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Common Graduation Commission

Common Graduation Commission

The GSLS Common Graduation Commission consists of the GSLS dean, the deans and additional delegates from the participating faculties (up to 3 per faculty). In addition, the section speakers participate in an advisory function.

January 2026

GSLS Dean
Prof. Dr. Christian Wegener

Biology
Prof. Dr. Dr. Martin J. Müller (Dean)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmitt (Dean's representative)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Dandekar
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dröge-Laser
Prof. Dr. Keram Pfeiffer

Appointed as further possible chairpersons of doctoral procedures:
PD Dr. Matthias Becker
Prof. Dr. Christian Hof
Prof. Dr. Christian Janzen
Prof. Dr. Rob Rolfsema
Prof. Dr. Markus Sauer
Prof. Dr. Ricarda Scheiner-Pietsch
Prof. Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

Medicine
Prof. Dr. Matthias Frosch (Dean)
Prof. Dr. Peter Heuschmann (Dean's representative)
Prof. Dr. Carmen Villmann
Prof. Dr. Stephan Störk
Prof. Dr. Marcel Romanos

Appointed as further possible chairpersons of doctoral procedures:
Prof. Dr. Ralf Bargou
Prof. Dr. Andreas Beilhack
Prof. Dr. Niklas Beyersdorf
Prof. Robert Blum
Prof. Dr. Klaus Brehm
Prof. Dr. Michael Briese
Prof. Dr. Lorenz Deserno
PD Dr. Frank Döring
Prof. Dr. Regina Ebert
Prof. Dr. Franziska Faber
Prof. Dr. Peter Gallant
Prof. Dr. Georg Gasteiger
Prof. Dr. Stefan Gaubatz
Prof. Dr. Uwe Gbureck
Prof. Dr. Dominic Grün
Prof. Dr. Thomas Haaf
Prof. Dr. Grit Hein
PD Dr. Heike Hermanns
PD Dr. Sibylle Jablonka
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kastenmüller
Prof. Dr. Knut Kirmse
PD Dr. Ellen Leich-Zbat
Prof. Dr. Joachim Morschhäuser
Prof. Dr. Svenja Meierjohann
PD Dr. Knut Ohlsen
Prof. Dr. Christoph Otto
Prof. Dr. Martina Prelog
Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Pryss
Prof. Dr. Gustavo Ramos
Prof. Dr. Leo Rasche
Prof. Dr. Heike Rittner
Prof. Dr. Andrea Rosenwald
Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Saliba
Prof. Dr. Nicolas Schlegel
Prof. Herrmann Schindelin
Prof. Dr. David Stegner
Prof. Dr. Stefan Störk
Dr. habil. Jörg Teßmar
Prof. Dr. Philipp Tovote
Prof. Martin Vaeth
Prof. Dr. Harald Wajant
Prof. Dr. Alma Zernecke-Madsen

Chemistry and Pharmacy
Prof. Dr. Holger Helten (Dean)
Prof. Dr. Alexander Buchberger (Dean's representative)
Prof. Dr. Leane Lehmann
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Seibel
Prof. Dr. Utz Fischer

Appointed as further possible chairpersons of doctoral procedures:
Prof. Dr. Lutz Nuhn
Prof. Dr. Christoph Sotriffer

Physics and Astronomy
Prof. Dr. Jens Pflaum (Dean)
Prof. Dr. Peter Jakob

Appointed as further possible chairpersons of doctoral procedures:
Prof. Dr. Björn Trauzettel

Human Sciences
Prof. Dr. Andrea Kübler (Dean)
Prof. Dr. Matthias Gamer

Appointed as further possible chairpersons of doctoral procedures:
Prof. Dr. Johannes Hewig
Prof. Dr. Martin Herrmann

Meeting dates of the GSLS Common Graduation Commission in WS 2025/2026:

23. October 2025
13. November 2025
11. December 2025
5. February 2025

Tentative Meeting dates of the GSLS Common Graduation Commission in SS 2025:

30. April 2026
21. May 2026
18. June 2026
23. July 2026

No Common Graduation Commission meetings during the semester break (March & April and August & September).