Beurton, Peter J. (Dipl. 1968 [biology], Dr. rer. nat. 1973 [biology], Dipl. 1977 [philosophy] Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, habil. phil. 1987 [philosophy] Universität Potsdam); research scholar Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR (1972-1991); research scholar Forschungsschwerpunkt Wissenschaftsgeschichte und Wissenschaftstheorie, Berlin (1991-1994): research strategies in biological evolutionary theory; modern Darwinism and the philosophy of science (E. Mayr, K. Popper, T. S. Kuhn); genetics, concept of the gene, population genetics, the biological species, and questions of reductionism. At the Institute since September 1994.
Castagnetti, Giuseppe ([philosophy and history] University of Milano); research scholar Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education, working group Albert Einstein (1990-1995); research scholar Einstein Papers project, The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Boston (1989-1996): history of institutions of physics in the 20th century; political and social context of Albert Einstein’s activities in Berlin. At the Institute since October 1997.
Damerow, Peter (Dr. 1977 [mathematics] Universität Bielefeld, habil. 1994 [philosophy] Universität Konstanz); Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education: history of science and education, genesis of writing and arithmetic, individual and historical development of cognition, mathematical modeling in the sciences. At the Institute since January 1997.
Daston, Lorraine (A.B. 1973 Harvard University, Dipl. 1974 University of Cambridge, Ph.D. 1979 [history of science] Harvard University); assistant professor Harvard University (1980-1983) and Princeton University (1983-1986); Dibner Associate Professor Brandeis University (1986-1989); professor Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (1990-1992); professor University of Chicago (1992-1995); honorary professor Humboldt Universität Berlin (1997-): history of probability and statistics (16th-19th centuries); history of forms of scientific evidence and objectivity (16th-20th centuries); history of scientific attention (16th-19th cs.). At the Institute since July 1995.
Dierig, Sven (Dipl. 1990 [biology], Dr. rer. nat 1995 [neurobiology] Universität Konstanz); postdoctoral fellow Universität Konstanz (1995-1997): “Science and the City”; “The Experimentalization of Life: Configurations between Science Art and Technology”; “The Virtual Laboratory” (A project in digitalising the history of experimentation in nineteenth-century life sciences). At the Institute since July 1997.
Dörries, Matthias (Dr. rer. nat. 1989 (Freie Universität Berlin); habil. 1998 [history of science] Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München), research scholar, Office for the History of Science and Technology, University of California at Berkeley (1989-1990); research scholar, Centre de recherche en histoire des sciences et des techniques, Paris (1991-1993); research scholar, Forschungsinstitut für Technik- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte, München (1993-1998); professor for history of science, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg (1999- present): history of the physical sciences (18th to 20th centuries); history of science in France (18th to 20th centuries); interaction between the human sciences, literature and the natural sciences; history of natural catastrophes.
At the Institute from January 1999 to August 2001.
Fend, Mechthild (M.A. Universität Hamburg 1988, Dr. phil. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M. 1998, Art History); postdoctoral fellow Graduiertenkolleg „Psychische Energien bildender Kunst“, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M. (1998-1999); J. Paul Getty postdoctoral fellow (2000-2001): history and representation of the body (18th-20th centuries); gender studies. At the Institute since September 2001.
Geimer, Peter (Ph.D. in Art History); 1997-1999 postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, 1999-2001 research scholar at the University of Konstanz.
At the Institute as research scholar (Department III/Project “The Experimentalization of Life. Configurations between Science, Art, and Technology”) since March 2001.
Hagner, Michael (Staatsexamen 1986 [medicine], Dr. med. 1987 Freie Universität Berlin, habil. 1994 [history of medicine] Georg-August-Universität Göttingen); research scholar and postdoctoral fellow Freie Universität Berlin (1986-1989); research scholar Medizinische Universität Lübeck (1989-1991) and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (1991-1995); Heisenberg Fellow (1995-1996); visiting professor University of Salzburg (1998); Simon Silverman Visiting Professor Tel Aviv University (1999); visiting professor University of Frankfurt/Main (2000); invited fellow at the Collegium Helveticum, ETH Zürich (2001): history of epistemic objects in the neurosciences and in teratology (18th-20th centuries); history of experimental cultures (18th-20th centuries). At the Institute since January 1997.
