This is an overview of research institutes in Germany that investigate exoplanets in some way. Note that this is a living and changing list. If you know of institutes missing here, please contact us.
Go to city: Berlin, Garching, Göttingen, Heidelberg, Jena, Jülich, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Köln, München, Potsdam, Rostock, Tautenburg, Tübingen
Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
- Fields: Interior structure & evolution models
- Link to exoplanets group at the Institute of Geological Sciences
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR (German Aerospace Center)
- Fields: Observation, atmosphere modelling
- Link to Department of Extrasolar Planets and Atmospheres
Garching
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
- Fields: Observation
- Link to the institute
Göttingen
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- Fields: Atmosphere modelling, instrumentation, host stars
- Link to Institute for Astrophysics and Geophysics
Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, MPS (Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research)
- Fields: Atmosphere modelling, observation, star-planet interactions
- Link to Planetary Science projects
Heidelberg
Heidelberg University
- Fields: Observation, Planet formation, microlensing
- Link to Research at the Centre for Astronomy
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA
- Fields: Atmosphere physics, direct imaging, planet formation
- Link to Department of Planet and Star Formation, Link to Department of Atmospheric Physics of Exoplanets
Jena
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- Fields: Observation, planet formation, host stars
- Link to Astrophysical Institute and University Observatory
Jülich
Forschungszentrum Jülich
- Fields: Computational astrophysics, planet formation
- Link to the Simulation & Data Labs at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre
Karlsruhe
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Kiel
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
- Fields: Atmospheres, planet formation
- Link to working group Star and Planet Formation, Exoplanets
Köln
Universität zu Köln
- Fields: Observation, planet formation, host stars
- Link to Exoplanet Research at Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research
München
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, LMU
- Fields: Observation, planet formation, atmosphere modelling & observation
- Link to University Observatory
Potsdam
Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik (AIP)
- Fields: Star-planet interactions, atmosphere observations, host stars
- Link to Stellar Physics and Exoplanets research section
Rostock
Universität Rostock
- Fields: Interior modelling, atmosphere modelling, warm dense matter physics
- Link to Statistical Physics working group
Tübingen
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- Fields: Planet formation
- Link to Computational Physics Group at the institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics