List of Max Planck Institutes

Max Planck Institutes are research institutions operated by the Max Planck Society.[1] There are over 80 institutes.[2] Most of them are located in Germany, although there are other locations in other European countries and the United States.[1][2]

Institutes are organized into five categories according to their research area:[1][3]

* Astronomy & Astrophysics
* Biology & Medicine
* Material & Technology
* Environment & Climate
* Humanities

One institute can belong to several research areas. In addition, it can also belong to several more specialized research fields.[1] In administrative terms, the institutes of the Max Planck Society are divided into three sections: Biology and Medicine, Chemistry, Physics and Technology and Human Sciences.[4]

## Institutes and Research Units

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As of April 2024, the following Max Planck Institutes and Research Units exist (in alphabetical order):[1]

Name  | Location  | Research areas

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Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics | Frankfurt | cultural studies, social science, cognitive science, linguistics
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior | Radolfzell / Konstanz | evolutionary biology, ethology, ecology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology | Leipzig | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, ethology, and cognitive science
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology | Halle | cultural studies, jurisprudence, social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy | Heidelberg | astronomy, astrophysics
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics | Garching | astronomy, astrophysics
Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History | Rome (Italy)  | cultural studies
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry | Martinsried | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine, structural biology, cell biology
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry | Jena | microbiology, ecology, earth science, climatology
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence | Martinsried / Seewiesen | organismic biology, ornithology, neurobiology, behavioural ecology, evolutionary biology, evolutionary genetics, neuroscience
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing | Cologne | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, structural biology, cell biology
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine | Münster | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine, structural biology, cell biology
Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen | Tübingen | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, botany, structural biology, cell biology
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics | Frankfurt | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, structural biology, cell biology
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research | Frankfurt | neuroscience
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics | Dresden | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, neuroscience, structural biology, cell biology
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry | Mainz | chemistry, earth science, climatology
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences | Leipzig | neuroscience, cognitive science, linguistics
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods | Bonn | jurisprudence, social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces | Golm | immunology, infection biology, medicine, structural biology, cell biology chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law | Freiburg | jurisprudence, social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics | Tübingen | neuroscience, cognitive science,
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research | Rostock | social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity | Göttingen | cultural studies, social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization | Göttingen | neuroscience, structural biology, cell biology solid-state physics, materials science, complex systems
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems | Magdeburg | structural biology, cell biology chemistry, complex systems
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology | Jena | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, microbiology, ecology, neuroscience, botany
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion | Mülheim | structural biology, cell biology chemistry
Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society (associated institute)  | Frankfurt | medicine, neuroscience
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology | Plön | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, behavioural biology
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience | Jupiter, Florida (United States)  | neuroscience, structural biology, cell biology
Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society | Tübingen | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, structural biology, cell biology
Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society | Berlin | chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science, particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics | Berlin | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine
Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology | Jena | evolutionary biology, genetics, infection biology, social science, linguistics
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics | Golm / Hanover | astronomy, astrophysics, particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research | Bad Nauheim | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine, physiology
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science | Berlin | cultural studies
Max Planck Institute for Human Development | Berlin | cultural studies, cognitive science, social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics | Freiburg | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology | Berlin | immunology, infection biology, medicine
Max Planck Institute for Informatics | Saarbrücken | computer science
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition | Munich | jurisprudence, social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems | Stuttgart / Tübingen | solid-state physics, materials science, structural biology, cell biology, computer science
Max Planck Institute for Coal Research | Mülheim | chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science
Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz | Florence (Italy)  | cultural studies
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law | Hamburg | jurisprudence
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law | Heidelberg | jurisprudence, social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy | Munich | jurisprudence, social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance | Munich | jurisprudence
Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory | Frankfurt | cultural studies, jurisprudence
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics | Bonn | mathematics
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences | Leipzig | mathematics
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research | Heidelberg | structural biology, cell biology
Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research | Cologne | immunology, infection biology, medicine, neuroscience
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology | Hamburg | earth science, climatology
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology | Bremen | microbiology, ecology, chemistry
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology | Marburg | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, microbiology, ecology, botany
Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics | Halle | solid-state physics, materials science, particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences | Göttingen | neuroscience, medicine, chemistry, structural biology, genetics, evolutionary biology, developmental biology, cell biology, infection biology, immunology, particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar | Bonn | developmental biology, genetics, immunology, medicine, neuroscience, structural biology, cell biology
Max Planck Research Unit for Neurogenetics | Frankfurt | genetics, medicine, neuroscience, cell biology
Social Neuroscience Lab | Berlin | neuroscience, social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens | Berlin | genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine, microbiology
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics | Heidelberg | astronomy, astrophysics, particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for Physics | Garching | astronomy, astrophysics, particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems | Dresden | solid-state physics, materials science, complex systems
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids | Dresden | chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science, particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics | Garching | astronomy, astrophysics, complex systems
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light | Erlangen | solid-state physics, materials science, quantum mechanics, medicine, microbiology, cell biology
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology | Dortmund | structural biology, cell biology physiology, chemistry
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research | Cologne | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, botany
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology | Golm | botany, structural biology, cell biology, physiology
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics | Garching / Greifswald | particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research | Mainz | structural biology, cell biology chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry | Munich | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine, neuroscience, physiology, cognitive science,
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics | Nijmegen (Netherlands)  | cognitive science, linguistics
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics | Garching | particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy | Bonn | astronomy, astrophysics
Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy | Bochum | computer science
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies | Cologne | social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems | Kaiserslautern / Saarbrücken | computer science
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research | Göttingen | astronomy, astrophysics
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research | Stuttgart | chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science, particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter | Hamburg | solid-state physics, materials science
Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials | Düsseldorf | chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science

