Executive Board
The Executive Board consists of a maximum of 9 members: chairman, treasurer and up to 7 directors with other responsibilities. The Executive Board is elected every two years by the general assembly, which is conducted annually. It takes place in April or May, following the German-Japanese symposium which is being organized jointly by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Chairman
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Menkhaus | Law Sciences
Meiji University
Chair of German Law
Faculty and Graduate School of Law
1-1 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku
101-8301 Tokyo
Japan
E-mail
Treasurer
Dr. Arnulf Jäger-Waldau | Physics
European Commission, DG JRC
Energy Efficiency and Renewables Unit
21020 Ispra (VA)
Italy
E-mail
Secretary
Prof. Dr. Katja Kölkebeck | Medical Sciences
Universität Bielefeld
Universitätsklinikum OWL Campus Bielefeld-Bethel
Psychiatrische Institutsambulanz
Gadderbaumer Str. 33
33602 Bielefeld
Germany
E-mail
Fundraising
Dr. Matthias Hofmann | Biology
Head of Clinical Development US
Merz North America, Inc.
6501 Six Forks Road
Raleigh, NC 27615
USA
E-mail
Membership Promotion and Support in the German-speaking Area
Dr. Niklas Kolbe | Applied Mathematics
RWTH Aachen University
Institute of Geometry and Applied Mathematics
Chair of Numerical Mathematics
Templergraben 55
52056 Aachen
Germany
E-Mail
Membership Promotion and Support in Japan
Dr. Jan Mikuni | Psychology
University of Vienna
Faculty of Psychology
Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology
Liebiggasse 5
1010 Vienna
Austria
E-mail
Public Relations / Press
Dr. Daniela Winkler | Palaeontology
Acting Professor for Paleozoology
University of Bonn
Department for Paleontology at the Bonner Institute of Organismic Biology (BIOB)
Nussallee 8
53115 Bonn
Germany
E-Mail
Public Relations / Social Media
Prof. Dr. Aiko Möhwald | Sport Sciences
Saarland University
Institute of Sports Science
Chair of Sports Education
Campus, Building B 8.1
66123 Saarbrücken
Germany
E-mail
Awards
Dr.-Ing. Saskia Schimmel | Electrical Engineering
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Chair of Electron Devices
Cauerstr. 6
91058 Erlangen
Germany
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(as of October 2025)