Jürgen Mlynek to become new Helmholtz President

The Senate of the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centres today elected unanimously Professor Dr. Jürgen Mlynek as the successor to the serving Helmholtz President, Professor Dr. Walter Kröll.

Mlynek is currently President of the Humboldt University Berlin. He will take up his new position on 1 September 2005, when Walter Kröll hands over office at the age of 67 after having completed the first phase of Helmholtz reform.

"Like no other research organisation, the Helmholtz Association has, in recent years and under the leadership of its President Walter Kröll, undergone comprehensive reform. We will seamlessly continue this work. Excellent and relevant research presents ideal conditions for strengthening the Helmholtz trade mark, nationally and internationally," said Mlynek. "We need to further extend the current excellent networking with universities for this and to work with them in a joint commitment to the advancement of young scientists and researchers. However, I also see an important task in building bridges with industry and society. We will achieve this by intensifying the field of knowledge and technology transfer."

The 54-year-old Mlynek was unanimously nominated in April by the Helmholtz Association Assembly of Members, a body made up of the board members of the 15 Research Centres. He was the only candidate for the office of president. His nomination is based on a recommendation made by a selection committee chaired by State Secretary Professor Dr. Frieder Meyer-Krahmer from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

From physicist to research leader
Jürgen Mlynek studied physics at the TU Hannover and the École Polytechnique in Paris. He gained his doctorate at the University of Hannover (Dr. rer. nat.) in 1979 and his habilitation in 1984. After a period at the IBM Research Laboratory in the United States, Mlynek moved to the ETH Zurich as an assistant professor. In 1990 he went to the University of Konstanz, where he had been offered a Full Professorship in Experimental Physics. After 10 years researching and teaching in the field of experimental quantum physics, nuclear physics and surface physics, Mlynek felt drawn to the field of research management: he served as Vice-President of the German Research Foundation (DFG) from 1996 to 2001. In September 2000 he became President of the Humboldt University Berlin, which he developed into one of Germany's leading universities. Mlynek has received numerous science and research prizes, including the Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Prize awarded by the German Research Foundation (1992).

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	Jürgen Mlynek to become new Helmholtz President The Senate of the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centres today elected unanimously Professor Dr. Jürgen Mlynek as the successor to the serving Helmholtz President, Professor Dr. Walter Kröll. Mlynek is currently President of the Humboldt University Berlin. He will take up his new position on 1 September 2005, when Walter Kröll hands over office at the age of 67 after having completed the first phase of Helmholtz reform. "Like no other research organisation, the Helmholtz Association has, in recent years and under the leadership of its President Walter Kröll, undergone comprehensive reform. We will seamlessly continue this work. Excellent and relevant research presents ideal conditions for strengthening the Helmholtz trade mark, nationally and internationally," said Mlynek. "We need to further extend the current excellent networking with universities for this and to work with them in a joint commitment to the advancement of young scientists and researchers. However, I also see an important task in building bridges with industry and society. We will achieve this by intensifying the field of knowledge and technology transfer." The 54-year-old Mlynek was unanimously nominated in April by the Helmholtz Association Assembly of Members, a body made up of the board members of the 15 Research Centres. He was the only candidate for the office of president. His nomination is based on a recommendation made by a selection committee chaired by State Secretary Professor Dr. Frieder Meyer-Krahmer from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). From physicist to research leader Jürgen Mlynek studied physics at the TU Hannover and the École Polytechnique in Paris. He gained his doctorate at the University of Hannover (Dr. rer. nat.) in 1979 and his habilitation in 1984. After a period at the IBM Research Laboratory in the United States, Mlynek moved to the ETH Zurich as an assistant professor. In 1990 he went to the University of Konstanz, where he had been offered a Full Professorship in Experimental Physics. After 10 years researching and teaching in the field of experimental quantum physics, nuclear physics and surface physics, Mlynek felt drawn to the field of research management: he served as Vice-President of the German Research Foundation (DFG) from 1996 to 2001. In September 2000 he became President of the Humboldt University Berlin, which he developed into one of Germany's leading universities. Mlynek has received numerous science and research prizes, including the Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Prize awarded by the German Research Foundation (1992).	Print page Back