Members of the Senate

In the Senate, the group of professors and junior professors is represented by seven members, while the other groups each have two representatives. According to §8 of the Constitution of Leibniz University, all representatives, except for those from the student group, are elected for a term of two years. Representatives from the student group are elected for a one-year term. The elections for student representatives in the Senate take place annually in January, with the most recent election having occurred in January 2024. The elections for representatives of the other groups occur biennially in January, with the next election scheduled for January 2025. The current term of office for all members runs until 31 March 2025. The president chairs the Senate. The administration of the Senate is managed by Dr. Siefert.

From front left: Yudhveer Singh Nijjer, Prof. Monika Sester, Tabea Herbst, Prof. Hans-Peter Braun, Dr. Nadja Bieletzki, Prof. Bettina Lindmeier, Prof. Stefan Schreieder, Prof. Stephan Köster, Dr. Florian Leydecker, Prof. Jörn Ostermann, Dr. Andreas Schneider; not pictured: Prof. Stephan Thomsen

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 Education
  • 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 / Section (SG) 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 Leibniz University Hannover
  • Prof. Dr. Joachim Escher
    Vice President for Human Resources Development
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Blume
    Vice President for Research and Transfer
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Regina Nogueira
    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. Annika Raatz
    Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
  • Prof. Dr. Alexander Heisterkamp
    Faculty 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 from 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
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Management

Dr. Justin Siefert
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