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June 17, 2026

Presentation of the Otto Hahn Medals at the MPG Annual Meeting

Thirty doctoral students from all three sections were awarded the Otto Hahn Medal this year in Frankfurt
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
June 16, 2026

Awarding of the Max Planck Start-up Prize by the Stifterverband to Ovo Labs

At the award ceremony in Frankfurt, from left to right: Michael Kaschke, President of the Stifterverband; Dorothee Bär, Federal Minister of Research, Technology, and Space; the award recipients Agata Zielinska, Melina Schuh, and Oleksandr Yagensky of Ovo Labs; Claudia Felser, Vice President of the MPG and Chair of the jury; and Patrick Cramer
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
June 11, 2026

ASCEND Launch in Berlin

The launch of the project, which combines artificial intelligence, robotics, and automated laboratories to identify, test, and further develop new catalyst materials more quickly, was welcomed by l.t.r.: Patrick Cramer; Karsten Reuter, Fritz Haber Institute of the MPG; Fatma Deniz, TU-Berlin; Research Minister Dorothee Bär; Michelle Browne, HZB; Bernd Rech, HZB; Saskia Vormfelde, HZB; Martin Keller, Helmholtz-Association
© Kevin Fuchs / ASCEND
May 20, 2026

Hector Research Career Development Award Ceremony, Munich

Patrick Cramer with Hector RCD Awardees Robert Hein, Viola Introini und Maximilian Dax (from left)
May 18, 2026

Meeting with the PhDnet Steering Group, Munich

Patrick Cramer with the representatives of the PhD candidates at the MPG
© MPG
May 13, 2026

Meeting with EU Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva in Brussels

Ekaterina Sakharieva (center), European Union Commissioner for Startups, Research, and Innovation, together with representatives of the G6, the network of the six largest multidisciplinary research organizations in Europe
© Lukasz Kobus / European Union 2026, CC BY 4.0
May 12, 2026

G6 Presidential Meeting in Bruxelles

Discussion “Choosing Academic Freedom: Europe’s Path to Competitiveness and Democratic Resilience”. From left: Martin Keller, President of the Helmholtz Association; Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council (ERC); Eloísa del Pino Matute, President of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC); Patrick Cramer; Andrea Lenzi, President of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR); Antoine Petit, President, Chairman, and CEO of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Alexandra Busch, Vice President of the Leibniz Association
© Sebastian Pape / Max Planck Society
May 08, 2026

Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Cramer Lab

Alumni from all over the world are gathering at Ringberg Castle to discuss the future of molecular biology and celebrate together
© MPG
April 20, 2026

Max Planck Society deepens its partnership with the Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

At the kick-off of the two new Max Planck Centers with the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore (from left to right): NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore director Ute Meta Bauer;  Director, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Dagmar Schäfer; NTU Chair of the School of Social Sciences Yohanes Eko Riyanto; NTU Vice President (International Engagement) Lee Pooi See; President of Max Planck Society Patrick Cramer; German Ambassador to Singapore Bettina Fanghänel; Chairman of the National Research Foundation, Singapore, Heng Swee Keat; Chairperson of the NTU Board of Trustees, Goh Swee Chen; NTU Deputy President and Provost Christian Wolfrum; Director, Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Surfaces Peter Seeberger; NUS Vice President (Industry) Ursula Oesterle; A*STAR Executive Director, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Loh Xian Jun; and NTU Distinguished University Professor Chen Xiaodong
© NTU Singapore
April 18, 2026

Visit to the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART)

From left: Zhang Lin, Director-General of the Shenzhen Municipal Science, Technology and Innovation Bureau; Patrick Cramer; and Prof. Nieng Yan, Founding President of SMART
© Sebastian Höpfner / MPG
April 18, 2026

Visit to SIAT Headquarters and Center Opening, Shenzhen

Opening of the Max Planck Society–Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Synthetic Biochemistry at the headquarters of SIAT (Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology)
© CAS
April 17, 2026

Visit to the FAST telescope, Guizhou Province

Patrick Cramer and his delegation in conversation with scientists on site
© CAS
April 16, 2026

Visit to Unitree Robot Factory, Hangzhou

Patrick Cramer on a tour of the Unitree factory, where four-legged and humanoid robots are developed and manufactured
© Sebastian Höpfner / MPG
April 16, 2026

Visit to Westlake University, Hangzhou

Patrick Cramer on Campus Tour with Shi Yigong, President of Westlake University
© Sebastian Höpfner / MPG
April 15, 2026

Partner Group Meeting in Shanghai

Patrick Cramer and his delegation are meeting with the MPG partner groups of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at the Shanghai campus
© MPG
April 15, 2026

Shanghai Science and Technology Museum

Patrick Cramer presents his book “Zukunftswelten”
© Sebastian Höpfner / MPG
April 14, 2026

Visit to Beijing Earth Lab

The Beijing Earth Lab is a major research facility and part of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a partner institute of the MAC-AIR Center
© Sebastian Höpfner / MPG
April 14, 2026

Visiting the China Association for Science and Technology

Meeting with Dr. Wan Gang, President CAST and former Minister of Science and Technology of the P.R.C.
© Sebastian Höpfner / MPG
April 13, 2026

Reception at the German Embassy in Beijing

Ambassador Patricia Flor with Patrick Cramer
© Sebastian Höpfner / MPG
April 13, 2026

Book inauguration at the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences (IHNS) in Beijing

Deputy Director Guan Xiaowu welcomes Patrick Cramer, who is presenting the Chinese edition of his book “Zukunftswelten” at the institute
© CAS
April 13, 2026

Visit to Peking University

Meeting with Gong Qihuang, President of Peking University (center)
© Sebastian Höpfner / MPG
April 13, 2026

New Max Planck Centers strengthen the Research Partnership with China

Two new Max Planck Centers are opening in Beijing: the MAC-Air Center and the Max Planck Society–Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Synthetic Biochemistry
© CAS
March 26, 2026

Lecture on “The New World of Science” at the Überseeclub Hamburg

Patrick Cramer with host Dr. Hans Fabian Kruse, Vice President of the club
© Jürgen Joost / Der Übersee-Club
March 18, 2026

Reception at the Goethe-Institut Boston

At the reception hosted by the German Consulate General in Boston, Patrick Cramer will speak, among other topics, about the transatlantic partnership in science
© Maximilian Moen
March 18, 2026

Visit to the Max Planck-Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean (MHAAM), Boston

Patrick Cramer (second from the right) and Anton Zensus, director at the MPI for Radio Astronomy (fourth from the right), with researchers after their visit
© Ina Wiest
March 17, 2026

Visit to the Simons Foundation in New York

From left: Amiel Sternberg, Vice President for International Relations; Yuri Tschinkel, Executive Vice President for Mathematics and Physical Sciences; Patrick Cramer; Anton Zensus, Director at the MPI for Radio Astronomy; and Ángel Rubio, Director at the MPI for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
© MPG
March 17, 2026

Visit to the Max Planck-New York Center on Non-Equilibrium Quantum Phenomena

From left: Anton Zensus, Director at the MPI for Radio Astronomy; Dmitri Basov, chair of the department of physics, Columbia University; Patrick Cramer; Jeannette Wing, Executive Vice President for Research at Columbia University and Ángel Rubio, Director MPI for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
© MPG
March 16, 2026