Heesen, Anke te (Dipl. 1990 [cult. pedagogy] Universität Hildesheim, Dr. phil. 1995 [aesthetics und communication] Universität Oldenburg); Walther Rathenau Fellowship for the History of Science (1994-1995); research scholar at the Forschungszentrum Europäische Aufklärung (1996-1997); research scholar at the Deutsche Hygiene-Museum Dresden (1998-1999): history of visualization and education (18th century); material representation of knowledge (18th-19th centuries). At the Institute since October 1999.
Hoffmann, Dieter (Dipl. 1972 [physics], Dr. phil. 1976 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Dr. habil. 1989 [history of science] Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin); research scholar Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR (1976-1991); research scholar Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (1991-1992); research scholar Forschungsschwerpunkt Wissenschaftsgeschichte und Wissenschaftstheorie, Berlin (1992-1995): Guest Professor Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (WS 1996/97), since 1997 there Privatdozent. History of physics in the 19th and 20th centuries, esp. institutional and experimental history of quantum theory and modern metrology; physics in the Third Reich; history of science in the GDR. At the Institute since December 1995.
Jansen, Sarah (B.Sc. 1981 [biology] McGill University, Dr. phil. 1997 [history] Technische Universität Braunschweig); researcher Deutscher Bundestag (1983-1985); free-lance writer and independent scholar (1986-1991); instructor at the Universities of Giessen, Kassel, Braunschweig and Paderborn (1990-1997); visiting scholar Harvard University (1995); postdoctoral fellow Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (1997-1998): history of the life sciences, particularly environmental sciences and population sciences; gender studies; history of objects in science and politics since 1800. Visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge (Sept.-Dec. 2000); S.C. Davis Fellow for Historical Studies, Dept. of History, Princeton University, U.S.A. (Sept. 2001 - Jan. 2002); Assistant Professor of History of Science, Dept. of History of Science, Harvard University, U.S.A. (from February 2002). At the Institute as a research scholar from 1999 to August 2001.
Kant, Horst (Dipl. 1969 [physics], Dr. rer. pol. 1973 [history & philosophy of science] Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin); research scholar Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (1973-1978); research scholar Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR (1978-1991); research scholar Forschungsschwerpunkt Wissenschaftsgeschichte und Wissenschaftstheorie, Berlin (1992-1995): history of physics in the 19th and 20th centuries, esp. institutional and social aspects; history of radioactivity and nuclear physics; development of physics in Berlin. At the Institute since October 1995.
Klein, Ursula (Dr. phil. 1993, habil. 2000 [philosophy] Universität Konstanz); Postdoctoral fellow Forschungsschwerpunkt Wissenschaftsgeschichte und Wissenschaftstheorie, Berlin (1993-1995); research scholar Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (1995-1997); visiting scholar Harvard University (1996-1998); visiting scholar Dibner Institute (1997-1998): History and philosophy of science; history of laboratory sciences; the history of chemistry. At the Institute as director of an independent research group since July 1998.
Küttler, Wolfgang (Dipl. 1958 [history] Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Dr. phil. 1966 Universität Leipzig, Dr. sc. 1976, Professor 1978 [history] Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR); research scholar (1958-1967) Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena and Universität Leipzig; research scholar (1967-1974), head of department (1974-1990), director (1990-1991) Zentralinstitut für Geschichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR; visiting professor Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (1981-1990); research scholar Forschungsschwerpunkt Wissenschaftsgeschichte und Wissenschaftstheorie, Berlin (1992-1995): theory, methodology and history of historical science; Marxist theory of history; Max Weber research; em. 30. 4. 2001. At the Institute from October 1995 to April 2001.
Lefèvre, Wolfgang (Dr. phil. 1971 [philosophy], habil. 1977 [philosophy in connection with history of science] Freie Universität Berlin, apl. Professor Freie Universität Berlin [philosophy]): history of science in connection with history of philosophy on the basis of social history; sciences in Greek antiquity; early modern physics and chemistry; history of biology (15th-18th centuries). At the Institute since July 1994.
