New Leopoldina Membership: Simon Alberti

The RTG announces with great pleasure that our co-speaker Prof Dr. Simon Alberti is now a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. More details about the distinction can be found on the webpages of TU Dresden and Leopoldina.

According to the Leopoldina website: “The Academy selects its members among outstanding scientists. Since its foundation over 8,000 individuals were appointed members. These include, among others, Marie Curie, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Alexander von Humboldt, Justus von Liebig and Max Planck.” and “The Leopoldina is the largest among German science academies with a base of about 1,700 members from more than 30 countries.”

The mission of the academy is “to identify and analyse scientific issues of social importance. The Leopoldina presents its policy recommendations in a scientifically qualified, independent, transparent and prospective manner”