Kick-off Conference of the Max Planck–IAS–NTU Center for Particle Physics, Cosmology, and Geometry

Group photo at Simons Hall, Princeton
© Thomas Robert Clarke / IAS
March 12, 2026

Tour of the ASDEX Upgrade Tokamak experimental reactor

Members of the MPG Board of Directors at the experimental facility for the development of fusion reactors at the MPI for Plasma Physics in Garching. Top row, from left: Sibylle Günter, Director of the MPI for Plasma Physics; Asifa Akhtar, Director at the MPI for Immunobiology and Epigenetics and Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, Chairwoman of the Executive Board of Trumpf SE + Co. KG. Bottom row, from left: Patrick Cramer; Frank Appel, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom; Christian Doeller, Director at the MPI for Cognitive and Neural Sciences; Renate Köcher, Managing Director of the Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research and Simone Schwanitz, Secretary General of the MPG
© Frank Fleschner / IPP
March 05, 2026

Meeting of the Alliance of Science Organizations

Group photo taken during the meeting with the presidents and heads of Germany's major scientific organizations
© Allianz der Wissenschaftsorganisationen
February 04, 2026

With Federal Research Minister Dorothee Bär in South America

Federal Minister Bär (center left), Minister of State Blume (right), and Patrick Cramer (left) together with ESO Director General Xavier Barcons (center right) pose for a photo inside the dome of the Extremely Large Telescope, currently under construction in the Atacama Desert in Chile on Cerro Paranal mountain
© ESO
January 23, 2026

Minister President Kretschmann at the MPI for Solid State Research

Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann visited the MPI for Solid State Research in Stuttgart accompanied by Petra Olschowski, Minister of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg, and Prof. Patrick Cramer
© Angelika Graf / MPI FKF
January 21, 2026

Discussion panel at the Bavarian American Academy in Munich

Panel discussion on “Academic Freedom on the Line: Perspectives and Strategies for Higher Education and Research” at the Amerikahaus Munich. From left: Kerstin Schmidt, Director of the Bavarian American Academy; Patrick Cramer; Robert Schlögl, President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; and Johannes Grave, Vice President of the DFG
© Eva Maria Stürmer / Stiftung Bayerisches Amerikahaus
January 19, 2026

Andreas Strüngmann visits the General Administration

Andreas Strüngmann and Patrick Cramer unveil the Max Planck Society's donor plaque, which honors the great achievements of Thomas and Andreas Strüngmann, among others
© Jan Greune / MPG
January 17, 2026

Panel discussion “Resolving Conflicts” at Salon Sophie Charlotte

Discussing this topic are (from left) Sandra Kegel, head of the arts section at FAZ and Thomas Mann Fellow 2025 and Patrick Cramer, moderated by journalist Shelly Kupferberg at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
January 15, 2026

Discussion at the DLD Conference in Munich

Patrick Cramer discusses the topic of “Doomers & Optimism” with Clemens Fuest, head of the ifo Institute, moderated by Dasha Burns
© DLD / Hubert Burda Media
January 13, 2026

Farewell to Leibniz President Martina Brockmeier

Host Martina Brockmeier in conversation with Patrick Cramer at the event in Berlin
© David Ausserhofer
January 07, 2026

Symposium “Democracy as a Mission” on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Frank-Walter Steinmeier in conversation with Patrick Cramer
© David Ausserhofer
December 16, 2025

Prelude 2026 of the Max Planck Society in Berlin

Patrick Cramer with young scientists in the Festsaal Kreuzberg
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
December 16, 2025

Prelude 2026 of the Max Planck Society in Berlin

Research group leaders Andrea E. Martin and Silvia Portugal, as well as research group leader Libor Šmejkal, provide insights into their research in cognitive neuroscience, infection biology, and quantum physics
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
December 16, 2025

Prelude 2026 of the Max Planck Society in Berlin

President Cramer with Francesco Sciortino, co-founder and CEO of the Max Planck start-up Proxima Fusion
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
December 16, 2025

Prelude 2026 of the Max Planck Society in Berlin

Karl Lauterbach and Patrick Cramer discuss challenges in the healthcare system and the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence for biomedical and health-related research
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
December 05, 2025

Discussion forum for the curators of the MPG

Interviews and discussion on mathematics, AI, and the medicine of the future at Mindspace Stachus, Munich
© MPG
December 02, 2025

Awarding of the Max Planck Humboldt Research Award 2025 in Berlin

From left to right: Patrick Cramer; Rolf-Dieter Jungk, BMFTR; Jamie Kreiner, recipient of the Max Planck Humboldt Medal; Surabhi Ranganathan, recipient of the Max Planck Humboldt Research Award; Prerna Singh, recipient of the Max Planck Humboldt Medal; and Markus Zanner, Secretary General of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
November 27, 2025

Visit to Proxima Fusion

Patrick Cramer during his visit to the Munich-based startup, which develops state-of-the-art stellarator fusion power plants for clean energy generation.
© Proxima Fusion
November 26, 2025

Guest at the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation

Moderation of the lecture ‘Discovering the Deep Sea: New Possibilities for Environmental Robotics’ by Antje Boetius, President of the Monterey Bay Aquarium
© Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung
November 18, 2025

Chancellor Merz visits the MPI of Microstructure Physics in Halle

Stuart Parkin (centre), Managing Director at MPI, shows Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz around the institute's robot-controlled laboratories.
© Sebastian Willnow / MPI of Microstructure Physics
November 13, 2025

Exchange in the Bundestag

Patrick Cramer and Simone Schwanitz, Secretary General of the MPG, during their inaugural visit to Karl Lauterbach, Chairman of the Bundestag Research Committee
© Christian Kobsda / MPG
November 11, 2025

New Max Planck Center opens in Israel

Representatives from Max Planck and Hebrew University in Jerusalem gathered for the launch of the Max Planck Center for Democracy, Security and Human Rights. Center: Tamir Sheafer, President of Hebrew University, and Patrick Cramer
© David Salem
November 10, 2025

Honorary PhD awarded by the Weizmann Institute of Science

The recipients of honorary doctorates (from left to right, top row; from left to right, bottom row): Angela Merkel, Eugene V. Koonin, Ilana Ronat-Mantoux, Dita (Yehudit) Bronicki, Maurice Lévy, Karen W. Davidson, and Patrick Cramer
© Ohad Herches / Weizmann Institute
November 08, 2025

Falling Walls Science Summit Berlin

At the plenary table on ‘The Future of Transatlantic Science Relations’: Patrick Cramer, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Pradeep Khosla, Ibrahim Yimer and Bettina Martin
© Sebastian Rau / Falling Walls Foundation
November 02, 2025

Alena Buyx in conversation with Patrick Cramer at the Göttingen Literature Festival

Moderation der Veranstaltung mit Alena Buyx zu ihrem Buch „Leben & Sterben“ beim Göttinger Literaturherbst
© Irene Böttcher-Gajewski
October 23, 2025

Hahn Meitner Forum on the role of science 80 years after Hiroshima

Patrick Cramer (right) with (from top left to bottom right) Ferdi Schüth, Director at the MPI for Coal Research and member of the working group that drafted the Science Council's position paper “Science and Security in Times of Global Political Upheaval”; Ursula Schröder, Director of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy; Erich Vad, retired Brigadier General of the German Armed Forces, group leader in the Federal Chancellery and military policy advisor to Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel from 2006 to 2013; moderator Marcus Pindur, Deutschlandfunk, and Anne Peters, Director at the MPI for Comparative Public Law and International Law at the Harnack House of the MPG in Berlin
© David Ausserhofer
October 21, 2025

