page_title: Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
section_title: Directors of the Institute
hierarchical_section_title: Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research / Directors of the Institute
caption_attribution_description: English: Directors at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (https://www.mps.mpg.de/en/aktuelles/pressenotizen/pressenotiz_20110520_print.html)
context_page_description: The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research is a research institute in astronomy and astrophysics located in Göttingen, Germany, where it relocated in February 2014 from the nearby village of Lindau. The exploration of the solar system is the central theme for research done at this institute.
  MPS is a part of the Max Planck Society, which operates 80 research facilities in Germany.
  Over the last five years, members of the Institute have each year published about 270 articles in international journals and books and given 360 conference presentations.
context_section_description: 1955–1964 Julius Bartels
  1951–1975 Walter Dieminger
  1965–1971 Alfred Ehmert
  1965–1977 Georg Pfotzer 
  1974–1990 Sir (William) Ian Axford 
  1992–1998 Tor Hagfors
  1977–2004 Helmut Rosenbauer 
  1977–2007 Vytenis Vasyliunas
  1999– Sami K. Solanki (Sun and Heliosphere Department)
  2002– Ulrich R. Christensen (Planets and Comets Department)
  2011– Laurent Gizon (Solar and Stellar Interiors Department)
caption: Prof. Ulrich Christensen (left), Prof. Dr. Laurent Gizon (centre) and Prof. Dr. Sami K. Solanki (right)
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