Professors Emeriti and Retired Professors
They have researched, taught, inspired—and played a decisive role in shaping the Technical University of Munich at the Weihenstephan campus over many years. The emeritus and retired professors can look back on impressive academic careers whose impact extends far beyond their active careers. In this alphabetical overview, we provide an insight into the diversity of the disciplines they have represented.
- Amberger, Anton
- Ammer, Ulrich
- Auernhammer, Hermann (Emeritus of Excellence)
- Back, Werner
- Bauer, Johann
- Besch, Michael
- Bitsch, Vera
- Cerny, Gerhard
- Daniel, Hannelore
- Dempfle, Leo
- Denk, Viktor
- Durner, Jörg
- Elstner, Erich
- Engel, Karl-Heinz
- Estler, Manfred
- Fengel, Dietrich
- Feucht, Walter
- Fischer, Anton
- Forkmann, Gert
- Fries, Hans-Rudolf
- Fritz, Dietrich
- Gierl, Alfons
- Glos, Peter
- Görg, Angelika (Emerita of Excellence)
- Graßmann, Eberhard
- Grill, Erwin (Emeritus of Excellence)
- Haber, Wolfgang - News: We cordially congratulate Prof. Wolfgang Haber on his 100th birthday!
- Hauner, Hans (Emeritus of Excellence)
- Heißenhuber, Alois
- Hock, Bertold (Emeritus of Excellence)
- Höll, Wolfgang
- Horn, Wolfgang
- Huber, Wilfried
- Karg, Georg
- Kennel, Eckhard
- Kettrup, Antonius
- Klostermeyer, Henning
- Knoppik, Dietmar
- Kögel-Knabner, Ingrid
- Kulozik, Ulrich
- Langosch, Dieter
- Langowski, Horst-Christian
- Lamina, Josef
- Latz, Peter
- Leppelsack, Hans-Joachim
- Liebl, Wolfgang
- Löffler, Hans
- Manley, Geoffrey
- Matyssek, Rainer
- Melzer, Arnulf (Emeritus of Excellence)
- Mewes, Hans-Werner
- Meyer, Joachim
- Meyer-Pittroff, Roland
- Mosandl, Reinhard
- Müller-Starck, Gerhard
- Munch, Jean Charles
- Narziß, Ludwig
- Niederbudde, Ernst-August
- Nitz, Siegfried
- Oßwald, Wolfgang
- Parlar, Harun
- Pfadenhauer, Jörg
- Pichert, Horst
- Pirchner, Franz
- Polster, Jürgen
- Precht, Manfred
- Pretzsch, Hans (Emeritus of Excellence)
- Quednau, Hans Dietrich
- Radola, Bertold Joachim
- Rehfueß, Karl-Eugen
- Richter, Klaus
- Roth, Franz Xaver
- Roth-Maier, Dora
- Sambraus, Hans Hinrich
- Schemann, Michael
- Scherer, Siegfried
- Schleifer, Karl-Heinz (Emeritus of Excellence)
- Schmidhalter, Urs
- Schmidt , Hanns-Ludwig
- Schnieke, Angelika (Emerita of Excellence)
- Schnitzler, Wilfried Hermann
- Schnyder, Johannes
- Schopf, Reinhard
- Schröder, Wolfgang
- Schwarz, Frieder Jörg
- Schwertmann, Udo
- Simon, Uwe
- Sommer, Karl
- Staudenbauer, Walter
- Steinhauser, Hugo
- Steinmüller, Heinz
- von und zu Urff, Winfried
- Völkel, Jörg
- Vogel, Rudi F.
- Warkotsch, Walter
- Weber, Michael
- Wegener, Gerd (Emeritus of Excellence)
- Weichmann, Jürgen
- Weisser, Horst
- Wenzel, Gerhard
- Windisch, Wilhelm
- Witt, Dieter
- Wolfram, Günther
- Wurst, Wolfgang (Emeritus of Excellence)
- Zeller, Friedrich
- Ziche, Joachim
- Ziegler, Hubert
Weihenstephan then and now – professors remember
In an interview with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Liebl, they talk about their experiences, their best working moments and their plans for the future.
Prof. Dr. Hans Pretzsch
Forest Growth and Yield Science | 1994 - 2023
Prof. Dr. Angelika Schnieke
Livestock Biotechnology | 2003 - 2022
TUM Emeriti of Excellence
Since 2006, the Technical University of Munich has honored outstanding retired scientists with the honorary title TUM Emerita or TUM Emeritus of Excellence and involved them in important projects of the university.
Emeriti Stories
TUM Emerita of Excellence Angelika Görg:
"The entire world was my laboratory"
TUM Emeritus of Excellence Karl-Heinz Schleifer:
"Microorganisms awakened the researcher in me"
TUM Emeritus of Excellence Gerd Wegener:
“Every tree counts”
German Environmental Award
Award winners among our emeriti:
- 2019: Prof. Dr. Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
- 2001: Prof. Dr. Hermann Auernhammer (TUM Emeritus of Excellence)
- 1993: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Haber – first German Environmental Award recipient