Lab, Germany
German Aerospace Center
Statistics
- People here now
- 0
- People ever
- 12
- Full moves in and out
- 5 in, 7 out
Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.
We estimate that 12 people shaping AI have worked or studied at German Aerospace Center, all as former affiliations with no current roles recorded. That total covers 11 people with work roles and 1 recorded only as a student. By all-time headcount, German Aerospace Center is tied for 39th among 628 labs (tied for 472nd of 8,827 organizations overall). “Computer vision” and “Science, health and biology” lead 4 areas of expertise (4 each of 12 people with profile topics). In dated work stints through 2025, active headcount peaked at 4 people in 2002–2003, 2017–2018 and 2021–2022, with the last dated stint ending in 2024. Across dated career transitions, we record 5 full moves in and 7 out.
A cluster map with one dot per person in 4 groups. The largest areas are Computer vision (4), Science, health and biology (4) and Robotics and autonomous systems (3). The data table lists the counts.
Source: People of Superintelligence career records and profile topics, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Area | Here now | Formerly here | All |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer vision | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Science, health and biology | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Robotics and autonomous systems | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Theory, statistics and optimization | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Full departures outnumbered full arrivals by 2 (7 out vs. 5 in): arrivals came 4 from universities (80%) and 1 from labs, nonprofits or government, while departures went 1 to a company (14%), 4 to universities (57%) and 2 to labs, nonprofits or government. We also record 4 arrivals and 2 departures where a person added a role alongside an existing position. Today, 12 of the 12 people formerly at German Aerospace Center have a recorded current affiliation elsewhere (4 at companies and 8 at universities).
A stacked column chart of our yearly estimates at German Aerospace Center from 2000 to 2024. Each person counts once in each year with an active work stint.
Source: People of Superintelligence dated career stints, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Year | Other | People |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
A three-column flow diagram. People came from organizations on the left, German Aerospace Center is in the middle, and destinations are on the right. It shows 5 incoming and 7 outgoing full moves.
Source: People of Superintelligence career records with full moves only, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Direction | Organization | Full moves |
|---|---|---|
| From | IIT Madras | 1 |
| From | Technical University of Munich | 1 |
| From | Thuringian Center for Learning Systems and Robotics | 1 |
| From | University of Bremen | 1 |
| From | University of Paderborn | 1 |
| Center | German Aerospace Center | 5 in, 7 out |
| To | Chalmers University of Technology | 1 |
| To | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg | 1 |
| To | 1 | |
| To | Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres | 1 |
| To | IIT Madras | 1 |
| To | Leibniz University Hannover | 1 |
| To | Munich Center for Machine Learning | 1 |
A ranked bar chart of the 6 organizations that currently employ the most people formerly at German Aerospace Center, led by Technical University of Munich (3).
Source: People of Superintelligence current and former career records, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Current organization | Former people here now | Share of former people with a current role |
|---|---|---|
| Technical University of Munich | 3 | 25.0% |
| Chalmers University of Technology | 1 | 8.3% |
| connAIx | 1 | 8.3% |
| Friedrich Schiller University Jena | 1 | 8.3% |
| 1 | 8.3% | |
| IIT Madras | 1 | 8.3% |
Across work histories (excluding degrees), 11 of the 11 people who have worked at German Aerospace Center (100%) also held a work role at another organization, connecting German Aerospace Center to 32 peer institutions.
People here now
We have no evidence of a current role here. Our last dated work record here ended in 2024. All 12 people associated with German Aerospace Center appear under former affiliations below.
People with former affiliations
We record 12 people with former affiliations at German Aerospace Center: 11 who held work roles and 1 recorded as a student only. 12 of the 12 have a recorded current role at another organization, led by Technical University of Munich (3). Across the 4 former people with confident OpenAlex records, combined career citations total 79,174 (median h-index 55).
- Fernando Iglesias-SuarezNow at Predictia
- Gandham PhanikumarNow at IIT Madras
- Gerd HirzingerNow at Technical University of Munich
- Gunnar BehrensNow at Chalmers University of Technology
- Jakob RungeNow at University of Potsdam
- Joachim DenzlerNow at ELLIS Unit Jena and Michael Stifel Center Jena for Data-driven and Simulation Sciences
- Naoto YokoyaNow at RIKEN and University of Tokyo
- Rachel HornungNow at Google DeepMind
- Sami HaddadinNow at Technical University of Munich and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
- Udo FreseNow at University of Bremen
- Veronika EyringNow at University of Tübingen and connAIx
- Xiaoxiang ZhuNow at AI Future Lab AI4EO, ML4Earth, Munich Data Science Institute, TUM-DLR AI4EO Future Lab and Munich Center for Machine Learning
Posts that include German Aerospace Center
German Aerospace Center appears in 1 research post comparing organizations across AI.