McLaughlin, Peter (Dr. phil. 1986 [philosophy] Freie Universität Berlin, habil. [philosophy] Universität Konstanz 1998); lecturer and post doc universities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem (1986-88); lecturer [philosophy] Universität Konstanz (1989-1999); guest professor at The Johns Hopkins University (1995-1996) and Humboldt Universität Berlin (2001-2002): philosophy, philosophy of science, history of early modern mechanics, history of biology (17th-19th cs). At the Institute since Jan. 2000.
Mendelsohn, John Andrew (A.B. 1989 [history & science] Harvard University, M.A. 1991 Princeton University, Ph.D. 1996 [history] Princeton University); Mellon Fellow in the Humanities (1989-1994); assistant in instruction Princeton University (1991-1992); international doctoral research fellow Social Science Research Council (1992-1993); postdoctoral research fellow Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin (1995-1996); Simon Silverman Visiting Professor Tel Aviv University (1998): life and medical sciences in context since 1800. Governor’s Lecturer in the History of Science and Medicine, Imperial College, University of London (from September 2000). At the Institute as research scholar from January 1997 to August 2000.
Müller-Wille, Staffan (Dipl. 1992 [palaeontology] Freie Universität Berlin, Dr. 1997 [philosophy] Universität Bielefeld); postdoctoral fellow Max Planck Institute for History of Science (1998); curator at the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden (1998-2000): history and philosophy of taxonomy; history and epistemology of genetics and anthropology. At the Institute since December 2000.
Pietsch, Annik (Diplom 1988 [biochemistry] Freie Universität Berlin, B.A. 1990 [history of art] Technische Universität Berlin); collaborator CNRS, Centre de Recherches sur la Conservation des Documents Graphiques (1990), collaborator Louvre, Laboratoire de Recherche des Musées de France (1990-1991); Leader of the conservation analytical laboratory in the central restauration workshops of the Westfälisches Museumsamt (1992-1999); Ph. D. student [art history], Freie Universtiät Berlin: Binding Media. Painting Techniques in Art, Science, and Industry in 18th and 19th Century Germany. At the Institute since July 1999.
Popplow, Marcus (Dr. phil. 1997 (history) University of Bremen); postdoctoral fellow Max Planck Institute for the History of Science 1997-2001; early modern engineering and mechanics, traditions of practical knowledge in the history of science and technology (drawings, models), epistemic history of architecture. At the institute as research scholar since May 2001.
Potthast, Thomas (Dipl. 1993 [biology] Universität Freiburg, Dr. rer. nat. 1998 [biology] Universität Tübingen); postgraduate fellow and research scholar Zentrum für Ethik in den Wissenschaften der Universität Tübingen 1994-1998; honorary fellow (Humboldt Foundation) Department of the History of Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2002; history, epistemology, and ethics of biology and environmental sciences. At the Institute from September 1998 to December 2001.
Ramberg, Peter J. (B. Chem. 1984, University of Minnesota, M.S. [organic chemistry], M.A. [history and philosophy of science], Ph.D. 1993 [history of science] Indiana University) visiting professor (chemistry), North Dakota State University (1995-1996); visiting professor (chemistry), Ohio University (1996-1997); Visiting Professor (1993-1995) and Senior Lecturer (chemistry, 1997-1999), Johns Hopkins University; Assistant Professor of History of Science, Truman State University (2001-): 19th century organic chemistry and stereochemistry; history and philosophy of chemistry. At the Institute from September 1999 to July 2001.
Renn, Jürgen (Dipl. 1983 [physics] Freie Universität Berlin, Dr. rer. nat. 1987 [mathematics] Technische Universität Berlin); collaborator and co-editor of Collected Papers of Albert Einstein (1986-1992); assistant professor Boston University (1989); associate professor Boston University (1990-1993) [philosophy and history of science, physics]; Simon Silverman Visiting Professor Tel Aviv University (1993) [history of science]; visiting professor ETH Zürich (1993-1994) [philosophy]; adjunct professor Boston University (since1994); honorary professor Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (since 1995) [history of science]: history of early modern mechanics, history of relativity theory; interaction between cognitive and contextual factors in the history of science.
