TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professors

The honorary title "TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professor" distinguishes leading international scientists who are working at other universities, advancing a scientific area, and developing long-term collaborations with their colleagues at the Technical University of Munich. The honorary title is conferred by the President upon resolution of the TUM Extended Board of Management and the TUM Senate. TUM’s Distinguished Affiliated Professors are members of the TUM Departments putting forth their nominations. Joint appointments of several faculties are possible.

Natural Sciences/Mathematics

- Andersson, Bertil

   Prof. PhD
   Stockholm/Sweden, Stockholm School of Economics
   Chemistry

- Amaldi, Ugo

   Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.
   Geneva/Switzerland, CERN
   Physics

- Baker, David

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Seattle/USA, University of Washington
   Physics

- Diederich, François (1952-2020)

   Prof. Dr. rer. nat.
   Zurich, ETH Zürich
   Chemistry

- Ertl, Gerhard

    Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult.
    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007
    TUM-Alumnus (Chemistry)
    Berlin/Germany, Fritz Haber-Institut MPG
    Chemistry

- Feringa, Bernard Lucas

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016
   Honorary Hans Fischer Senior Fellow, TUM Institute for Advanced Study
   Groningen/Netherlands, University of Groningen
   Chemistry

- Frank, Joachim

   Prof. Dr.
   Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017
   TUM-Alumnus (Chemistry)
   New York/USA, Columbia University
   Chemistry

- Grasselli, Robert(1930-2018)

   Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.
   Wilmington/USA, University of Delaware
   Chemistry

- Grötschel, Martin

   Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult.
   Berlin/Germany, Konrad Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik
   Mathematics

- Haller, Gary L.

   Prof. Ph.D.
   New Haven/USA, Yale University
   Chemistry

- Halzen, Francis

   Prof. Dr. h.c. Ph.D.
   Madison/USA, University of Wisconsin-Madison
   Physics

- Iglesia, Enrique

   Prof. Dr. h.c. Ph.D.
   Berkeley/USA, University of California
   Chemistry

- Kahmann, Regine

   Prof. Dr.
   Marburg/Germany, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
   Biology/TUM School of Life Sciences

- von Klitzing, Klaus

   Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult.
   Nobel Prize in Physics 1985
   TUM-Alumnus (Physics)
   Stuttgart/Germany, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
   Physics

- Marcus, Rudolph A.

   Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Ph.D.
   Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992
   Pasadena/USA, California Institute of Technology
   Chemistry

- Marks, Tobin

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Evanston/USA, Northwestern University
   Chemistry

- Resnick, Sidney I.

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Ithaca/USA, Cornell University
   Mathematics

- Reuter, Karsten

   Prof. Dr. rer. nat.
   Berlin/Germany, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Gesellschaft
   Theoretical Chemistry

- Ruth, Ronald D.

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Stanford/USA, Stanford University
   Physics

- Schlögl, Robert

   Prof. Dr.
   Berlin/Germany, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
   Chemistry

- Watanabe, Masahiro

   Prof. Dr.
   Kofu/Japan, University of Yamanashi
   Chemistry

Engineering Sciences/Computer Science

- Christiaanse, Kees

   Prof. em.
   Zürich/Schweiz, ETH Zurich,
   KCAP Architects & Planners Rotterdam Zurich Shanghai
   Urban Design und Urban Planning

- Chua, Leon O.

   Prof. Ph.D
   Berkeley/USA, University of California
   Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

- Dewilde, Patrick

   Prof. Ph.D
   Technische Universiteit Delft, TUM Institute for Advanced Study
   Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

- Eyring, Veronika

   Prof. Dr.
   Oberpfaffenhofen/Germany, 
   Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)/Universität Bremen
   Earth System Model Evaluation and Analysis Departement/Climate Modelling

- Gang, Wan

   Prof. Dr.-Ing.
   Peking/China, Minister of Science and Technology of the People´s Republic of China
   Mechanical Engineering

- Glaser, Steven D.

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Berkeley/USA, University of California in Berkeley
   Civil Engineering and Surveying

- Gottzein, Eveline (1931-2023)

   Prof. Dr.-Ing.
   Höhenkirchen/Germany, Universität Stuttgart
   Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

- Hassler, Uta

   Prof. Dr. Dr.
   TUM-Alumna (Architecture)
   Zürich, ETH Zürich
   Architecture

- Henn, Gunther

   Prof. Dr.-Ing.
   München/Germany, Henn GmbH
   Architecture

- Hollnagel, Erik

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Jönköping/Schweden, University of Jönköping
   Mechanical Engineering

- Jahn, Helmut

   Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Dipl.-Ing.
   TUM-Alumnus (Architecture)
   Chicago/USA, Murphy/Jahn, Inc.
   Architecture

- Khatib, Oussama

   Prof. Dr.
   Stanford/USA, Stanford University
   Electrical and Computer Engineering

- Kinzelbach, Wolfgang K.H.

