Managing Director
Director of the Department of Entomology

Prof. Dr. David G. Heckel

Tel.: ++49 (0)3641 57 1501
Fax: ++49 (0)3641 57 1502

Research Coordination
Fundraising, Research Management, Outreach

Dr. Karin Groten

Tel.: ++49 (0)3641 57 1000
Fax: ++49 (0)3641 57 1002

Head of Administration

Reiner Witte

Tel.: ++49 (0)3641 57 2000
Fax: ++49 (0)3641 57 2011

Scientific Coordinator PhD Program
International Max Planck Research School

Dr. Claudia Voelckel

Tel.: ++49 (0)3641 57 1001
Fax: ++49 (0)3641 57 1002

Contact Person for International Scientists
Communication Manager and Public Relations Officer

Angela Overmeyer, M.A.

Tel.: ++49 (0)3641 57 2110
Fax: ++49 (0)3641 57 1002

Work Safety

Dana Arnold

Tel.: ++49 (0)3641 57 2203
Fax: ++49 (0)3641 57 2207

Ombuds Person
Project Group Leader Chemical Communication in Plant-Aphid Interactions, Dept. of Biochemistry

Dr. Grit Kunert

Tel.: ++49 (0)3641 57 1321
Fax: ++49 (0)3641 57 1302

Equal Opportunity Commissioner
IT Service

Diana Mewes

Tel.: ++49 (0)3641 57 2304

Representative of the Scientific Co-Workers in the Biology/Medicine Section of the Max Planck Society
Project Group Leader Molecular Biology of the Insect Digestive System, Dept. of Entomology

Dr. Yannick Pauchet

Tel.: ++49 (0)3641 57 1507
Fax: ++49 (0)3641 57 1502

Chairman of the Works Council
Head of IT Service

Dieter Ruder

Tel.: ++49 (0)3641 57 2261
Fax: ++49 (0)3641 57 2262,   e-mail: betriebsrat [at] ice.mpg.de

Representative of the PhD students