The Bavarian state government and the Max Planck Society are expanding the Würzburg site

Signing the joint memorandum of understanding (from left to right): Simone Schwanitz, Secretary General of the Max Planck Society; Hubert Aiwanger, Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs, Regional Development, and Energy; Markus Söder, Bavarian Minister-President; Patrick Cramer and Markus Blume, Bavarian Minister of Science and the Arts
© Axel Griesch
October 20, 2025

Opening of the MPI for Innovation and Competition in Munich

Patrick Cramer during his speech
© Hella Schuster
October 15, 2025

At the pre-COP30 event in Brasilia

In his presentation, Patrick Cramer emphasizes the importance of international cooperation in climate protection
© Yuri Cézar
October 12, 2025

Visit to ATTO – Amazon Tall Tower Observatory, Brazil

Patrick Cramer and Ricarda Winkelmann, Director at the MPI for Geoanthropology, in front of the 325-meter-high tower in the middle of the Brazilian rainforest
© MPG
October 10, 2025

Meeting young researchers in São Paulo

Patrick Cramer and his delegation meet with Latin American Max Planck group leaders
© Ricson Onodera
October 08, 2025

Signing of MoU at the University of Buenos Aires

After signing a memorandum of understanding on further cooperation
© MPG
October 07, 2025

Visit to the Institute for Biomedical Research in Buenos Aires

Patrick Cramer during a conversation in the laboratory.
© MPG
September 29, 2025

At the WISSENSWERTE dialogue forum in Berlin

Discussion on the topic of “Attacks on Academic Freedom” with (from left to right) Nicola Kuhrt, moderator; Prof. Rudolf Stichweh, FIW Bonn; Dagny Lüdemann, ZEIT; Patrick Cramer and Prof. Verena Blechinger-Talcott, Scholars at Risk / FU Berlin
© Bernd Wannenmacher
September 22, 2025

Opening of the new research building of the MPI for Microstructure Physics in Halle

From left to right: Stuart Parkin, Director at MPI; Minister President Reiner Haseloff; Patrick Cramer; Egbert Geier, Mayor of Halle; Christian F. Doeller, Vice President of MPG; Thomas Wünsch, State Secretary in the Ministry of Science of Saxony-Anhalt; Ursula M. Staudinger, Rector of TU Dresden; and Xinliang Feng, Director at MPI
© Marco Warmuth / MPI of Microstructure Physics
September 19, 2025

Stephanie Wehner to receive the Körber Prize in 2025

From left: Thomas Paulsen, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Körber Foundation; Eva Nemela, Member of the Executive Board of the Körber Foundation; Stephanie Wehner, Körber Prize winner 2025; Katharina Fegebank, First Mayor of Hamburg; and Patrick Cramer, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Körber Prize.
© Jann Wilken / Körber-Stiftung
September 18, 2025

Hamburg Science Summit 2025

Patrick Cramer at the panel discussion “Directions, please! Europe's agenda for science and innovation”
© Jann Wilken / Körber-Stiftung
September 12, 2025

Celebrations marking 25 years of IMPRS for Molecular Biology and Neurosciences

Group photo taken during the anniversary celebration in the auditorium of Georg August University of Göttingen
© Peter Heller
September 12, 2025

Meeting with the President of Academia Sinica in Göttingen

James C. Liao, President of Academia Sinica (right), and Patrick Cramer meet for talks at the MPI for Solar System Research
© Jelena Große-Bley / MPG
September 09, 2025

Alliance of Science Organizations visits the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Federal Research Minister Dorothee Bär welcomes the presidents of the Alliance of Science Organizations to the ministry in Berlin
© Hans-Joachim Rickel / BMFTR
September 05, 2025

Photovoltaic system inaugurated on the Max Planck Campus in Potsdam Science Park

From left to right: Dr. Ralph Bock, Director of the MPI for Molecular Plant Physiology; Brandenburg's Minister of Science Dr. Manja Schüle and Patrick Cramer
© sevens+maltry
August 28, 2025

Meeting with Christian Tischner, Thuringian Minister of Education, Science, and Culture

From left to right: Steffen Teichert, State Secretary; Patrick Cramer and Christian Tischner, Thuringian Minister of Education, Science, and Culture
© Matthias Chardon / MPG
August 23, 2025

Exchange with astronaut Alexander Gerst

Patrick Cramer and Alexander Gerst at the open house at the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) in Berlin
© Christian Kobsda
August 23, 2025

Open House at the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR)

Helmut Feuchtgruber, ELT / MPI for Extraterrestrial Physics; Patrick Cramer; Federal Minister Dorothee Bär and Matthias Hauer, Parliamentary State Secretary at the BMFTR
© Christian Kobsda
July 16, 2025

100th anniversary of the MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen

From left to right: Falko Mohrs, Petra Broistedt, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Ramin Golestanian, Axel Schölmerich, Patrick Cramer
© Swen Pförtner / MPIDS
July 14, 2025

Welcome Days 2025 at the General Administration in Munich

The Welcome Days offer new directors of the Max Planck Society a comprehensive introduction, enable networking and the exchange of experiences, and convey the central principles and strategic foundations of the MPG
© Daniel Gerst / MPG
July 11, 2025

Admission ceremony into the Royal Society

Patrick Cramer together with other colleagues from the MPG, from left to right: Miltos Tsiantis, Detlef Lohse, Claudia Felser
© Sebastian Wimmer / MPG
July 08, 2025

Opening of the Max Planck Campus Mainz

From left: Henner Rolvien, Axthelm+Rolvien Architects, Berlin; Clemens Hoch, Minister of Science and Health, State of Rhineland-Palatinate; Nino Haase, Mayor of Mainz; Tanja Weil, Director MPIP; Mischa Bonn, Director MPIP; Stefan Müller-Stach, Vice President, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz; Patrick Cramer; Jos Lelieveld, Director MPIC; Frauke Gräter, Director MPIP
© Stefan F. Sämmer
July 04, 2025

Exchange between the Alliance of German Science Organizations and the Conference of Science Ministers

Meeting on security of research in Berlin
© Konstantin Börner
June 25, 2025

Plenary meeting of the Max Planck Society in Magdeburg

Topic of the evening: Circular economy. Discussing the topic (from left to right): Moderator Susanne Schäfer, business magazine brand eins; Kai Sundmacher, Director at the MPI for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems; Susanne Kadner, co-founder of CIRCULAR REPUBLIC and Director at UnternehmerTUM; Dietmar Harhoff, Director at the MPI for Innovation and Competition; and Ralf P. Thomas, Chief Financial Officer of Siemens AG, at the invitation of MPG President Patrick Cramer.
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
June 25, 2025

Awards for young scientists

Otto Hahn Medals and other awards presented at the MPG Annual Meeting in Magdeburg
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
June 24, 2025

Harnack Medal for Edelgard Bulmahn

Patrick Cramer with Edelgard Bulmahn, former Federal Minister for Research and Education, who was awarded the Harnack Medal by the Max Planck Society
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
June 24, 2025

