Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems

Directors and Research Group Leaders at the Max Planck Institute Magdeburg, from left to right: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sebastian Sager, Dr. Feliks Nüske, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Achim Kienle, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Peter Benner, Prof. Dr. Sohini Kar-Narayan, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Udo Reichl, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Sundmacher, Dr.-Ing. Tanja Vidaković-Koch, Dr.-Ing. Steffen Klamt, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Matthias Stein,
Copyright Harald Krieg / Max Planck Institute Magdeburg, October 2025

Research Groups

The Max Planck Institute Magdeburg consists of four research groups headed by MPI directors, a research group headed by an external scientific member, three research groups headed by senior scientists, a Max Planck Fellow group and a Max Planck Partner Group.

MPI Directors

Bioprocess Engineering (BPE)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Udo Reichl
Computational Methods in Systems and Control Theory (CSC)
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Peter Benner
Materials Systems Engineering (MSE)
Prof. Dr. Sohini Kar-Narayan
Process Systems Engineering (PSE)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Sundmacher

External Scientific Members

Process Synthesis and Process Dynamics (PSD)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Achim Kienle
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Raisch

Senior Scientists

Analysis and Redesign of Biological Networks (ARB)
Dr.-Ing. Steffen Klamt
Data-driven Modeling of Complex Physical Systems (DMP)
Dr. Feliks Nüske
Molecular Simulations and Design (MSD)
Dr. rer. nat. Matthias Stein
Electrochemical Energy Conversion (EEC)
Dr.-Ing. Tanja Vidaković-Koch

Max Planck Fellow

Mathematical Optimization and Machine Learning (OML)
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sebastian Sager

Partner Groups

ANII-MPG Research Group "Efficient Heterogeneous Computing" (EHC)
Dr. Pablo Ezzatti, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Computer-Aided Material Design for Next-Generation CO2 Capture Processes (CMD)
Prof. Dr. Teng Zhou, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou, China