President
Professor Metin Tolan
Professor Metin Tolan has been the President of the University of Göttingen since April 2021. Previously, the physicist was a professor at the Technical University of Dortmund (TU) from 2001 and a member of the TU's Rectorate from 2008 to 2020. In addition, he was ongoing representative of the Rector from 2016. In the rectorate, he was responsible for Research for three years, Teaching for five years and Finance for four years.
Curriculum vitae
Academic and professional career
Since April 2021 | President of the University of Göttingen |
2001 - 2021 | C4 Professorship for Experimental Physics at the TU Dortmund University. Chair of Experimental Physics I |
1998 - 2001 | Habilitation in Experimental Physics. Lecturer at Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel (Germany) |
1994 - 1998 | Research visits in the USA at Brookhaven National Laboratory (1994), Exxon Research Laboratories (1994), Stony Brook University, New York (1995 and 1998) and Argonne National Laboratory (1996 and 1997) |
1993 - 1998 | Postdoctoral researcher (Hochschulassistent) at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel. |
1990 - 1993 | Research Assistant, Institute for Experimental Physics, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel. Doctorate in physics (dissertation subject: "X-ray scattering from laterally structured surfaces - experiment and theory") |
1984 - 1989 | Studied Physics with a subsidiary subject Mathematics, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel. Degree in Mathematical Physics |
Awards, scholarships and memberships
2018 | Awarded the Badge of Honour (Ehrennadel) from the German Physical Society |
2017 | Robert Wichard Pohl Prize from the German Physical Society for outstanding contributions to physics |
2016 | Science Communication Medal at the Göttinger Literaturherbst (Göttingen’s annual autumn literature festival) |
2013 | Communicator Award from the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Stifterverband |
2010 | Awarded the Silver Badge of Honour for special services to the research centre DESY in Hamburg |
2010 | Elected Professor of the Year by the magazine UNICUM Beruf in the category of natural sciences and medicine (selected from 600 nominations across four fields) |
2008 | Awarded the teaching prize of the TU Dortmund |
2000 | First on the short-list for a chair (C4) in Experimental Physics at the Free University of Berlin in conjunction with a departmental chair at the Hahn-Meitner Institute in Berlin (turned down because, in parallel, accepted the call to TU Dortmund) |
2000 | Call for a C3 Professorship for Experimental Physics at the University of Greifswald (turned down) |
1999 | Full Professorship for Materials Science at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (turned down) |
1993 | Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, University Prize for the best dissertation |
Management and committee responsibilities
2016 - 2020 | Vice-Rector for Finance at TU Dortmund University |
2014 - 2021 | Member of the University Council of the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel |
Since 2013 | Member of the newly founded Scientific Advisory Board of Forschungszentrum Jülich |
2011 - 2017 | Member of the Science Advisory Board of the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) in Munich |
2011 - 2016 | Pro-rector for Teaching at TU Dortmund University |
Since 2010 | Member and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Leibniz Institute for Analytical Sciences - ISAS in Dortmund |
2009 - 2010 | Member of the German-Russian BMBF steering committee for cooperation on large-scale research facilities |
2009 - 2010 | Member of the Board of Trustees of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund |
2008 - 2011 | Vice-Rector for Research at TU Dortmund University |
2008 - 2020 | Member of the Rectorate of TU Dortmund University and standing representative of the Rector |
2008 - 2014 | Head of the BMBF Strategy Committee Research with Photons |
2008 - 2013 | Chair of the NRW Research Training Group Research with Synchrotron Radiation in the Nanosciences and Biosciences |
2008 - 2012 | Member of the steering committee and editor in charge of the BMBF-funded internet portal Welt der Physik (World of Physics) |
2008 - 2012 | Member of the Executive Board of the German Physical Society (DPG) with responsibility for public relations |
