The university management

The management of RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) is in the hands of the collegial Presidential Board, which consists of the President, four Vice Presidents and the Chancellor.

The organizational and business distribution plan at RPTU regulates the responsibilities of the members of the Executive Board(download pdf).

The President

 

Prof. Dr. Malte Drescher

President

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Professor Malte Drescher (born 1975) studied physics at the University of Karlsruhe, where he received his doctorate in 2005. From 2006 to 2007, he was a DFG Fellow at Leiden University in the Netherlands. He has been working at the University of Konstanz since 2008, from 2008 to 2013 as a junior research group leader in the Emmy Noether Program and as a fellow of the Zukunftskolleg, from 2014 to 2015 with a Heisenberg Fellowship. Drescher completed his habilitation in physical chemistry in 2014. Drescher has been Professor of Physical Chemistry (Heisenberg Professorship) at the University of Konstanz since 2015 and a member of the Rectorate since 2018. He was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council in 2017 and an ERC Proof of Concept Grant in 2023. Drescher has been a member of the Standing Committee for Research and Career Paths of the German Rectors' Conference since 2022. He has been Professor (W3) of Chemistry at RPTU and President of the University since 2024.

The Vice Presidents

Prof. Dr. Mandy Schiefner-Rohs

Vice President for Teaching

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Prof. Dr. Melanie Steffens

Vice President for Career Development, Diversity and Gender Equality

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Prof. Dr. Werner R. Thiel

Vice President for Research

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Prof. Dr. Oliver Frör

Vice President for International Affairs, Sustainability and Structural Development

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Chief Digital Officer (CDO)

Prof. Dr. Sven Oliver Krumke

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