Our Faculty Member’s Membership to the Bavarian Academy of Sciences

ITU Faculty of Mines retired faculty member Prof. Dr. Celâl Şengör made our university proud by being elected as a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, one of the most prestigious academies in Europe.

ITU members continue to gain recognition for our university with their various international achievements in the academic field in 2024, which was declared by our university as the “Year of Global Impact”.

The Bavarian Academy of Sciences, one of the most influential and distinguished science academies in Europe, has accepted Prof. Dr. Celâl Şengör, retired faculty member of the Faculty of Mines, as a member of the Academy. Thus, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, one of the largest and oldest academies in Germany, now has an academic from ITU, one of the world’s most established technical universities. Prof. Dr. Şengör made ITU members proud with his membership in the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, where other names from the Turkish academic world have been accepted in the past.

Founders of scientific disciplines and pioneers who are members of the Academy

The Bavarian Academy of Sciences is the largest and one of the oldest among the state academies of Germany. The Academy was founded in 1759 and is located in Munich. Its members include founders of scientific disciplines and pioneers with their work in various fields. The Academy is divided into two main classes: the Philosophy and History Class and the Mathematics and Natural Sciences Class.

Baron Georges Cuvier, the founder of comparative anatomy, biostratigraphy and vertebrate paleontology; naturalist, geologist and biologist Charles Darwin, known for his contributions to evolutionary biology; and Eduard Suess, considered the greatest geologist of all time, were accepted to the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. In addition, pioneering scientists such as Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Otto Hahn, and the von Humboldt Brothers are among the members of the Academy. 

Baron Justus von Liebig (1803-1873), the founder of organic chemistry, Karl Alfred vor Zittel (1839-1904), who wrote the world’s first systematic paleontology handbook, and the famous experimental physicist Walther Meissner (1882-1974) served as president of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.