
Department of General Microbiology
Grisebachstr. 8
37077 Göttingen
Phone +49 (0) 551 - 39 33781
jstuelk@gwdg.de
Prof. Dr. Ricardo Mata (since 1st April 2022)
Faculty of Chemistry
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Tammannstr. 6
37077 Göttingen
Phone +49 (0) 551 - 39 23149
rmata@gwdg.de
Jackson_Vorstand
Prof. Dr. Daniel Jackson (since 1st Apr 2020)
Faculty of Geoscience and Geography
Department of Geobiology
Goldschmidtstraße 3
37077 Göttingen
Phone +49 (0) 551 - 39 14177
djackso@uni-goettingen.de
Flügel
Prof. Dr. Alexander Flügel (since 1st Oct 2018)
University Medical Center
Institute for Multiple Sclerosis Research
Dept. of Neuroimmunology
Von-Siebold-Str. 3a
37075 Göttingen
Phone +49 (0) 551 - 39 61158
fluegel@med.uni-goettingen.de
Feussner_720
Prof. Dr. Ivo Feußner (since 1st Apr 2020)
Göttingen Graduate Center for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences
Albrecht von Haller Institute
Dept. of Plant Biochemistry
Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11
37077 Göttingen
Phone +49 (0) 551 - 39 25743
ifeussn@gwdg.de
Alec_Wodtke_Vorstand_1
Prof. Alec M. Wodtke Ph.D. (since 1st Apr 2020)
Representative of the non-university institutions
Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
Am Faßberg 11
37077 Göttingen
Phone +49 (0) 551 - 201 1261
Alec.Wodtke@mpibpc.mpg.de
Greg Weiler (since 01 April 2024)
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Institute for Mathematical Stochastics
PhD student in the program Mathematical Sciences
Goldschmidtstr. 7, 37077 Göttingen