### Former

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* Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (merged with the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine to form the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, 1 January 2022)
* Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine (merged with the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry to form the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, 1 January 2022)
* Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology (merged with the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology to form the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, 1 January 2023)
* Max Planck Institute for Ornithology (merged with the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology to form the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, 1 January 2023)
* Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law (transferred to the University of Luxembourg, 1 January 2024)

## See also

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* List of institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health
* Ernst Strüngmann Institute
* List of IBS Centers

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Max Planck Institutes and Experts". mpg.de. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
2. ^ a b "MPG Facts and Figures". mpg.de. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
3. ^ "About us - Organization - Governing Bodies". mpg.de. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
4. ^ Organizational structure of the Max Planck Society

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Max Planck Society

Institutes|

* Evolutionary Anthropology
* Social Anthropology
* Astronomy
* Astrophysics
* Art History (Rome)
* Art History (Florence)
* Biochemistry
* Biogeochemistry
* Biological Intelligence
* Biology of Ageing
* Molecular Biomedicine
* Biophysics
* Brain Research
* Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
* Chemistry
* Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
* Research on Collective Goods
* Colloids and Interfaces
* Study of Crime, Security and Law
* Biological Cybernetics
* Demographic Research
* Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
* Dynamics and Self-Organization
* Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
* Chemical Ecology
* Chemical Energy Conversion
* Evolutionary Biology
* Neuroscience (Florida)
* Friedrich Miescher Laboratory
* Fritz Haber Institute
* Molecular Genetics
* Gravitational Physics
* Heart and Lung Research
* History of Science
* Human Development
* Science of Human History
* Immunobiology and Epigenetics
* Infection Biology
* Informatics
* Innovation and Competition
* Intelligent Systems
* Coal Research
* Tax Law and Public Finance
* Comparative Public Law and International Law
* Comparative and International Private Law
* Social Law and Social Policy
* European Legal History
* Mathematics
* Mathematics in the Sciences
* Medical Research
* Meteorology
* Marine Microbiology
* Terrestrial Microbiology
* Microstructure Physics
* Multidisciplinary Sciences
* Neurobiology of Behavior
* Ornithology
* Science of Light
* Chemical Physics of Solids
* Physics of Complex Systems
* Physics
* Extraterrestrial Physics
* Nuclear Physics
* Molecular Physiology
* Plant Breeding Research
* Molecular Plant Physiology
* Plasma Physics
* Polymer Research
* Psychiatry
* Psycholinguistics
* Quantum Optics
* Radio Astronomy
* Security and Privacy
* Study of Societies
* Software Systems
* Solar System Research
* Solid State Research
* Sustainable Materials

Associated institutes|

* Ernst Strüngmann Institute
* Max Planck Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean

International
research schools|

* Evolutionary Biology
* Heart and Lung Research
* Molecular and Cellular Biology
* Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences
* Molecular Biology
* Neurosciences
* Organismal Biology
* Ultrafast Imaging and Structural Dynamics

Former institutes|

* Behavioral Physiology
* Biology
* Cell Biology
* Experimental Endocrinology
* Foreign and International Social Law
* Neurobiology
* Ornithology
* Physics and Astrophysics
* Psychological Research
* Research Unit for Enzymology of Protein Folding

Presidents|

* Otto Hahn (1948–1960)
* Adolf Butenandt (1960–1972)
* Reimar Lüst (1972–1984)
* Heinz Staab (1984–1990)
* Hans F. Zacher (1990–1996)
* Hubert Markl (1996–2002)
* Peter Gruss (2002–2014)
* Martin Stratmann (2014–2023)
* Patrick Cramer (since 2023)

Nobel laureates|

* Walther Bothe (1954)
* Karl Ziegler (1963)
* Feodor Lynen (1964)
* Manfred Eigen (1967)
* Konrad Lorenz (1973)
* Georges J. F. Köhler (1984)
* Klaus von Klitzing (1985)
* Ernst Ruska (1986)
* Johann Deisenhofer (1988)
* Robert Huber (1988)
* Hartmut Michel (1988)
* Bert Sakmann (1991)
* Erwin Neher (1991)
* Paul J. Crutzen (1995)
* Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (1995)
* Theodor W. Hänsch (2005)
* Gerhard Ertl (2007)
* Stefan W. Hell (2014)
* Emmanuelle Charpentier (2020)
* Reinhard Genzel (2020)
* Benjamin List (2021)
* Klaus Hasselmann (2021)
* Svante Pääbo (2022)
* Ferenc Krausz (2023)

* Kaiser Wilhelm Society
* Max Planck Digital Library
* Harnack Medal
* Schloss Ringberg

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