The group of university instructors has seven representatives in the Senate, while the other groups each have two. As stated in clause 8 of Leibniz University’s statutes, all the representatives except for the student group were elected in the 2022/23 winter semester for a two-year term (1 April 2023–31 March 2025). In the 2022/23 winter semester, the student representatives were elected for a term from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. The student members will be elected in January 2024 and all members of the Senate will be up for re-election in January 2025. The president is the chairperson. Dr. Siefert manages the Senate’s business.
Members with voting rights
University professors
Representatives
- Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Braun (Speaker)
Institute of Plant Genetics - Prof. Dr. Stephan Köster
Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Waste Management - Prof. Dr. Bettina Lindmeier
Institute of Special Eduaction - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörn Ostermann
Institute of Information Processing - Prof. Dr. Stefan Schreieder
Institute of Algebraic Geometry - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Monika Sester
Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics - Prof. Dr. Stephan Lothar Thomsen
Institute of Economic Policy
Deputies
- Prof. Dr. Lidia Becker
Romanesque Department - Prof. Dr. Hermann Butzer
Institute of Labor, Business and Social Law - Prof. Dr. Mathias Frisch
Institute of Philosophy - Prof. Dr. Denis Gebauer
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry - Prof. Dr. Markus Jager
Institute of the History and Theory of Architecture - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roland Johann Lachmayer
Institute of Product Development and Device Engineering - Prof. Dr. Michael Oestreich
Institute of Solid State Physics - Prof. Dr. Michael Rothmann
History Department - Prof. Dr. Axel Haunschild
Institute of Interdisciplinary Labour Science
Students
Representatives
- Jula Malin Kuscha
- Yudhveer Singh Nijjer
Deputies
- Nils Baum
- Tabea Herbst
Scientific staff
Representatives
- Dr. Andreas Schneider (Speaker)
Institute for Inorganic Chemistry - Dr. Florian Leydecker
Institute of Applied Mathematics
Deputies
- Edwina Albrecht
Institute of Education
Technical and administrative staff
Representatives
- Dr. Nadja Gabriele Camphie Bieletzki
LCSS - Katja Bohne
Department 1 / Subject area 12
Deputies
- Susana Angelica Dänzer Barbosa
Dean of studies of the Faculty of Natural Sciences - Bodo Steffen
ZQS
Members without voting rights
Presidential board
- Prof. Dr. Volker Epping
President of the Leibniz University - Prof. Dr. Joachim Escher
Vice President for Human Resources Development - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Blume
Vice President for Research and Transfer - Prof. Dr. Christina von Haaren
Vice President for International Affairs and Sustainability - Prof. Dr. Julia Gillen
Vice President for Education - Dr. Christoph Strutz
Senior Vice President
Deans of the faculties
- Prof. Dr. Mirco Becker
Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Sciences - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Heipke
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodetic Science - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bodo Rosenhahn
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - Prof. Dr. Jan Eichelberger
Faculty of Law - Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Peter Nyhuis
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - Prof. Dr. Alexander Heisterkamp
Facutly of Mathematics and Physics - Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Stefanie Heiden
Faculty of Natural Sciences - Prof. Dr. Marian Döhler
Faculty of Philosophy - Prof. Dr. Maik Dierkes
Faculty of Economics and Management
Chairperson of the QUEST Leibniz Research School
- Prof. Dr. Michèle Heurs
Director of the Leibniz School of Education
- Prof. Dr. Sascha Schanze
Director of the Leibniz School of Optics
- Prof. Dr. Uwe Morgner
Representatives of the central bodies
- Martina Vanden Hoeck (ZQS)
Deputy: Dr. Meike Huntebrinker (Graduate Academy)
Equal opportunities officer
- Sarah Peters
Advisory member of the staff council
- Anh-Vu Phan
- Deputy: Regina Wilkening-Garcia
PhD students’ representation
- Michael Wulf
Deputy: Maximilian Lückemann
Management
- Dr. Justin Siefert
Chairperson and management
Chairperson
Prof. Dr. Volker Epping
Phone
Fax
Address
Welfengarten 1
30167 Hannover
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
Management
Dr. Justin Siefert
Management
Phone
Fax
Email
Address
Welfengarten 1
30167 Hannover
30167 Hannover
Building
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