Start of the 76th Annual Meeting of the Max Planck Society in Magdeburg

Reiner Haseloff, Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt, with Patrick Cramer and the MPG Vice-Presidents in front of the Millennium Tower in Magdeburg
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
June 19, 2025

Meeting of the German Alliance of Science Organizations

Group photo after the Alliance meeting in Berlin
© Allianz der Wissenschaftsorganisationen
June 06, 2025

Meeting with the British Ambassador Andrew Mitchell in Munich

Meeting with the British Ambassador Andrew Mitchell in Munich
© MPG
June 04, 2025

Summit of the Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) Committee in Brussels

The presidents of European science organizations are meeting with Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to discuss the future of science in Europe.
© European Parliament
June 03, 2025

Grand opening of the “Biblioteca Serlupiana” in Florence

Ceremony marking the donation of the “Biblioteca Serlupiana” to the Kunsthistorisches Institut by Marchesi Don Raffaele and Donna Laetitia Carrega Bertolini, VI Principi di Lucedio
© KHI
May 26, 2025

Innovation Talk at TECH 2025 in Heilbronn

“Back.Build.Buy.Repeat. How to start the innovation loop?” Talk with Lukasz Gadowski, Team Global; Patrick Cramer; Tina Klüwer, Federal Ministry of Education and Research; Danyal Bayaz, Minister of Finance of the State of Baden-Württemberg; Host Amelie Weber
© Handelsblatt / Foto Vogt
May 15, 2025

Groundbreaking ceremony for new Cyber Valley research center in Stuttgart

At the groundbreaking ceremony, from left to right: Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, Director of MPI-IS; Christoph Keplinger, Director of MPI-IS; Petra Olschowski, Minister of Science and Research of Baden-Württemberg; Patrick Cramer; Peter Middendorf, President of the University of Stuttgart; Isabel Fezer, Mayor of Stuttgart; and Tobias Döring, Managing Director of hammeskrause architekten bda
© Thomas Klink / MPI-IS
May 14, 2025

With German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Israel

Guided tour of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, from right to left: Lior Hecht Yacoby, Head of the Weizmann Archives; German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Elke Büdenbender, wife of the German President, and Patrick Cramer
© Jesco Denzel / Bundesregierung
May 12, 2025

Presidents' Circle meets in Berlin

Meeting of the extended Presidents' Circle of the Max Planck Society at the Harnack House
© Christiane Grimm / MPG
May 10, 2025

Ellis Island Medal of Honor for Patrick Cramer

At the award ceremony on May 10, 2025, in New York
© Ellis Island Honors Society
May 08, 2025

Opening ceremony at the MPI for Evolutionary Biology in Plön

Patrick Cramer with young scientists
© privat
May 08, 2025

Inauguration of the new extension building at the MPI for Evolutionary Biology in Plön
 

From left to right: Patrick Cramer; Dorit Stenke, Minister for Education, Science and Culture of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, Arne Traulsen, Managing Director and Paul B. Rainey, Director of the Department of Microbial Population Biology
© MPI for Evolutionary Biology
May 08, 2025

Visit to the state parliament in Kiel

Meeting with Daniel Günther, Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein
© MPG
April 24, 2025

Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg celebrates its 50th anniversary

MPI-M Director Bjorn Stevens; Patrick Cramer; Hamburg's Deputy Mayor Katharina Fegebank, MPI-M Director Sarah Kang, and MPI-M Director Jochem Marotzke at the Senate reception
© Lars Fricke / LT
April 23, 2025

Festive event as part of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology

At the Max Planck Museum in Kiel on Planck's 167th birthday, from left to right: Arne Schirrmacher, HU Berlin; Kai Rossnagel, Physics Section of Kiel University; Klaus Richter, President of the German Physical Society; Eckhard Quandt, Vice President of Kiel University, Patrick Cramer and Michael Bonitz, Institute for Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics at Kiel University
© Christopher Makait
April 08, 2025

Reception at the German Embassy in Washington D.C.

Patrick Cramer with German Ambassador Andreas Michaelis (2nd from right) and Max Planck Directors Anton Zensus (left) and Christian Doeller (2nd from left)
© MPG
April 07, 2025

Visit to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

The MPG delegation at the meeting with Ellen R. Stofan, Under Secretary for Science and Research at the Smithsonian Institution
© MPG
April 07, 2025

Meeting at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) in Washington D.C.

Patrick Cramer with his delegation after their meeting with Vaughan Turekian (3rd from left), Executive Director of the NAS's Division of Policy and Global Affairs
© MPG
April 07, 2025

Visit to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)

From left to right: Max Planck Director Anton Zensus; Patrick Cramer; Erin O'Shea, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of the HHMI; Max Planck Director and Vice President Christian Doeller and Bodo Stern, Chief of Strategic Initiatives at the HHMI
© MPG
April 07, 2025

Visit at the Gates Foundation

© MPG
April 05, 2025

Tour at the Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Dr. Kim Richter (2nd from left), Senior Research Specialist, Director's Office, Getty Research Institute guides the group through the collections
© MPG
April 04, 2025

Visit to the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena

Patrick Cramer in conversation with Caltech President Thomas F. Rosenbaum
© MPG
April 03, 2025

Visit to the Kavli Foundation in Los Angeles

Patrick Cramer and his delegation together with Cynthia M. Friend, President of the Kavli Foundation (3rd from left)
© MPG
April 02, 2025

Meeting with Arun Majumdar at Stanford

Patrick Cramer and Christian Doeller meet Arun Majumdar, dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
© MPG
April 01, 2025

Meeting with Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna in San Francisco

Jennifer Doudna, who developed CRISPR-Cas9 together with Emmanuelle Charpentier from Max Planck, receives Patrick Cramer and the two Max Planck Directors Christian Doeller, Vice President of the MPG and Anton Zensus at the Gladstone Institute
© MPG
March 26, 2025

Inaugural visit of the Japanese ambassador

Mitsuko Shino, Japan's Ambassador to Germany, meets Patrick Cramer at the General Administration in Munich
© MPG
March 19, 2025

60 years of diplomatic relations between Germany and Israel

Keynote speech by Patrick Cramer at the festive event “60 Years of Diplomatic Relations between Germany and Israel” in Berlin
© Hans-Joachim Rickel / BMBF
March 13, 2025

Dieter Schwarz Foundation provides long-term funding for application-oriented basic research and innovative talent pool

From left to right: Joachim Spatz, Director of the MPI for Medical Research, Simone Schwanitz, Secretary General of the MPG, Patrick Cramer, Reinhold R. Geilsdörfer and Gunther Friedl, Managing Director of the Dieter Schwarz Foundation and Walter Rosenthal, President of the HRK
© Nico Kurth ​​​​​
February 20, 2025

Renewal contract signed for the Max Planck-UCL Center

Geraint Rees, Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation and Global Engagement) of University College London and Patrick Cramer at the signing of the contract in Munich
© MPG
February 14, 2025

Inaugural visit to the Saxony-Anhalt State Representation

Patrick Cramer meets Minister President Reiner Haseloff in Berlin
© MPG
February 13, 2025

Paris Saclay Summit

Discussion panel “Why Europe is a research powerhouse”, from left to right Patrick Cramer; Edith Heard, Director General of EMBL; Antoine Petit, President of the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) and moderator Caroline Tourbe, journalist at Le Point
© Jean Nicholas Guillo / REA
February 12, 2025

