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Call for Nominations for the Position of a Director

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Nominations sought for the position of a director at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg/Germany, in the research area of Systems-oriented Biotechnology and Bioengineering and related areas.

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Sundmacher, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg, was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy (UCTM) in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 5 November 2025.
Magdeburg Max Planck Director honoured for contributions to German-Bulgarian cooperation in education and science
The CoSeCats research team at the Max-Planck-Institute Magdeburg consists of the following scientists (from left to right):  Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Sundmacher, Dr.-Ing. Ronny Tobias Zimmermann, Luisa Peterson, M.Sc., Alexander Geschke, M.Sc.
CoSeCats – a scalable, load-flexible catalyst reactor system for the chemical storage of renewable energy
A team at the Max Planck Institute in Magdeburg has been researching core-shell catalyst pellets that enable the flexible operation of Power-to-X processes.
Symbolic picture for the doctoral programme Max Planck Artificial Intelligence Network
The doctoral programme Max Planck Artificial Intelligence Network allows young academics to contribute to the ongoing transformation of the sciences by developing and applying AI methodology. One of the coordinators is Prof. Peter Benner, director at the Max Planck Institute in Magdeburg.
Materials scientist Prof. Dr. Sohini Kar-Narayan will take up her full-time position as the new director of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems and as a Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society with effect from October 1, 2025. Sohini Kar-Narayan is pictured here in the foyer at the Max Planck Institute in Magdeburg.
Prof. Dr. Sohini Kar-Narayan will take up her full-time position as the new director of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems with effect from October 1, 2025. She heads the new Materials Systems Engineering department and brings her expertise in the field of functionalized materials systems and devices to the Magdeburg institute.

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Career

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Nominations sought for the position of a director at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg/Germany, in the research area of Systems-oriented Biotechnology and Bioengineering and related areas.
Best conditions for excellence in research
The Max Planck Institute in Magdeburg offers a variety of opportunities for professional development, personal and professional further education.

Latest Publications

Zimmermann, R. T.; Sundmacher, K.: Kern‐Schale‐Katalysatorpellets: Das Gelbe vom Ei für den lastflexiblen Festbett‐Reaktorbetrieb? Chemie Ingenieur Technik 97, pp. 411 - 420 (2025)
Gkimisis, L.; Aretz, N.; Tezzele, M.; Richter, T.; Benner, P.; Willcox, K. E.: Non-Intrusive Reduced-Order Modeling for Dynamical Systems with Spatially Localized Features. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 444, 118115 (2025)
Elmaci, D. N.; Hopping, G.; Hoffmann, W.; Muttenthaler, M.; Stein, M.: The structural integrity of human TFF1 under reducing conditions. Redox Biology 81, 103534 (2025)
Peterson, L.; Gosea, I. V.; Benner, P.; Sundmacher, K.: Digital Twins in Process Engineering: An Overview on Computational and Numerical Methods. Computers and Chemical Engineering 193, 108917 (2025)
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