Organization
The LIR is a non-profit research organization whose legal form is that of a “gGmbH” [”gemeinnützige Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung”], a non-profit limited liability company.
The LIR's scientific program and transfer activities are currently implemented in three research areas, two research platforms and the transfer application platform.
Its partners are the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz (UM), represented by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Prof. Dr. Ralf Kiesslich and the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), represented by the President, Prof. Dr. Georg Krausch.
The supervisory board consists of eight members from federal and state levels and the UM and JGU, as well as two individuals from society and public life.
Chairman: Dr. Frank-Dieter Kuchta (Ministery of Science and Health (MWG))
Debuty Chairman: Tanja Fröhlich-Israng (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) (BMBF), Referat 613 - Medical Sciences; Medical Technology)
Christian Merk (Ministery of Finance)
Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Schild (Chief Scientific Officer, provisional, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz)
Dr. Sabine Helling-Moegen (Administrative Director, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE e.V.), Bonn)
Dr. Jürgen Hippchen (Managing Director, of the Department of Research and Teaching of the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz)
Valerie Holsboer (Consultant)
Prof. Dr. Müller-Stach (Vice President for Research and Early Career Academics, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz)
The LIR is led by a board consisting of two scientific directors, Prof. Dr. Klaus Lieb and Prof. Dr. Beat Lutz, and one Administrative Director, Dr. Thorsten Mundi.
The scientific advisory board, which consists currently of nine scientists:
Chairman (in advisory capacity in the supervisory board): Prof. Dr. Peter Falkai (Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich)
Prof. Dr. Christian Beckmann (Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Bingel (Clinic for Neurology, University Clinic Essen)
Prof. Dr. Jan Born (Institute for Medical Psychology and Beahvioural Neurobilogy, University of Tübingen)
Prof. Dr. Christine Heim (Institute for Medical Psychology, Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin)
Prof. Dr. Christine Knaevelsrud (Head, Division of Clinical Psychological Intervention, Free University of Berlin)
Prof. Dr. Isabelle Mansuy (Laboratory of Neuroepigenetics; University and ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Prof. Dr. Hans-Christian Pape (former Head of the Institute of Physiology I at the University of Münster, former President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
Prof. Dr. Diego Pizzagalli (Institute for Translational Depression Discoveries, UC Irvine, CA, USA)
The institute’s council consists of all work group leaders, as well as a representative from both the scientific and non-scientific staff. It advises and assists the managing directors with regard to the institute’s scientific development.
The administration and the employees council support all employees of the LIR. All of the employees together form the Institute Assembly.
