professorships
| Name | Group | Website | Assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Dr. Janet Anders | Quantum Theory | Website | |
| Prof. Dr. Matias Bargheer | Ultrafast Dynamics in Condensed Matter | Website | Bianca Rogowski |
| Prof. Dr. Carsten Beta | Biological Physics | Website | Cornelia Heinrich |
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Borowski | Didaktik der Physik | Website | Beate Zielinski |
| Prof. Dr. Tim Dietrich | Theoretical Astrophysics | Website | Cornelia Heinrich |
| Prof. Dr. Dr. Stephan Geier | Stellar Astrophysics | Website | Andrea Brockhaus |
| Prof. Dr. Jan Härter | Climate Physics | Website | Marlies Path |
| Prof. Dr. Regina Hoffmann-Vogel | Experimental physics of condensed matter | Website | Beate Zielinski |
| Prof. Dr. Holger Lange | Experimental Physics of Light-Matter Interaction | Website | Bianca Rogowski |
| Prof. Dr. Ralf Metzler | Theoretical Physics | Website | Katrin Kania |
| Prof. Dr. Dieter Neher | Soft Matter Physics and Optoelectronics Group | Website | Elke Derlig |
| Prof. Dr. Philipp Richter | Astrophysics | Website | Andrea Brockhaus |
| Prof. Dr. Svetlana Santer | Smart Soft Matters | Website | Elke Derlig |
| Prof. Dr. Karoline Wiesner | Complexity Science | Website | Katrin Kania |
adjunct professorships
professorships with another institute
| Name | Group / Institute | Website | Assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Dr. Marla-Rosa Cioni | Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam | Website | |
| Prof. Dr. Alexander Föhlisch | Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin | Website | |
| Prof. Dr. Anders Levermann | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research | Website | |
| Prof. Dr. Samaya Nissanke | DESY Zeuthen | Webseite | |
| Prof. Dr. Harald Pfeiffer | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics | Website | |
| Prof. Dr. Christoph Pfrommer | Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam | Website | |
| Prof. Dr. Martin Karl Wilhelm Pohl | DESY Zeuthen | Website (UP) Website (DESY) | Ines Tietgen |
| Prof. Dr. Katja Poppenhäger | Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam | Website | |
| Prof. Dr. Stefan Rahmstorf | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research | Website | |
| Prof. Dr. Markus Rex | Alfred Wegener Institute | Website | |
| Prof. Dr. Safa Shoaee | Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik | Website (UP) Website (PDI) | |
| Prof. Dr. Yuri Shprits | Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences | Website | |
| Prof. Dr. Christian Stegmann | DESY Zeuthen | Website (UP) Website (DESY) | Ines Tietgen |
| Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinmetz | Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam | Website | |
| Prof. Dr. Klaus Strassmeier | Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam | Website | |
| Prof. Dr. Ricarda Winkelmann | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research | Website | |
| Prof. Dr. Lutz Wisotzki | Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam | Website | |
| Prof. Dr. Huirong Yan | DESY Zeuthen | Website (UP) Website (DESY) | Ines Tietgen |
honorary professorships
| Name | Group / Institute | Website |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Dr. Alessandra Buonanno | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics | Website |
| Prof. Dr. Peter Fratzl | Max Planck Institutes of Colloids and Interfaces | Website |
| Prof. Dr. Ingolf Hertel | Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy | Website |
| Reinhard Lipowsky | Max Planck Institutes of Colloids and Interfaces | Website |
professorships with secondary affiliation
non-tenured associate professorships
| Name | Group / Institute | Website |
|---|---|---|
| PD Dr. Markus Abel | Complexity Science | Website |
| PD Dr. Rumiana Dimova | Max Planck Institutes of Colloids and Interfaces | Website |
| PD Dr. Kathrin Egberts | Experimental Astroparticle Physics | Website |
| PD Dr. Fred Feudel | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research | |
| PD Dr. Georg Feulner | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research | Website |
| PD Dr. Klaus Habicht | Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences | Website |
| PD Dr. Norbert Marwan | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research | Website |
| PD Dr. Oleh Omel´chenko | Biophysical Physics/Non-linear dynamics | Website |
| PD Dr. Thomas Weikl | Max Planck Institutes of Colloids and Interfaces | Website |
professors that recently left the insitute
- Prof. Dr. Markus Gühr
- Prof. Dr. Jens Eisert
- Prof. Dr. Günther Hasinger
- Prof. Dr. Anna Köhler
- PD Dr. Martin Ostermeyer
- Prof. Dr. Ulrich Pietsch
- Prof. Dr. Thorid Rabe
- Prof. Dr. Florian Theilmann
- Prof. Dr. Joachim Wambsganß
professors in retirement
- Prof. Dr. Ludwig Brehmer
- Prof. Dr. Klaus Dethloff
- Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Fink
- Prof. Dr. Reimund Gerhard
- Prof. Dr. Wolf-Rainer Hamann
- Prof. Dr. Horst Hänsel †
- Prof. Dr. Joachim Klebe †
- Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kurths
- Prof. Dr. Klaus Liebers
- Prof. Dr. Hans-Gerd Löhmannsröben
- Prof. Dr. Gottfried Mann
- Prof. Dr. Ralf Menzel
- Prof. Dr. Helmut Mikelskis
- PD Dr. Volker Müller
- Prof. Dr. Wieland Müller
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Helmuth Möhwald †
- Prof. Dr. Akardy Pikovsky
- Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Rädler †
- Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Regenstein
- Prof. Dr. Michael Rosenblum
- Prof. Dr. Martin Roth
- Prof. Dr. Günther Rüdiger
- Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
- Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Schütte †
- Prof. Dr. Bernard Schutz
- Prof. Dr. Norbert Seehafer
- Prof. Dr. Frank Spahn
- Prof. Dr. Martin Wilkens