At the Institute since March 1994.
Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg (M.A. 1973 [philosophy], Dipl. 1979 [biology], Dr. rer. nat. 1982, habil. 1987 [molecular biology] Freie Universität Berlin); research scholar Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin (1982-1990); honorary professor (history of biology) University of Salzburg (1989-1992); lecturer (history of science and medicine) University of Lübeck (1990-1994); visiting professor Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (1992-1993); ao. Univ. Prof. (molecular biology and history of science) University of Salzburg (1994-1996); honorary professor for history of science and technology at the Technische Universität Berlin (since 1998): history and epistemology of experimentation, history of the life sciences. At the Institute since January 1997.
Rieger, Simone (M.A. 1998 [linguistics and philosophy] Technische Universität Berlin): research project about optical chinese character recognition (Technische Universität Berlin); research project about technical terminology and its pragmatics in engineering sciences (Technische Universität Berlin); history of early modern mechanics, linguistics and semiotics; genesis of technical terminology; language history and language philosophy. At the Institute since February 1999.
Roesler-Friedenthal, Antoinette (M.A. 1994, Dr. phil. 1999 [art history] Freie Universität Berlin); research assistant British Museum London (1990-1991); research fellow Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max Planck Institute) Rome (1994-1999); research fellow Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (1999-2001): self-portraits and images of the artist in the Italian Renaissance; interactions between the art market and academic art history; time-related questions in the perception of works of art. At the Institute from March 1999 to March 2002.
Schmidgen, Henning (Dipl. 1990 [psychology], Dr. phil. 1996 [psychology], M.A. 1997 [philosophy] Freie Universität Berlin); history of experimental psychology and physiology (19th-20th centuries); virtual reconstruction of experimental cultures between science, technology and art. At the Institute since March 1997.
Schnöpf, Markus (M.A. 2001 [history, history of medicine] Freie Universität Berlin); 1997-2000 DFG Project “Nachlass Robert Koch” Robert Koch-Institut Berlin/Institut für Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Humboldt-Universität/Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Freie Universität Berlin; 2000 digitalisation of cuneiforms in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg for the CDLI Project; since July 2001 Archimedes Project at the MPIWG; since February 2002 joint cooperator of the Humboldt Project (joint research project with the “Fundacion Canaria Orotava de Historia de la Ciencia”): History of mechanics in the early modern times; history of microbiology; history of malaria. At the Institute as research scholar since 2001.
Schoepflin, Urs (Dipl. 1975 [sociology] Freie Universität Berlin); director of library: scientific information systems, scientific communication, sociology and history of science, scientometrics. At the Institute since September 1994.
Schüller, Volkmar (Dr. rer. nat. 1972 [physics] Universität Greifswald); research assistant Universität Greifswald (1972-1976); research scholar Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR (1979-1991); research scholar Forschungsschwerpunkt für Wissenschaftsgeschichte und Wissenschaftstheorie, Berlin (1992-1994): history of mathematics and physics (16th and 17th centuries). At the Institute since September 1994.
Sibum, H. Otto (Dr. rer. nat. 1989 [physics] Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg; habil. 2001 [history of science and technology] Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig); research scientist Department of Physics, Universität Oldenburg (1989-1990); research associate (1991-1993), senior research associate (1994-1995) and affiliated research scholar (since 1996) University of Cambridge; research scholar (1995-1998) and director of an independent research unit (since October 1998) at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin: history of physical sciences (17th-20th centuries); history of experimentation and non-literal knowledge traditions. At the Institute since October 1995.
Spary, Emma Chartreuse (B.A. 1988 University of Cambridge, Ph.D. 1993 University of Cambridge); Research Fellow, Girton College, University of Cambridge (1992-1995); Research Fellow, University of Warwick (1995-1998): history of natural history and agronomy (18th-early 19th centuries); history of scientific accounts of food (late 17th-early 19th centuries). At the Institute from July 1998 to September 2001.
