| Tobias Ritter (Direktor) | | Organic Synthesis |
| | | |
| Benjamin List (Direktor) | | Homogeneous Catalysis |
| | | |
| Ferdi Schüth (Direktor) | | Heterogeneous Catalysis |
| | Frank Marlow | | Nanostructures and Optical Materials |
| | Harun Tüysüz | | Heterogeneous Catalysis and Sustainable Energy |
| | Wolfgang N. Schmidt | | Functional Materials |
| | Claudia Weidenthaler | | Powder Diffraction and Surface Spektroskopie |
| | Michael Felderhoff | | Hydrogen Storage |
| | Constanze Neumann | | Metal-Organic Framework and Nanoparticle Catalysis |
| | | |
| Alois Fürstner (Direktor) | | Organometallic Chemistry |
| | Josep Cornellà | | Sustainable Catalysis for Organic Synthesis |
| | | | |
| Frank Neese (Direktor) | | Molecular Theory and Spectroscopy |
| | Mihail Atanasov | | Molecular Magnetism |
| | Alexander Auer | | Theoretical Methods and Heterogeneous Reactions |
| | Giovanni Bistoni | | Intermolecular Interactions and Homogeneous Catalysis |
| | Maurice van Gastel | | EPR, Raman and Hydrogen Produktion |
| | Benjamin Helmich-Paris | | Computational Spectroscopy and Multireference Method Development |
| | Dimitrios Manganas | | Advanced Experimental and Theoretical Spectroscopy |
| | Dimitrios Pantazis | | Watersplitting |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| Manfred Reetz (Emeritus) | | Biocatalysis |