Meeting with leading representatives of the French scientific community

Patrick Cramer meets with French colleagues at a dinner at the German Embassy in Paris
© German Embassy Paris
February 12, 2025

Meeting with the President of the CNRS

Patrick Cramer and Antoine Petit, President of the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) in Paris
© CNRS
February 06, 2025

Annual reception of the Johanniterorden in Berlin

From left to right: EKD Council Chairwoman Bishop Kirsten Fehrs, Dean of the Order  Christoph Markschies; Herrenmeister H.K.H. Dr. Oskar Prinz v. Preußen; Chancellor of the Order J.-Matthias Graf v. der Schulenburg and Patrick Cramer
© David Ausserhofer / Johanniterorden
February 06, 2025

Meeting with the French ambassador in Berlin

François Delattre and Patrick Cramer meet for a conversation at the French Embassy
© Ambassade de France en Allemagne
January 31, 2025

Inaugural visit to the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia

Patrick Cramer meets with Minister President Hendrik Wüst in Düsseldorf
© MPG
January 30, 2025

Board meeting of the Stifterverband

The board members of the Stifterverband at their meeting in Berlin
© David Ausserhofer / Stifterverband
January 18, 2025

Salon Sophie Charlotte of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Discussion “Science for a Changing World” on the future of science, moderated by Sibylle Anderl, Die ZEIT (right) with Hermann Parzinger, prehistorian, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and Academy member (center) and Patrick Cramer
© Navina fotografiert
January 10, 2025

New Year's reception of the Federal President at Bellevue Palace

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender welcome Patrick Cramer
© Steffen Kugler / Bundesregierung
December 19, 2024

Centenary of the MPI for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg

Patrick Cramer during his speech in the “Alte Aula” of the University of Heidelberg
© Niko da Silva Neithardt / MPIL
December 17, 2024

Prelude 2025 of the Max Planck Society in Berlin

Annual MPS reception with around 400 guests from politics, business and society at the Festsaal Kreuzberg
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
December 17, 2024

Prelude 2025 of the Max Planck Society in Berlin

Research group leaders discuss their research with Patrick Cramer; from left to right: Carolyn Moser, MPI for Comparative Public Law and International Law; Claudia Brunner, MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization; Patrick Roberts, MPI for the Study of Societies and Johanna Lukate, MPI for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
December 16, 2024

German-Israeli Alliance Symposium in Berlin

From left to right: Walter Rosenthal, Patrick Cramer, Otmar Wiestler, David Harel, Gerald Haug, Arie Zaban
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
December 04, 2024

Curators' discussion forum in Berlin

This year, the curators of the Max Planck Institutes met in the lecture hall ruin next to the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology to exchange ideas.
© MPG
December 03, 2024

Presentation of the Max Planck Humboldt Research Prize in Berlin

Patrick Cramer with Geordie Williamson, Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award winner (2nd from right) and Laura Waller (2nd from left) and Torsten Hoefler (3rd from left), who were each awarded the Max Planck-Humboldt Medal. Left: Steffen Mehlich, AvH Foundation; right: Armin Reinartz, Friedrich Naumann Foundation
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
December 02, 2024

Official launch of the “AI, Computing & Society” initiative

MPS and the Rhineland-Palatinate University of Technology Kaiserslautern-Landau RPTU conduct joint research in the future field of “AI and Society”, (from left to right): Derek Dreyer, MPI for Software Systems; Meeyoung Cha, MPI for Security and Privacy; Minister of Science RlP Clemens Hoch; Patrick Cramer; Krishna P. Gummadi, MPI for Software Systems, Christoph Garth, Dean Department of Computer Science RPTU; Malte Drescher, President of RPTU and Alan Mislove, Northeastern University, USA
© Kateryna Panfilova / MPI SWS
November 29, 2024

Academic ceremony at Justus Liebig University Giessen

Commemorative speech “After the US election: Developing the global research landscape in a multilateral world” by Patrick Cramer
© Katrina Friese / JLU
November 27, 2024

New research area for linking AI and biomedicine in Dresden

Minister of Science Sebastian Gemkow; Stefan Bornstein, UKDD; Marc Wittstock, Managing Director BIS; Heather Harrington, Director MPI-CBG; Stephan Grill, Director MPI-CBG; Minister President Michael Kretschmer; Patrick Cramer; Prof. Ursula Staudinger, Rector TUD; Michel Pairet, Member of the Board BIS; Stephan Formella, Scientific Managing Director BIS; Christoph Boehringer, Chairman of the Board BIS; State Secretary Andreas Handschuh (from left)
© Pawel Sosnowski / Sächsische Staatskanzlei
November 24, 2024

Opening ceremony of the Max Planck Society's Israel office in Jerusalem

From left to right: Simone Schwanitz, Secretary General of the Max Planck Society; Patrick Cramer; Isaac Herzog, President of Israel; Ulman Lindenberger, Managing Director of the Minerva Stiftung; Lou Bohlen, Head of Office of the Minerva Stiftung; and Hila Elroy Head of Office Israel
© Yoni Kelbermann / MPG
November 20, 2024

Keynote speech at the University of Lübeck

Keynote speech “For courageous science in times of geopolitical conflict” by Patrick Cramer followed by a discussion at the “LübeckHoch3” event
© Guido Kollmeier / Universität zu Lübeck
November 14, 2024

G6 Network Meeting, Bruxelles
 

G6 Network Meeting “European Research: What’s Next? A global perspective on the role of science and RPOs in the future of EU”, f.l.t.r.: Patrick Cramer, Maria Chiara Carrozza, Eloisa del Pino, Otmar Wiestler, Antoine Petit
© MPG
November 12, 2024

20 years of the policy newsletter “Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand”

Meeting in Rostock on the occasion of the anniversary from left to right: Emilio Zagheni, Director at the MPI for Demographic Research; Bettina Martin, Minister of Science of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; Patrick Cramer; Antje Draheim, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Health; Mikko Myrskylä, Managing Director at the MPI for Demographic Research
© MPI DR
November 11, 2024

Zukunftswelten. An evening with Patrick Cramer in Hamburg

Book presentation organized by the Max Planck Foundation, Beiersdorf Campus; f.l.t.r. Ulrike von Sobbe, Patrick Cramer, Uta Neuhaus, Gitta Neufang, Reinhard Pöllath
© Tom Menz / Beiersdorf AG
November 09, 2024

Meeting with Cem Özdemir at the Falling Walls Science Summit

Cem Özdemir, interim Federal Minister of Education and Research, and Patrick Cramer exchange views at the Falling Walls Science Summit
© MPG
November 08, 2024

Falling Walls Science Summit, Berlin

Roundtable „AI for Biomedical Research“, f.l.t.r. Heinz Faßmann, Richard Socher, Heather Harrington, Michael Bronstein, Jan Ellenberg, Patrick Cramer, Magdalena Skipper
© Falling Walls Foundation
October 28, 2024

The Max Planck Society (MPG) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) celebrate 50 years of cooperation

CAS President Jianguo Hou (left) and Patrick Cramer use the anniversary event of the 50-year collaboration to honor their joint scientific successes.
© Sebastian Semmer / MPG
October 22, 2024

Support for Ukraine

Patrick Cramer accompanies Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger to Kyiv as part of a scientific delegation.
© Artem Galkin
October 16, 2024

Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC) in Berlin

Panel Discussion „Shaping Excellent Research in Europe – Excellent Research Shaping Europe’s Tomorrow”, BBAW Berlin, f.l.t.r.: Kerstin Maria Pahl, Patrick Cramer, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Maria Leptin, Stephan Seiter, Iris Plöger
© Hans-Joachim Rickel / BMBF
October 13, 2024

World Health Summit, Berlin

Panel “Can AI Enhance Public Trust in Science?”, Berlin, f.l.t.r.: Jeremy Farrar, Lucy Gilson, Patrick Cramer, Meeyoung Cha, Rowland Illing
© World Health Summit
October 07, 2024

New building of the Max Planck Society's semiconductor laboratory opened

Guests of honor from politics and science jointly open the new building of the semiconductor laboratory in Garching.
© HLL Garching
September 20, 2024

Award of the Körber Prize to Erin Schuman

From left: Patrick Cramer, Erin Schuman, Körber-Laureate 2024 and Lothar Dittmer, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Körber Foundation
© Jann Wilken / Körber-Stiftung
September 13, 2024

20 years of the Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation

At the symposium celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation, from left to right: Maria Leptin, Patrick Cramer, Angela Merkel, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
© Martin Walz
September 12, 2024

Meeting of the Alliance of Science Organizations, Schloss Neuhardenberg

Back row, left to right: Gerald Haug, Walter Rosenthal, Patrick Cramer, Otmar D. Wiestler, Wolfgang Wick; front row, left to right: Katja Becker, Martina Brockmeier, Nicole Deitelhoff, Holger Hanselka, Steffen Mau
© MPG
September 05, 2024

Foundation stone laid for new research building Tower 7 at the MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences

From left to right: Göttingen's Lord Mayor Petra Broistedt, Minister for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony Falko Mohrs, Max Planck President Prof. Dr. Patrick Cramer and Managing Director of the MPI Prof. Dr. Holger Stark
© Swen Pförtner / MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences
August 28, 2024

Future Council of the Federal Chancellor

Patrick Cramer is a member of the steering committee of the Future Council appointed by Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz
© Steffen Kugler / Bundesregierung
July 18, 2024

Forward-looking discussions about science policy

First retreat of the Extended Presidential Circle of the MPG with guest Alena Buyx at Ringberg Castle
© MPG
July 10, 2024

Curious 2024 Conference in Mainz

Patrick Cramer speaks at the Curious Future Insight™ Conference on “The future of science, the Max Planck way” about the Max Planck Society's approach to opening up new fields of research and supporting scientists at all career stages. He describes how scientists can build bridges between people and the role that basic research plays in tackling global challenges.
© Julian Huke / Curious Future Insight Conference
July 05, 2024

Meeting with representatives of the United Nations University

Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala, Rector of the United Nations University and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations; Prof. Shen Xiaomeng, Vice-Rector in Europe and Patrick Cramer (from left to right) at the General Administration of the Max Planck Society in Munich
© MPG
July 03, 2024

Inaugural visit to the Baden-Württemberg State Ministry

From left to right: Petra Olschowski, Minister of Science, Research and the Arts; Simone Schwanitz, Secretary General of the MPG; Minister President Winfried Kretschmann; Patrick Cramer, Florian Stegmann, Minister of State and Head of the State Chancellery
© Staatsministerium Baden-Württemberg
June 27, 2024

Inauguration ceremony of the new institute building of the MPI for Physics

Ceremonial handover of the keys for the new institute building of the MPI for Physics in Garching: (from left) Dr. Dietmar Gruchmann, Mayor of the City of Garching, Dr. Simone Schwanitz, Secretary General of the Max Planck Society, Markus Blume, Bavarian Minister of Science, Dr. Markus Söder, Bavarian Minister President, Prof. Dr. Patrick Cramer, President of the Max Planck Society; Prof. Dr. Dieter Lüst, Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute for Physics; Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser, Vice President of the Max Planck Society
© Axel Griesch / MPP
June 26, 2024

Welcome Days 2024 for new directors

Patrick Cramer and MPG Secretary General Simone Schwanitz (center) welcome the newly appointed directors of the past year at the General Administration in Munich.
© Christian Erlacher / MPG
June 24, 2024

Opening of the MPI of Geoanthropology in Jena

The Institute's Directors, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Renn (left) and Prof. Dr. Ricarda Winkelmann with Patrick Cramer on the opening day
© Steffen Walther / MPI GEA
June 21, 2024

Opening of the ELLIS Institute Tübingen

At the opening of the ELLIS Institute Tübingen for basic research in the field of artificial intelligence, from left to right: Anna Christmann, Yann LeCun, Bernhard Schölkopf, Patrick Cramer, Rebecca C. Reisch, Petra Olschowski
© Cyber Valley / Flügelmann
June 12, 2024

Opening speech at the 75th Max Planck Assembly in Berlin

In his speech, Patrick Cramer sets the agenda for the evening's theme: "What can we do to curb climate change?"
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
June 12, 2024

Assembly of the Max Planck Society in Berlin

Patrick Cramer, welcomes former German President Horst Köhler and the French Ambassador to Germany, François Delattre (right) in front of AXICA at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
June 12, 2024

Awards for young scientists

Patrick Cramer meets the winners of the Otto Hahn Medal for a group photo at the annual meeting of the MPG in Berlin
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
June 12, 2024

Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin

Patrick Cramer presents the Ukraine Action Plan of the Alliance of Science Organisations to an international audience
© Juliane Sonntag / AA / photothek.de
June 11, 2024

Gründungspreis from the Stifterverband for the start-up Batene

The award winners at the ceremony in Berlin: Joachim Spatz (2nd from left), Director at the MPI for Medical Research, T. D. Thanh Nguyen (center) and Martin Möller (2nd from right) in the picture with (from left to right) Anna Christmann, Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Start-Ups at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Change, Patrick Cramer and Volker Meyer-Guckel, Secretary General of the Stifterverband
© David Ausserhofer / MPG
June 10, 2024

Opening ceremony of the Max Planck-University of Cape Town Centre for Behavior and Coevolution in Seewiesen

Director Prof. Dr. Tobias Bonhoeffer; Patrick Cramer; Thandi T Mgxwati (Charge d' Affairs South African consulate general); Associate Prof. Dr. Susie Cunningham, Director of the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology; Prof. Dr. Claire Spottiswoode, Co-Director of the Center; Executive Director Prof. Dr. Manfred Gahr; Mr D Pretorius, Vice-Consul Political and Consul Marida van der Westhuizen-Nel, both from the South African consulate general in Munich
© MPI for Biological Intelligence / Sabine Spehn
June 02, 2024

The 2024 national finals of Jugend forscht, Heilbronn

Patrick Cramer awarded the first prize in the field of physics to Josef Kassubek. The President was very impressed by the young researchers' projects, which could be seen on the tour of the contest exhibition.
© Stiftung Jugend forscht e.V.
May 31, 2024

Ceremony celebrating the 60th anniversary of the MPI for Molecular Genetics in Berlin

© David Ausserhofer
May 17, 2024

Opening Ceremony of the first Dioscuri Centers in the Czech Republic

Patrick Cramer (2nd from right) with the three Dioscuri center directors from left: Peter Fabian Helena Reichlová and Barbora Špačková at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
© René Volfík
May 17, 2024

Signing of the MoU with the six CEITEC partners at Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia

© Irina Matusevič / Masaryk University
May 17, 2024

Tour of CEITEC with Director Pavel Tomancakin, Brno, Czechia

© CEITEC MU
May 16, 2024

Mendel Lecture, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Patrick Cramer gives the Mendel Lecture on “Transcription of the genome: molecular mechanism and cellular regulation” at the Mendel Museum of the Masaryk University of Brno
© CEITEC
May 13, 2024

Opening of the new research building of the MPI for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter in Hamburg

At the handover of the key (from left to right): Katharina Fegebank, Second Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and Senator for Science; Prof. Dr. Ángel Rubio, Managing Director of the Institute and Patrick Cramer
© Julia Knop / MPSD
May 06, 2024

Lecture at the University of Graz

Patrick Cramer speaks on the topic "What is scientific excellence?" as part of "Geist & Gegenwart" in the auditorium of the University of Graz
© Vilgut / Uni Graz
April 26, 2024

Patrick Cramer presents his book "Zukunftswelten" in Munich.

