About us

The Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology e.V. (INP) is a research institution of the Leibniz Association, with the legal form of a registered association (e.V.). The INP is an organisationally and legally independent research institute with the following constituent bodies:

• General Assembly
• Board of Trustees
• Scientific Advisory Council
• Board of Directors

On the grounds of parity, it is financed jointly by its host state - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - and the German federal government. The functional responsibility lies with the Ministry of Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs at host-state level and with the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space at federal level.

The management of the institute, the Board of Directors, consists of four people including the Chairman of the Board and Scientific Director Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Weltmann. Since 2003, he heads the INP.