2007 & 2013 | Head of the Helmholtz Interim Review of the PNI Division at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geestacht (HZG) |
2007 - 2016 | Appointment as Vice-Chairman (until 2010) and as Chairman (from 2010) to the BMBF expert committee on collaborative research on large facilities |
2006 - 2009 | Member of the three-member board of the Leibniz Institute for Analytical Sciences - ISAS in Dortmund |
2005 - 2008 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of BESSY (2007-2008 Deputy Chairman of the Board) |
2004 - 2010 | Member of the Scientific Council of the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY). (2005-2007 Vice-Chairman and 2008-2010 Chairman of the Scientific Council and Guest of the Board of Directors of DESY.) |
2004 - 2008 | Dean of the Faculty of Physics at TU Dortmund University |
2003 | Full member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences (category: Natural Sciences and Medicine) |
2001 - 2010 and 2013 – 2021 |
co-opted member of the Committee Research with Synchrotron Radiation as source representative |
2001 - 2012 | Head of the Centre for Synchrotron Radiation (ZfSy) at TU Dortmund University |
Main research interests
- Research into the interfacial behaviour of "soft matter" (polymers, liquids, biomaterials)
- Use of synchrotron radiation for materials research in general
Scientific publications (selection)
2013 | Journal Article | Original WorkMicroscopic structure of water at elevated pressures and temperatures
Sahle, C. J.; Sternemann, C.; Schmidt, C.; Lehtola, S.; Jahn, S.; Simonelli, L.& Huotari, S. u.a. (2013)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(16) pp. 6301-6306.
Details DOI PMID PMC
2014 | Journal Article | Original Work
Reentrant liquid-liquid phase separation in protein solutions at elevated hydrostatic pressures
Möller, J.; Grobelny, S.; Schulze, J.; Bieder, S.; Steffen, A.; Erlkamp, M.& Paulus, M. u.a. (2014)
Physical Review Letters, 112(2) art. 028101.
Details DOI PMID PMC
2017 | Journal Article | Original Work
The Hydrophobic Gap at High Hydrostatic Pressures
Wirkert, F. J; Hölzl, C.; Paulus, M.; Salmen, P.; Tolan, M.; Horinek, D.& Nase, J. (2017)
Angewandte Chemie. International Edition, 56(42) pp. 12958-12961.
Details DOI PMID PMC
2018 | Journal Article | Original Work
Water-Mediated Protein-Protein Interactions at High Pressures are Controlled by a Deep-Sea Osmolyte
Julius, K.; Weine, J.; Berghaus, M.; König, N.; Gao, M.; Latarius, J.& Paulus, M. u.a. (2018)
Physical Review Letters, 121(3) art. 038101.
Details DOI PMID PMC
2019 | Journal Article | Original Work
Impact of Macromolecular Crowding and Compression on Protein–Protein Interactions and Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation Phenomena
Julius, K.; Weine, J.; Gao, M.; Latarius, J.; Elbers, M.; Paulus, M.& Tolan, M. u.a. (2019)
Macromolecules, 52(4) pp. 1772-1784.
Details DOI
The complete list of publications of the Tolan group can be found here: http://www.e1.physik.tu-dortmund.de/cms/de/AG_Tolan/publikationen/index.htmlhttp://www.e1.physik.tu-dortmund.de/cms/de/AG_Tolan/publikationen/index.html
Presidential Office
Katina Schmeißer
Office of the President
Phone +49 551 39-21001
Fax +49 551 39-21046
praesident@uni-goettingen.de
Dr. Sarah Hoffmann-Urlaub
Personal Executive Assistant to the President
Phone +49 551 39-21002
Fax +49 551 39-21046
referentin.praesident@uni-goettingen.de
Zuständigkeiten
- Leitung des Präsidiums mit Richtlinienkompetenz
- geordneter Hochschulbetrieb und Hausrecht
- Exzellenzstrategie
- Hochschulpolitische Interessenvertretung (HRK, LHK, U15, DFG etc.) und Außendarstellung der Universität
- alle Aufgaben, soweit sie nicht anderen Ressorts zugewiesen sind
Abteilungen und Stabsstellen der Zentralverwaltung und zentrale Einrichtungen
- Büro des Präsidiums
- Gebäudemanagement (GM)
- Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
- Kommunikation und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Wissenschaftskommunikation, Marketing, Veranstaltungen
- Fundraising und Hochschulsponsoring
- Alumni
- Kommunikation und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Wissenschaftskommunikation, Marketing, Veranstaltungen
- Ombudsstelle für gute Wissenschaftliche Praxis
- Trägerstiftung
- Leitung der Senatssitzung
- Senat und Stiftungsausschuss
- Leitung der Senatssitzung
Vertretung der Universität in den mit dem Zuständigkeitsbereich verbundenen Kuratorien/Beiräten/Boards, u.a.
