Cave relief with depictions of Buddhas in Myanmar

Members

Below we introduce the current team members.

Steering Committee

Prof. Dr. Vincent Tournier

Chair of the Institute / Classical Indology

Professor of Classical Indology

Prof. Dr. Jörg Heimbel

Professor

Tibetology and Buddhist Studies

Dr. Paulus Kaufmann

Research Associate, Coordination of the Doctoral Program in Buddhist Studies

Prof. Dr. Martin Lehnert

Professor of East Asian Religion and Philosophy

Professors

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Gäb

Professorship of Philosophy of Religion

Prof. Dr. Jörg Heimbel

Professor

Tibetology and Buddhist Studies

Prof. Dr. Martin Lehnert

Professor of East Asian Religion and Philosophy

Prof. Dr. Petra Maurer

apl. Professorin

Adjunct Professor of Tibetology, Research Associate at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences

Prof. Dr. Max Oidtmann

Chair of Chinese and Central Asian History

Prof. Dr. Daniel Schley

Chair of Japanese Studies

Professor of Japanese Studies

Prof. Dr. Johannes Schneider

apl. Professor

Adjunct Professor of Indology, Research Fellow at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences

Prof. Dr. Marta Sernesi

Guest Professor

Tibetology and Buddhist Studies, Buddhist Tantric Literature and Praxis Cultural History of Tibet and the Himalayas

Prof. Dr. Jonathan Silk
Prof. Dr. Vincent Tournier

Chair of the Institute / Classical Indology

Professor of Classical Indology

Prof. Dr. Hans van Ess

Chair of Sinology (including Mongolian studies)

Prof. Dr. Robert Yelle

Chair of Religious Studies, Director Center for Religion and Philosophy

Academic staff

Dr. Sebastian Balmes

Research Associate

Stefan Baums, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Lead Researcher, Buddhist Manuscripts from Gandhāra

Dr. Aruna Gamage

Research Associate

The Early Lost Legal Commentaries of the Mahāvihāra Tradition (DFG-Project)

Dr. Athanaric Huard

Research and Teaching Associate

Dr. Paulus Kaufmann

Research Associate, Coordination of the Doctoral Program in Buddhist Studies

Dr. Yannick Laurent

Research Associate

Cluster of Excellence Cross-Cultural Philology

Dr. phil. Gudrun Melzer

Research Associate

Member of the "Buddhist Manuscripts from Gandhāra" project

Dr. phil. Marc Nürnberger

Senior assistant professor

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Dr. Louise Roche

Research and Teaching Associate

Dr. phil. Andrea Schlosser

Research Associate

Member of the "Buddhist Manuscripts from Gandhāra" project

Former and emeritus professors

Prof. i. R. Dr. Jens-Uwe Hartmann

Former Chair of Classical Indology

Prof. Dr. Klaus Vollmer, (i.R.)

Chair of Japanese Studies

Retired since October 1, 2025

Prof. i. R. Dr. Franz-Karl Ehrhard

Former Professor of Tibetology and Buddhist Studies