   Prof. Dr.
   Zurich/Switzerland,  ETH Zürich
   Civil Engineering and Surveying

- Koumoutsakos, Petros

   Prof. Dr.
   Zürich, ETH Zürich
   Mechanical Engineering

- Kröger, Wolfgang

   Prof. Dr.-Ing.
   Zurich/Switzerland,  ETH Zürich
   Mechanical Engineering

- Massey, James L. (1934-2013)

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Zürich/Schweiz, ETH Zurich
   Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

- Nakamura, Yoshihiko

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Tokio/Japan, University of Tokyo
   Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

- Paulson, Lawrence C.

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Cambridge/UK, University of Cambridge
   Informatics

- Rams, Dieter

   Prof. Dr. h.c.
   Kronberg im Taunus
   Architecture

- Scheer, August-Wilhelm

   Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult.
   Saarbrücken/Germany, Universität des Saarlandes
   Informatics

- Speer, Albert Friedrich

   Prof. Dipl.-Ing.
   TUM-Alumnus (Architecture)
   Frankfurt a.M./Germany, AS&P – Albert Speer & Partner GmbH
   Architecture

Medicine / Life Sciences

- Aguzzi, Adriano

   Prof. Dr.
   Zürich/Switzerland, Universitätsspital Zürich
   Medicine

- Blobel, Carl

   Prof. Dr.
   New York/USA, Weill Cornell Medicine Graduate School of Medical Sciences
   Medicine

- Höckel, Michael

   Prof. Dr. Dr.
   Leipzig/Deutschland, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig
   Medicine

- Knorr, Dietrich

   Prof. Dr.
   Berlin/Germany, Technical University of Berlin
   TUM School of Life Sciences

- Lichtman, Jeff

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Cambridge/USA, Harvard University
   Medicine

- Lohse, Martin J.

   Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.
   Würzburg/Deutschland, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg,
   ISAR Bioscience Institute
   Biochemie

- Mak, Tak Wah

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Toronto/Canada, University of Toronto
   Medicine

- Nüsslin, Fridtjof

   Prof. Dr.
   Munich/Germany, Universität Tübingen (Prof. emeritus)
   Medicine

- Riddell, Stanley

   Prof. Dr.
   Seattle/USA, University of Washington
   Medicine

- Sakmann, Bert

   Prof. Dr.
   Nobel Prize in Physiology of Medicine 1991
   Munich/Germany, Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology
   Medicine

Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics

- Achleitner, Ann-Kristin

   Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c.
   TUM School of Management

- Allmendinger, Jutta

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Berlin/Germany, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
   TUM School of Education

- Bohnet, Iris

   Prof. Dr.
   Boston/USA, Harvard University
   TUM School of Management 

- Calhoun, Craig

   Prof. Ph.D.
   London/UK, London School of Economics and Political Science
   TUM School of Education

- Daston, Lorraine

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Berlin, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science History of Science
   TUM School of Governance

- Irwin, Alan

   Prof. Dr.
   Kopenhagen/Dänemark, Copenhagen Business School 
   Wirtschaftswissenschaften

- Margetts, Helen

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Oxford, Oxford University
   TUM School of Governance

- Mittelstraß, Jürgen

   Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Dr.-Ing. e.h
   Constance/Germany, Universität Konstanz
   TUM School of Education

- Nowotny, Helga

   Prof. Dr. Ph.D.
   Vienna/Austria, European Research Council
   TUM School of Education

- Reichelstein, Stefan J.

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Mannheim/Germany, University of Mannheim
   at time of awarding: Stanford/USA, Stanford Graduate School of Business
   TUM School of Management

- Renn, Ortwin

   Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.
   Stuttgart/Germany, Universität Stuttgart
   TUM School of Education

- Schiebinger, Londa

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Stanford/USA, Stanford University
   TUM School of Education

- Shavelson, Richard J.

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Stanford/USA, Stanford University
   TUM School of Education

- Sheri D. Sheppard

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Stanford/USA, Stanford University
   TUM School of Management

- Thies, Erich

   Prof. Dr.
   Berlin/Germany, former secretary general of the "Standing Conference of the
   Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder 
   in the Federal Republic of Germany
   TUM School of Education

- Tseng, Mitchell M. (1963-2018)

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Hong Kong/China, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
   TUM School of Management

- Weber, Elke

   Prof. Ph.D.
   Princeton/USA, Princeton University
   TUM School of Management

- Weingart, Peter

   Prof. Dr.
   Bielefeld/Germany, University Bielefeld
   TUM School of Education

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