# Governance

**Source**: https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/governance
**Parent**: https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/

The Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life is a [Central Academic Unit of TU Dresden](https://tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/organisation/zentrale-einrichtungen?set_language=en).

## Executive Board

### Prof. Otger Campàs

Speaker/Managing Director

Chair of Tissue Dynamics

[speaker.pol@tu-dresden.de](mailto:speaker.pol@tu-dresden.de)
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[+49 351 463-41511](tel:+4935146341511)

[Physics of Life at A18](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/contact#c25 "›› visit website of Physics of Life at A18")
| Room 503

### Prof. Jan Brugués

Co-Speaker

Chair of Spatiotemporal Organization of Subcellular Structures

[jan.brugues@tu-dresden.de](mailto:jan.brugues@tu-dresden.de)

[Physics of Life at A18](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/contact#c25 "›› visit website of Physics of Life at A18")

### Prof. Miki Ebisuya

Co-Speaker

Humboldt Professor and Chair of Cell and Tissue Control

[Mail to assistant](mailto:Ebisuyalab_assistant@tu-dresden)

[Physics of Life at A18](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/contact#c25 "›› visit website of Physics of Life at A18")

### Prof. Helmut Schießel

Co-Speaker

Chair of Theoretical Physics of Living Matter

[helmut.schiessel@tu-dresden.de](mailto:helmut.schiessel@tu-dresden.de)
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[+49 351 463-41253](tel:+4935146341253)

[Physics of Life at A18](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/contact#c25 "›› visit website of Physics of Life at A18")
| Room 215

## Steering Committee

Our seven [Research Avenues](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/research/vision-research-avenues) are represented in the PoL Steering Committee by their RA Leader. The Steering Committee advises the Executive Board, especially in regards to strategic decisions.

## Scientific Advisory Board

The Scientific Advisory Board continuously evaluates the development of PoL and gives recommendations and advice.

### Members of the Scientific Advisory Board

- **Ramin Golestanian** ([MPI-DS Göttingen](https://www.ds.mpg.de/golestanian "visit the website of Ramin Golestanian at MPI-DS"))
- **Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan** ([University of Geneva](https://www.unige.ch/sciences/biochimie/labs/marcos-gonzalez-gaitan/research/ "visit the website of Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan at University of Geneva"))
- **Jonathon Howard** ([Yale University](https://howardlab.yale.edu/ "visit the website of Jonathon Howard at Yale University"))
- **Mustafa Khammash** ([ETH Zürich](https://bsse.ethz.ch/ctsb "visit the website of Mustafa Khammash at ETH Zürich"))
- **Maria Leptin** ([EMBL Heidelberg](https://www.embl.org/groups/leptin/ "visit the website of Maria Leptin at EMBL Heidelberg") and [University of Cologne](http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/genetik/groups/Leptin/lep_lab.htm "visit the website of Maria Leptin at University of Cologne"))
- **Jacques Prost** ([Institut Curie](https://science.curie.fr/members/jacques-prost-phd/ "visit the website of Jacques Prost at Institut Curie"))