Scientific Advisory Board

• The Scientific Advisory Boards are the main instrument used by the Max Planck Society for the regular independent evaluation of its research institutes. 

• The Scientific Advisory Boards are composed of internationally renowned scientists who are not members of the Max Planck Society. 

• The main responsibility of the Scientific Advisory Board is to provide regular evaluations of the Institutes’ scientific performance. On the basis of these evaluations, the international board of scientists advises the Institutes and the Max Planck Society on the development of the Institutes’ activities and research directions.

• This regular external evaluation serves to independently monitor and ensure the quality of the Institutes’ research and also to ensure the  appropriate and efficient funding of the institutes' activities provided by the Max Planck Society.

• The Scientific Advisory Board of MPUSP consists of:


• • Prof. Dr. Cecília Arraiano (ITQB (Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal)
  • Prof. Dr. Frédéric Barras (Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France)
  • Prof. Dr. Christoph Dehio (Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel. Switzerland)
  • Prof. Dr. Iñigo Lasa Uzcudun (Navarrabiomed, Centro de Investigación Biomédica, Pamplona, Spain)
  • Prof. Dr. Pascale Romby (Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC), CNRS, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France)
  • Prof. Dr. Peter Ŝebo (Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic)