Senior Scientists
The Senior Scientists are a select group, with important statutory responsibilities for advising the Director General on faculty appointments and promotions. They also provide collective advice to the Director General and the Heads of Units (Units and Outstations) on matters with significant impact on the scientific life of the Laboratory. Finally, they are expected to contribute individually to the well-being of the Laboratory as a whole, by assuming special tasks on their own initiative or as requested. For example, representing the Laboratory in various partnerships, high-level meetings, courses etc. The Heads of Units and the Senior Scientists meet six times a year, both in Heidelberg and in the Outstations. An important adjunct of these meetings are scientific presentations by the hosting Unit, and meetings of cross-Unit interest groups or committees.

Prof. Iain Mattaj
Director General
EMBL Heidelberg

Dr. Detlev Arendt
Group Leader, Senior Scientist and Academic Mentor, Postdoctoral Training
Arendt Group
Developmental Biology Unit
EMBL Heidelberg

Prof. Philip Avner
Head of Outstation and Senior Scientist
Avner Group
EMBL Monterotondo

Dr. Peer Bork
Joint Head of Unit, Senior Scientist and Strategic Head of Bioinformatics, EMBL Heidelberg
Bork Group
Structural and Computational Biology Unit
EMBL Heidelberg

Dr. Christian Boulin
Director of Core Facilities and Services and Senior Scientist
Boulin Group
Core Facilities
EMBL Heidelberg

Dr. Jan Ellenberg
Head of Unit and Senior Scientist
Ellenberg Group
Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit
EMBL Heidelberg

Dr. Anne Ephrussi
Head of Unit, EICAT Coordinator and Senior Scientist
Ephrussi Group
Developmental Biology Unit
EMBL Heidelberg

Dr. Eileen Furlong
Joint Head of Unit and Senior Scientist
Furlong Group
Genome Biology Unit
EMBL Heidelberg

Dr. Anne-Claude Gavin
Group Leader and Senior Scientist
Gavin Group
Structural and Computational Biology Unit
EMBL Heidelberg

Dr. Christoph Müller
Joint Head of Unit and Senior Scientist
Müller Group
Structural and Computational Biology Unit
EMBL Heidelberg

Dr. Rainer Pepperkok
Team Leader, Head of Advanced Light Microscopy Core Facility and Senior Scientist
Advanced Light Microscopy Core Facility, Core Facilities
Pepperkok Team, Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit
EMBL Heidelberg

Dr. Carsten Schultz
Interdisciplinary Group Leader
Schultz Group
Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit
EMBL Heidelberg

Dr. Lars Steinmetz
Joint Head of Unit and Senior Scientist
Steinmetz Group
Genome Biology Unit
EMBL Heidelberg