Astrophysicist Suzanna Randall in conversation with Patrick Cramer at the book launch. The book is the result of his visits to the 84 Max Planck Institutes he travelled to before taking office in June 2023.
© Axel Griesch / MPG
April 18, 2024

Science conference of the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Berlin
 

Panel "Science Continent Europe: How do we secure freedom, sovereignty and innovation?" with from left to right: Patrick Cramer; Laura Kraft, MP; Dr Suzanna Randall, ESO; Prof. Dr Maria Leptin, President European Research Council; Anke Reiffenstuel, Commissioner for Science, Education and Research Policy at the Federal Foreign Office; Kai Gehring, MP
© Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
April 18, 2024

Meeting with the PhD and postdoc networks

Patrick Cramer at the Annual Meeting with the Steering Groups of PhDnet and PostdocNet, at the Berlin office of the Max Planck Society.
© MPG
April 16, 2024

Eisenforschung becomes the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials

Distinguished guests at the rededication ceremony on 16 April 2024. From left to right: Dr Kai de Weldige, Commercial Director; Prof Jörg Neugebauer, Director; Prof Dierk Raabe, Managing Director; Ina Brandes, Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia; Prof Patrick Cramer and Prof Gerhard Dehm, Director.
© R. Bitter / MPI for Sustainable Materials
April 13, 2024

Symposium with MPG partner group leaders in Seoul

© Yonsei University
April 12, 2024

Round table on democracy and peace research at the residence of the German ambassador in Seoul

© German Embassy Seoul
April 12, 2024

Visit to the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea

© MPG
April 11, 2024

Press conference and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Institute of Basic Science (IBS) at Yonsei University, Seoul

From left to right: Dong-Sup Yoon, President of Yonsei University, Cheon Jinwoo, Director of the Center for Nanomedicine at IBS, Joachim Spatz, Director at the MPI for Medical Research and Patrick Cramer.
© Yonsei University
April 10, 2024

Visit to the Peace Memorial Museum Hiroshima, Japan

Patrick Cramer and Christian Doeller, Director at the MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig and MPG Vice President, visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum after laying a wreath in the Memorial Park in memory of the victims of the atomic bombing.
© International Peace Promotion Department, City of Hiroshima
April 09, 2024

Celebrating 40 years of collaboration with RIKEN in Tokio

© RIKEN
April 09, 2024

Visit to the RIKEN Centre for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP)

Discussing possible AI collaborations with colleagues at the Advanced Intelligence Project in Tokio.
© RIKEN
April 08, 2024

Visit to the  National University Singapore

Patrick Cramer with the President of the National University Singapore Tan Eng Chye
© NUS
April 08, 2024

Visit at National Research Foundation in Singapore

© NRF
April 08, 2024

Signing Memorandum of Understanding with Nanyang Technical University in Singapore

Patrick Cramer with Prof Ho Teck Hua, President of NTU after the signing ceremony.
© NTU
April 05, 2024

Visit to the Indian National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore

Patrick Cramer with the director of the NCBS, Prof LS Shashidhara
© NCBS
April 05, 2024

Strengthening cooperation with the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore

After the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore
© IISc
April 04, 2024

20th anniversary of the MPG partner group programme in India

Patrick Cramer visits the metropolis of Delhi with a delegation to celebrate the 20th anniversary and explore new opportunities for cooperation.
© Sumit Kaushik Photographers
April 04, 2024

Visit to the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi

Patrick Cramer and his delegation meet with scientists at the institute in Delhi, with which there is a long-standing exchange in the field of computer science.
© Sumit Kaushik Photographers
April 04, 2024

Meeting with the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, Delhi

Exchange on shared research interests with Professor Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India
© PSA Office
March 21, 2024

Works Council meeting of the Max Planck Society

Patrick Cramer at the Works Council meeting of the General Works Council of the Max Planck Society in Weimar, in front of the picture: General Works Council Chairwoman Gloria von Eilpe
© Christian Theile
March 19, 2024

Exchange with Prof Dr Ian-Tsing Joseph Dieu

Prof Dr Ian-Tsing Joseph Dieu, Director General of the Taipei Representation in the Federal Republic of Germany (Munich office), visits the General Administration.
© MPG
March 15, 2024

Senate meeting in Heidelberg

Group picture on the occasion of the Senate meeting of the Max Planck Society at the MPI for Nuclear Physics
© Ralf Lackner
March 12, 2024

British-German scientific dialogue in London

British-German meeting at Imperial College London.
© Imperial College London
March 01, 2024

Panel discussion "Sustainable society" in Hamburg

After the panel discussion "Sustainable society. How can the transformation succeed and what can science do?" From left to right: Jochem Marotzke, Director at the MPI for Meteorology; Stefan C. Aykut, Mercator Chair of Sociology, University of Hamburg; Klaus Hasselmann, 2021 Nobel Laureate in Physics; Katharina Fegebank, Second Mayor of Hamburg; moderator Tanja Busse and Patrick Cramer
© Julia Knop / MPG
February 13, 2024

Science|Business conference „What’s on the Horizon? Framing the next 40 years of European R&I” in Brussels

On the panel Vision 2050 – Part I: “Future-proofing” the next Framework Programme, f.l.t.r.: Annelien Bredenoord, Rector Magnificus, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Patrick Cramer; Maryline Fiaschi, Chief Executive Officer, Science|Business
© Science|Business
January 20, 2024

Salon Sophie Charlotte 2024 of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Panel discussion on the topic " Corona and (no) end? Looking back on an eventful time": Moderator Anja Martini (NDR); Patrick Cramer; Barbara Prainsack, University of Vienna, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and Viola Priesemann, MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen
© BBAW
December 18, 2023

Visit by the Bavarian Minister of State Florian Herrmann

Patrick Cramer with Florian Herrmann, Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery and Minister of State for Federal Affairs and Media
© Bayerische Staatskanzlei
December 12, 2023

Prelude in the Festsaal Kreuzberg

Annual reception of the Max Planck Society in Berlin. From left to right: Patrick Cramer; Laura Kreidberg, Director at the MPI for Astronomy; Bettina Stark-Watzinger, German Federal Minister of Education and Research; Hannah Pool, scientist at the MPI for the Study of Societies and Georg Hochberg, Research Group Leader at the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology
© Marco Urban
December 10, 2023

