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Astrid Fischer has taken on the role of Administrative Director of the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich. Together with Prof. Dr. Veronika Somoza, the Scientific Director, the experienced lawyer now forms the Board of Directors of the Leibniz Institute in Freising. She succeeds Michael Paul, who led finance and administration from November 2021 to December 2024 and has resigned for personal reasons.
In her new role, Astrid Fischer will be responsible for the areas of finance, third-party funding management, controlling, human resources, and procurement. “I would like to express my gratitude for the trust that was placed in me, and I am very much looking forward to working with my new colleagues and to the many tasks and challenges that lie ahead,” says Astrid Fischer, adding: “My main objective is to build interpersonal bridges and to foster efficient collaboration between administration and research on an equal footing. Together with my team, I aim to support the socially important work of the Leibniz Institute in every respect and to actively contribute to shaping the future.”
Born in Hesse, she previously worked as Administrative Director and Deputy Chair of the Board at the German Youth Institute in Munich, one of the largest social science research institutes in Europe. In this role, she was in charge of finance and third-party funding, human resources, purchasing, IT, library, and the central legal unit. Prior to that, Astrid Fischer worked for twelve years at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg. She started there in 2004 as a Science and Administrative Coordinator before becoming Head of Administration two years later.
Astrid Fischer studied law in Passau, Cardiff (the capital of Wales, UK), and Würzburg. After her legal clerkship in the district of the Bamberg Higher Regional Court, which included a stay in New York, USA, she gained valuable experience as a lawyer, as well as a research assistant and acting head of the Legal University Examination Office at the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) in Munich.
“We are delighted to have found in Astrid Fischer a highly committed, competent, and internationally experienced successor to Michael Paul,” says Veronika Somoza, adding in her welcoming speech for Astrid Fischer: “Astrid Fischer's application was the most convincing we received, and we are thrilled that she is joining our institute with immediate effect. Last but not least, we would like to thank Michael Paul for his work over the past years and wish him all the best for the future.”
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Information About the Institute:
The Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (Leibniz-LSB@TUM) comprises a new, unique research profile at the interface of Food Chemistry & Biology, Chemosensors & Technology, and Bioinformatics & Machine Learning. As this profile has grown far beyond the previous core discipline of classical food chemistry, the institute spearheads the development of a food systems biology. Its aim is to develop new approaches for the sustainable production of sufficient quantities of food whose biologically active effector molecule profiles are geared to health and nutritional needs, but also to the sensory preferences of consumers. To do so, the institute explores the complex networks of sensorically relevant effector molecules along the entire food production chain with a focus on making their effects systemically understandable and predictable in the long term.
The Leibniz-LSB@TUM is a member of the Leibniz Association, which connects 96 independent research institutions. Their orientation ranges from the natural sciences, engineering and environmental sciences through economics, spatial and social sciences to the humanities. Leibniz Institutes address issues of social, economic and ecological relevance.They conduct basic and applied research, including in the interdisciplinary Leibniz Research Alliances, maintain scientific infrastructure, and provide research-based services. The Leibniz Association identifies focus areas for knowledge transfer, particularly with the Leibniz research museums. It advises and informs policymakers, science, industry and the general public.
Leibniz institutions collaborate intensively with universities – including in the form of Leibniz ScienceCampi – as well as with industry and other partners at home and abroad. They are subject to a transparent, independent evaluation procedure. Because of their importance for the country as a whole, the Leibniz Association Institutes are funded jointly by Germany’s central and regional governments. The Leibniz Institutes employ around 21,300 people, including 12,200 researchers. The financial volume amounts to 2,2 billion euros.
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Astrid Fischer, Administrative Director of the Leibniz-LSB@TUM
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Astrid Fischer, Administrative Director of the Leibniz-LSB@TUM
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