Steinle, Friedrich (Dipl. 1982 [physics], Dr. rer. nat. 1990 [history of science] Universität Tübingen, Privatdozent 2000 [history and philosophy of science] Technische Universität Berlin); research scholar Georg-August Universität Göttingen (1990-1995), research fellow Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris (1994-1995), research grant Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (1996-1997), research fellow Dibner Institute for History of Science and Technology (MIT), Cambridge, U.S.A. (1998-1999): early modern natural philosophy; history of physics (17th-19th centuries); philosophy of science; history and philosophy of experimentation. At the Institute from October 1997 to March 1998 and since August 1999.
Vidal, Fernando (A.B. 1981 Harvard University; M.A. 1984 [psychology] University of Geneva; M.A. 1986 [history and philosophy of science] University of Paris I - Sorbonne; Ph.D. 1988 University of Geneva); Habilitation 2001 Écoles des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; maître-assistant University of Geneva (1989-1990); assistant professor of psychology and humanities and adjunct professor of history University of New Hampshire (1990-1992); maître-assistant (1992-1994) and maître d’enseignement et de recherche University of Geneva (1994-1997); Guggenheim fellow (1995); Athena fellow Swiss National Science Foundation (1997-2000); visiting scholar Department of the History of Science, Harvard University (1998-1999); visiting scholar Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (1999-2000): history of psychology (16th-20th centuries); history of the body and personal identity; scientific biography; historiography; science and religion. At the Institute as research scholar since September 2000.
Vogel, Klaus (Dipl. 1981 [nautical science] Hochschule für Nautik Bremen, Dr. phil. 1995 [history] Georg-August-Universität Göttingen); research scholar Max-Planck-Institut für Geschichte Göttingen (1991-1995); research scholar Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin (1995-1996); research scholar Deutsches Historisches Institut, Università La Sapienza, Rom (1996-1997); research scholar Max-Planck-Institut für Geschichte, Göttingen (1997-2001): medieval and early modern history; central european humanism; history of cosmography; late medieval and early modern science; history of violence and empathy. At the Institut from April 2001 to July 2001.
Vogt, Annette (Diplom 1975, Dr. rer. nat. 1986 [mathematics] Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig); research scholar at the Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Berlin (1975-1991); research scholar and coordinator Forschungsschwerpunkt Wissenschaftsgeschichte und Wissenschaftstheorie, Berlin (1992-1994); since September 1994 research scholar Max Planck Institute for the History of Science: history of mathematics, esp. history of mathematics in Germany, in the 19th and 20th centuries; history of the relationships between Russia/Soviet-Union and Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries in sciences and mathematics; history of Jewish scientists in Germany; history of women scientists in the 19th and 20th centuries. At the Institute since September 1994.
Wahsner, Renate (Dipl. 1961, Dr. phil. 1966 [philosophy] Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Dr. sc. 1978 [philosophy] Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, professor 1987 [history of science] Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR); research scholar Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (1963-1970); research scholar Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR (1974-1991); research scholar Forschungsschwerpunkt Wissenschaftsgeschichte und Wissenschaftstheorie, Berlin (1992-1995); professor Universität Potsdam (1995): history of philosophy in connection with history of science; systematical relations between philosophy and natural science; epistemological fundamentals and problems of physics; German idealism; classical natural philosophy. At the Institute since October 1995.
Weinig, Paul (Dr. phil. 1994 [German philology] Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M.); teacher at the Goethe-Institut Frankfurt/M. (1991-1995): history of medieval mechanics in Arabic and Latin sciences; history of humanism in Germany (1400 to 1600); science and history of medieval manuscript-writing; history and methodology of language teaching (DaF). At the Institute from November 1995 to November 2000.
Wintergrün, Dirk (Dipl. 1998 [physics] Technische Universität Berlin): history of analytical mechanics in the 18th century especially the work of Leonhard Euler; A. Einstein’s lectures at the University of Berlin. At the Institute since January 2000.