Top-Class Advisors

The Max Planck Innovation team is overseen by an advisory board of experts from science, industry, venture capital and politics.

• Prof. Dr. Herbert Waldmann (chairman)
  Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund
• Dr. Michael Steiner (deputy chairman)
  nanoSaar AG, Starnberg
• Dr. Michael Brandkamp
  High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH, Bonn
• Prof. Dr. Dietmar Harhoff
  Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich
• Prof. Dr. Rainer Metternich
  Berlin
• Prof. Dr. Ferdi Schüth
  Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr
• Dr. Johannes Velling
  Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitization and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf
• Dr. Manfred Wolter
  Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, Munich
• Rüdiger Willems
  Max Planck Gesellschaft Society, Munich