Nobel Prize Banquet 2023

From left to right: Markus Blume, Bavarian Minister of State for Science and the Arts; Ferenc Krausz, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics; János Csák, Hungarian Minister of Culture and Innovation; Patrick Cramer
November 29, 2023

Presentation of the Max Planck Humboldt Research Award 2023

Patrick Cramer and Robert Schlögl (left), President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, with award winner Rotem Sorek (center) as well as Amy Buck (center left) and Kandice Tanner (center right), who were honored with Max Planck-Humboldt Medals.
© David Ausserhofer
November 28, 2023

Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem

Dinner with the presidents and vice presidents of Israel's leading universities, leading Israeli research institutions and directors of the Minerva Centers
© Yoni Kelberman / MPG
November 28, 2023

Visit to the Yad Vashem memorial

Wreath-laying ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance, from left to right: Patrick Cramer, Simone Schwanitz, Ulman Lindenberger, Lou Bohlen, Maximilian Prugger
 
© Yoni Kelberman / MPG
November 28, 2023

Visit to the Yad Vashem memorial

Guided tour of the museum on the history of the Holocaust, from left to right: Maximilian Prugger, Simone Schwanitz, Patrick Cramer, Lou Bohlen, Eva Ludkevich, Ulman Lindenberger
 
© Yoni Kelberman / MPG
November 28, 2023

Meeting with Ambassador Steffen Seibert at the German Embassy in Tel Aviv

Briefing by Steffen Seibert (2nd from left) for Patrick Cramer and his colleagues.
© German Embassy Tel Aviv
November 12, 2023

Patrick Cramer receives the 2023 Shaw Prize for Life Science and Medicine

Patrick Cramer together with Reinhard Genzel at the award ceremony in Hong Kong.
© Toky Image / The Shaw Prize Foundation
October 30, 2023

“Göttinger Literaturherbst” 2023 with Sir Paul Nurse

Lecture and interview with Sir Paul Nurse - author of the book "What is Life?" - at the “Göttinger Literaturherbst”
© Martin Liebetruth
October 29, 2023

“Göttinger Literaturherbst” 2023 with Steffen Schroeder

Steffen Schroeder - author of the book "Planck oder Als das Licht seine Leichtigkeit verlor" - with Patrick Cramer, who moderated the evening.
© Swen Pförtner
October 26, 2023

A toast to Nobel Prize winner Ferenc Krausz

The Scientific Members of the Max Planck Society celebrate Nobel Laureate Ferenc Krausz during the Fall Section Meetings in October 2023 at Harnack House (from left to right: Mikko Myrskylä, Martin Stratmann, Ferenc Krausz, Patrick Cramer).
© Bettina Ausserhofer
October 23, 2023

Celebration of the Centenary of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) and the 75th Anniversary of the Max Planck Society

The Italian Embassy in Berlin invited to a presidential summit on the occasion of both anniversaries (from left to right: Italian Ambassador Armando Varricchio, Patrick Cramer, CNR President Maria Chiara Carrozza, Director at the MPI of Molecular Physiology Andrea Musacchio).
© Dario J. Laganà
October 17, 2023

Meeting with the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Dialogue with the President of CAS, Jianguo Hou (front right next to Patrick Cramer) and delegation at the General Headquaters in Munich.
© Daniel Gerst / MPG
October 11, 2023

First visit to the German parliament

Fruitful exchange with science politicians Kai Gehring (center), Chairman of the German Bundestag Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment and the Chair of the German Science and Humanities Council, Wolfgang Wick.
© Christian Kobsda
October 04, 2023

Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 for Ferenc Krausz

Patrick Cramer and MPG Secretary General Simone Schwanitz congratulate Ferenc Krausz of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics on winning the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics.
© Jan Greune / MPG
September 29, 2023

Laudation German AI Award 2023

Patrick Cramer before his laudatio with Professor Edith Heard (2nd from left), Director General of EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory). EMBL received the 2023 AI User Award from WELT-Group. Also in the picture Chris Boos, jury chairman and AI entrepreneur and moderator Katja Losch.
© Philip Nuernberger
September 19, 2023

Open Science Ambassador Meeting

Patrick Cramer bei seinem Grußwort im Goethe-Saal des Harnack-Hauses, Berlin
© Jacqueline Behncke
September 13, 2023

Inaugural visit with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (r.) and Patrick Cramer at Bellevue Palace.
© Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung / Thomas Trutschel
September 08, 2023

Award of the Körber Prize 2023 to Cordelia Schmid

From left: Dr. Lothar Dittmer, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Körber Foundation; Dr. Cordelia Schmid, Körber Prize 2023 winner; Prof. Dr. Patrick Cramer, President of the Max Planck Society and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Körber Prize at the presentation of the certificate.
© Körber-Stiftung / Claudia Höhne
September 04, 2023

30 years of the Max Planck Society in Saxony

The President of the Max Planck Society, Patrick Cramer, in conversation with the Saxony’s Minister President Michael Kretschmer (left) and Sebastian Gemkow, Saxon State Minister for Science and the Arts.
© Sven Döring
July 26, 2023

Award of the  Bavarian Order of Maximilian for Science and Art

Patrick Cramer was awarded the Order of Maximilian for Science and Art by the Bavarian Minister President Markus Söder.
© Joerg Koch / Bayerische Staatskanzlei
July 24, 2023

A symposium for justice

Patrick Cramer addresses around 200 participants from 32 countries during his opening speech at the Max Planck Symposium for Alumni and Early Career Researchers.
© David Ausserhofer
July 18, 2023

Patrick Cramer introduced himself to the colleagues in a Townhall Meeting.

Patrick Cramer during his speech at the General Headquarters of the Max Planck Society in Munich. Dialogue and participation are important for the new president.
© Axel Griesch / MPG
July 05, 2023

Be part right from the start

Max Planck President Patrick Cramer (3rd from left) and Secretary General Simone Schwanitz (left) welcomed last year's newly appointed directors at the Administrative Headquarters in Munich in early July.
© Christian Erlacher / MPG
June 29, 2023

Annual Meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung

First exchange with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during the Annual Meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
© David Ausserhofer / Humboldt-Stiftung
June 23, 2022

Science Slam in Göttingen

Applause at the announcement of the voting.
© David Ausserhofer
June 23, 2022

Max-Planck-Day in Göttingen

Patrick Cramer has the Flora Incognita app explained to him at the booth of the MPI for Biogeochemistry at the science market in front of the Old Town Hall.
© David Ausserhofer
June 22, 2022

Inaugural speech of the new President Patrick Cramer

The new President Patrick Cramer during his inaugural speech at the Max Planck Society's annual meeting on 22 June 2023 at the Lokhalle in Göttingen.
© David Ausserhofer
June 22, 2023

Handover of office in Göttingen

At the Max Planck Society's Annual General Meeting in Göttingen on 22 June 2023, President Martin Stratmann symbolically passed on the responsibility to his successor Patrick Cramer by handing over the chain of office. 
David Ausserhofer
June 22, 2023

Patrick Cramer, 9th President of the Max Planck Society

Patrick Cramer, the newly appointed President of the Max Planck Society, aims to establish a sustainability plan that includes achieving carbon neutrality for the research organization no later than 2035.
Christoph Mukherjee
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