- Alumni e.V., Vorstandsmitglied
- Ausschuss für Wissenschaft und Kultur der Stadt Göttingen, Beratendes Mitglied
- Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Aufsichtsratsmitglied
- Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislaufforschung e.V., Mitglied des Executive Boards
- Europäisches Hochschulnetzwerk ENLIGHT, Mitglied Governing Board
- Internationale Händel-Festspiele Göttingen GmbH, Aufsichtsratsmitglied
- Internationales Begegnungszentrum, Verwaltungsrat
- Landeshochschulkonferenz (LHK), Vorstandsmitglied
- LHK Findungskommission für den ZEvA Stiftungsrat, Mitglied
- LHK Ständige Kommission für Forschung & wissenschaftliche Qualifizierung, Mitglied
- Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften und für Dynamik und Selbstorganisation, Kuratoriumsmitglied
- Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Kuratoriumsmitglied
- Metropolregion GmbH, Mitglied des Vereins Wissenschaft
- Prisma-Forum des BMBF, Mitgliedschaft
- Göttingen Marketing GmbH, Mitglied des Aufsichtsrats
- QM-Beirat der Universität Bielefeld, Beiratsmitglied
- Stiftung Niedersachsen, Mitglied im Senat
- Stiftung Privaten Rechts der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Stiftungsratsvorsitzender
- STIFTUNG PS.SPEICHER, Kuratoriumsmitglied
- Studentenwerk Göttingen, Stiftungsratsvorsitzender
- SüdniedersachsenStiftung, Mitglied im Stiftungsrat
- Universitätsbund Göttingen e.V., Verwaltungsratsmitglied
- Universitätsbund Göttingen e.V., Vorstandsmitglied
- Universitätskirchendeputation, Vorsitzender
Verantwortlich im Strategieprozess (Links führen zum Intranet)
- Gesamtprozess
- Querschnittsaufgabe Third Mission & Transfer
- unterstützende Maßnahme Infrastruktur
- unterstützende Maßnahme Budgetierung
Saturday discussions
I would like to improve communication and talk about issues more directly than before. My diary is always very busy during the week. That's why I would like to speak with you directly at the weekend. I have been keeping a time slot from 13:00-14:00 every Saturday since 2022 for this and would be delighted if we could have 15-minute conversations here – regardless of whether you belong to the University or not and whatever the topic, as long as it is connected with our University. I'm sure there are many things that bother you or that you think are good and that you've always wanted to discuss with the university management. Conversely, I am also interested in what you think about things at our University. Unfortunately, my view is often somewhat clouded by the fact that I have to operate at a distance from the day-to-day business. Our conversation will take place online and in private and will therefore be confidential. If you are interested, please contact my office (praesident@uni-goettingen.de) and give a word or two to describe the main theme for our discussion during our 15 minutes. I would be very happy if we could enter into a direct dialogue in this way.All the best,
Metin Tolan
Further Information (in German)
01.04.2021 - 7 pm - Ceremonial inauguration
27.01.2021 - Election