2010 - 2019
History and development of the Max Planck Institute Magdeburg
New Research Groups, Appointments, A Historic Flood and a Sad Farewell
- July 2010: Molecular Simulations and Design group established (Dr. Matthias Stein)
- September 2010: Prof. Peter Benner appointed Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society and Director at the MPI Magdeburg
- December 2010: Setting up of multi-core LINUX cluster otto
- June 2013: Record flooding of the Elbe River, reaching a historic high of 7.47 meters on June 9, 2013, in Magdeburg. Both guest houses were evacuated and outdoor facilities secured.
- August 2013: Research group Numerical Linear Algebra for Dynamic Systems established (Dr. Martin Stoll, until 2017)
- December 2016: Consolidator Grant of the European Research Council for Dr.-Ing. Steffen Klamt, head of the group Analysis and Redesign of Biological Networks
- January 2017: Prof. Dr. Athanasios C. Antoulas named as Max Planck Fellow associated with the Max Planck Institute Magdeburg and Head of the Group Data-Driven System Reduction and Identification (until 2022)
- August 2018: Newly installed multi-core LINUX cluster mechthild put into service
- September 2018: 20th Anniversary of the MPI and Public Max Planck Evening with Science Slam
- October 2018: Research group Electrochemical Energy Conversion established (Dr.-Ing. Tanja Vidaković-Koch)
- June 12, 2019: The founding director Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ernst Dieter Gilles died in Stuttgart. He was 84.
- November 14, 2019: Commemorative Colloquium at the Max Planck Institute Magdeburg in honor of the scientific achievements of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ernst Dieter Gilles
The emeritus founding director Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ernst Dieter Gilles welcomes the newly appointed director Prof. Dr. Peter Benner to the institute in 2010.