December 17, 2008 | News

James W. Vaupel elected member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

To Explore Nature for the Benefit of Humanity - this is stated in the preamble of the Academy Leopoldina. The Academy was founded in 1652 and is the world’s oldest continuously existing academcy of medicine and natural sciences. In 2008 it officially became the National Academy of Sciences of Germany. The Leopoldina has more than 1.300 members all over the world. Among the former members have been eminent researchers, such as Carl Bosch, Francis Crick, Marie Curie, Max Delbrück, Albert Einstein, Fritz Haber, Otto Hahn, Werner Heisenberg, Feodor Lynen, Linus Pauling, and Max Planck. The Leopoldina maintains an international network with scientific institutions and organizes each year various national and international meetings and symposia. Advising national and international political leaders as well as other high-ranking decision makers on scientific matters and promoting young scientists are the most important tasks of the Leopoldina (see www.leopoldina-halle.de).

In December 2008, the Leopoldina has elected James W. Vaupel member of the Academy.