Executive Board

DLR Executive Board

Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla – Chair of the DLR Executive Board
Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla has been Chair of the DLR Executive Board since 1 October 2020.
Klaus Hamacher - Vice Chairman of the Executive Board
Klaus Hamacher, Vice Chairman of the Executive Board, is the DLR Executive Board member responsible for administrative and technical management, including personnel, finance, corporate control, corporate organisation, quality and product assurance, auditing, joint ventures, large-scale projects and career management.
Karsten Lemmer – Member of the Executive Board
Karsten Lemmer is the DLR Executive Board Member responsible for ‘Innovation, Transfer and Research Infrastructure’. An electrical engineer, he pursued a career in academia and worked in the railway industry before joining DLR as an Institute Director in 2001.
Hansjörg Dittus - Member of the Executive Board
Hansjörg Dittus was appointed as DLR Executive Board Member for Space Research and Technology on 1 October 2011. From 1977 to 1982, Dittus studied physics and geophysics at the University of Munich. After graduating, he worked as a researcher in the Institute of General and Applied Geophysics at the University of Munich, and was awarded a doctorate in 1986.
Walther Pelzer - Member of the Executive Board
Walther Pelzer has been a Member of the DLR Executive Board since 1 January 2018. He is Head of the DLR Space Administration, based in Bonn.

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DLR Management

DLR is organised under German private law as a chartered non-profit organisation. The statutory bodies of the organisation are the General Assembly, the Senate, the Space Committee, the Executive Board and the Scientific-Technical Advisory Council.

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Executive Board

Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla – Chair of the DLR Executive Board

Klaus Hamacher - Vice Chairman of the Executive Board

Karsten Lemmer – Member of the Executive Board

Hansjörg Dittus - Member of the Executive Board

Walther Pelzer - Member of the Executive Board

DLR Management

Chair of the DLR Executive Board is honoured with the Women in Aerospace Europe Outstanding Achievement Award 2020

8th Industrial Days at the DLR site in Lampoldshausen

Pascale Ehrenfreund takes office as President of the IAF

Space – accessibility, diplomacy and cooperation

The DLR delegation during a visit to the JAXA Tsukuba Space Centre on 31 July 2019

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and DLR welcome European policy-makers to Brussels

Dust storms swirl at Mars' north pole

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Chair of the DLR Executive Board is honoured with the Women in Aerospace Europe Outstanding Achievement Award 2020

8th Industrial Days at the DLR site in Lampoldshausen

Pascale Ehrenfreund takes office as President of the IAF

Space – accessibility, diplomacy and cooperation

The DLR delegation during a visit to the JAXA Tsukuba Space Centre on 31 July 2019

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and DLR welcome European policy-makers to Brussels

Dust storms swirl at Mars' north pole

Executive Board

Anke Kaysser-Pyza­l­la – Chair of the DLR Ex­ec­u­tive Board

Klaus Hamach­er - Vice Chair­man of the Ex­ec­u­tive Board

Karsten Lem­mer – Mem­ber of the Ex­ec­u­tive Board

Han­sjörg Dit­tus - Mem­ber of the Ex­ec­u­tive Board

Walther Pelz­er - Mem­ber of the Ex­ec­u­tive Board

DLR Man­age­ment

Chair of the DLR Ex­ec­u­tive Board is hon­oured with the Wom­en in Aerospace Eu­rope Out­stand­ing Achieve­ment Award 2020

8th In­dus­tri­al Days at the DLR site in Lam­pold­shausen

Pas­cale Ehren­fre­und takes of­fice as Pres­i­dent of the IAF

Space – ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty, diplo­ma­cy and co­op­er­a­tion

The DLR del­e­ga­tion dur­ing a vis­it to the JAXA Tsuku­ba Space Cen­tre on 31 Ju­ly 2019

Meck­len­burg-West­ern Pomera­nia and DLR wel­come Eu­ro­pean pol­i­cy-mak­ers to Brus­sels

Dust storms swirl at Mars' north pole

Main menu

Chair of the DLR Ex­ec­u­tive Board is hon­oured with the Wom­en in Aerospace Eu­rope Out­stand­ing Achieve­ment Award 2020

8th In­dus­tri­al Days at the DLR site in Lam­pold­shausen

Pas­cale Ehren­fre­und takes of­fice as Pres­i­dent of the IAF

Space – ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty, diplo­ma­cy and co­op­er­a­tion

The DLR del­e­ga­tion dur­ing a vis­it to the JAXA Tsuku­ba Space Cen­tre on 31 Ju­ly 2019

Meck­len­burg-West­ern Pomera­nia and DLR wel­come Eu­ro­pean pol­i­cy-mak­ers to Brus­sels

Dust storms swirl at Mars' north pole

Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla – Chair of the DLR Executive Board

Klaus Hamacher - Vice Chairman of the Executive Board

Karsten Lemmer – Member of the Executive Board

Hansjörg Dittus - Member of the Executive Board

Walther Pelzer - Member of the Executive Board

DLR Management

Chair of the DLR Executive Board is honoured with the Women in Aerospace Europe Outstanding Achievement Award 2020

8th Industrial Days at the DLR site in Lampoldshausen

Pascale Ehrenfreund takes office as President of the IAF

Space – accessibility, diplomacy and cooperation

The DLR delegation during a visit to the JAXA Tsukuba Space Centre on 31 July 2019

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and DLR welcome European policy-makers to Brussels

Chair of the DLR Executive Board is honoured with the Women in Aerospace Europe Outstanding Achievement Award 2020

8th Industrial Days at the DLR site in Lampoldshausen

Pascale Ehrenfreund takes office as President of the IAF

Space – accessibility, diplomacy and cooperation

The DLR delegation during a visit to the JAXA Tsukuba Space Centre on 31 July 2019

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and DLR welcome European policy-makers to Brussels