The Extended Senate is composed of members with voting rights and members who act in an advisory capacity. It is responsible for electing and voting out the Rector and for passing resolutions on our university’s Basic Regulations.
Composition and members
Our university’s Extended Senate is composed of
- the 21 Senate members with voting rights,
- 35 university lecturers,
- 14 academic members of staff,
- 14 students and
- seven members of administrative and technical staff.
Our university’s Rector, Vice-Rectors, Head of Administration and Finance, Deans and the Commissioner for Equal Opportunities are non-voting members of the Extended Senate who act in an advisory capacity. The Rector prepares and chairs the meetings.
University lecturers
- Professor Anne Bartsch, Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
- Professor Ingo Bechmann, Faculty of Medicine
- Professor Hendrik Bläker, Faculty of Medicine
- Professor Matthias Blüher, Faculty of Medicine
- Professor Enno Bünz, Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
- Professor Rainer Cermak, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Professor Frank Cichos, Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences
- Professor Philip Clart, Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
- Professor Anne Deiglmayr, Faculty of Education
- Professor Ralf Diedrich, Faculty of Economics and Management Science
- Professor Ulrich Eisenecker, Faculty of Economics and Management Science
- Professor Cornelia Exner, Faculty of Life Sciences
- Professor Christian Fandrych, Faculty of Philology
- Professor Immo Fritsche, Faculty of Life Sciences
- Professor Sabine Griese, Faculty of Philology
- Professor Marius Grundmann, Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences
- Professor Gregor Hovemann, Faculty of Sport Science
- Professor Christoph Jacobi, Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences
- Professor Thomas Kater, Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
- Professor Anette Kersting, Faculty of Medicine
- Professor Harald Krautscheid, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy
- Professor Ute Krügel, Faculty of Medicine
- Professor Dirk van Laak, Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
- Professor Brigitte Latzko, Faculty of Education
- Professor Holger Lengfeld-Philipp, Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
- Professor Rochus Leonhardt, Faculty of Theology
- Professor Grit Mehlhorn, Faculty of Philology
- Professor Matthias Middell, Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
- Professor Martin Middendorf, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Professor Gereon Müller, Faculty of Philology
- Professor Patrick Primavesi, Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
- Professor Martin Friedrich Quaas, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
- Professor Tinka Reichmann, Faculty of Philology
- Professor Steffi Riedel-Heller, Faculty of Medicine
- Professor Stefan Rohdewald, Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
- Professor Michael Schaefer, Faculty of Medicine
- Professor Gerik Scheuermann, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Professor Torsten Schöneberg, Faculty of Medicine
- Professor Matthias Schwarz, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Professor Jan-Christoph Simon, Faculty of Medicine
- Professor Michael Stumvoll, Faculty of Medicine
- Professor László Székelyhidi, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Professor Uwe Truyen, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Professor Uwe Vollmer, Faculty of Economics and Management Science
- Professor Manfred Wendisch, Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences
- Professor Monika Wohlrab-Sahr, Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Academic staff
- Marianne Aussenac-Kern, Faculty of Philology
- Dr Dietmar Böhnke, Faculty of Philology
- Dr Geert Castryck, Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe)
- Dr André Ehrlich, Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences
- Jakob Heuschmidt, Faculty of Education
- PD Dr Zohreh Hosseinzadeh, Faculty of Medicine
- Janika Kepser, Faculty of Law
- Dr Bert R. E. Klagges, Faculty of Life Sciences
- Dr Jörn Lang, Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
- Melanie Marek, Faculty of Economics and Management Science
- Thomas Ottlinger, Faculty of Education
- Sibylle Reech, Faculty of Education
- David Georg Reichelt, University Computer Centre
- Dr Thomas Riemer, Faculty of Medicine
- Denis Saro, Faculty of Law
- Stefanie Wiemer, Faculty of Education
- Dr Claudia Wiesner, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy
- Dr Alexander Yendell, Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe)
Students
- Roman Behrends, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy
- Lone Bettin, Faculty of Philology
- Benedikt Böck, Faculty of Philology
- Mareike Engel, Faculty of Medicine
- Laura Enzmann, Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
- Tom Geisler, Faculty of Philology
- Magdalena Geppert, Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
- Johann Goldhahn, Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
- Bastian Grahm, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Elena Heier, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Ludwig Hofbauer, Faculty of Economics and Management Science
- Julia Kühne, Faculty of Law
- Anna Lieberwirth, Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
- Johann Papesch, Faculty of Medicine
- Jasmin Redler, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- David Rennert, Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
- Fanny Weickelt, Faculty of Education
Administrative and technical staff
- Charlotte Bauer, University Library
- Angelika Dunkel, Department 1
- Alexandra Giermann, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy
- Daniela Gloger, Department 4
- Markus Lorenz, Faculty of Life Sciences
- Henriette Rösch, University Library
- Ina Scherbaum, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Carmen Stieler, Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
- Dr Stephan Thomas, Faculty of Philology
Rectorate
- Professor Eva Inés Obergfell, Rector
- Professor Jens-Karl Eilers, Vice-Rector for Excellence Development: Research and Transfer
- Professor Roger Gläser, Vice-Rector for Talent Development: Study and Teaching
- Professor Matthias Middell, Vice-Rector for Campus Development: Cooperation and Internationalisation (elected member with voting rights)
- Dr Jörg Wadzack, Head of Administration and Finance
Deans
- Professor Alexander Deeg, Faculty of Theology
- Professor Katharina Beckemper, Faculty of Law
- Professor Markus A. Denzel, Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
- Professor Beat Siebenhaar, Faculty of Philology
- Professor Brigitte Latzko, Faculty of Education (elected member with voting rights)
- Professor Astrid Lorenz, Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
- Professor Johannes Ringel, Faculty of Economics and Management Science
- Professor Gregor Hovemann, Faculty of Sport Science (elected member with voting rights)
- Professor Ingo Bechmann, Faculty of Medicine (elected member with voting rights)
- Professor Bernd Kirchheim, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Professor Marc Schönewiesner, Faculty of Life Sciences
- Professor Marius Grundmann, Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences (elected member with voting rights)
- Professor Christoph Schneider, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy
- Professor Thomas Vahlenkamp, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Commissioner for Equal Opportunities
- Georg Teichert