The German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke researches the influence of nutrition on health with the goal of making scientific findings usable for the prevention and therapy of diet-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes.

In order to translate new approaches from the laboratory to humans as quickly as possible, the scientists work in a combination of experimental and applied research: from cells and mice to epidemiological observations and human intervention.

Experimental Diabetology

• Prof. Dr. Annette Schürmann 

Adipocyte Development and Nutrition 

• Prof. Dr. Tim Schulz 

Human Nutrition

• Prof. Dr. Knut Mai 

Molecular Epidemiology 

• Prof. Dr. Matthias Schulze 

Molecular Physiology of Exercise and Nutrition 

• Prof. Dr. Maximilian Kleinert 

Molecular Metabolism and Precision Nutrition 

• Prof. Dr. Olga Ramich 

Molecular Toxicology 

• Prof. Dr. Tilman Grune 

Decision Neuroscience and Nutrition 

• Prof. Dr. Soyoung Park 

Neurocircuit Development and Function 

• Dr. Rachel Lippert (Junior Research Group)

Epigenetics of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

• Dr. Meriem Ouni (Junior Research Group)