Martin Keller

Dr. Martin Keller has focused his career on innovations that shape the markets of the future. Through a progression of leadership positions in academia, industry and national labs, he has demonstrated the ability to set a science vision for an organization guided by a full systems-level understanding of the challenges, the innovations required to address the challenges, and the underlying questions that must be answered. Enabling his vision begins with the foundational science that drives innovation and leads to impact. Dr. Keller is committed to strengthening and integrating core competencies and expanding the reach of those institutional capabilities through collaborations among leading institutions. His leadership and personal involvement in these cross-institutional collaborations has yielded high-impact research in many fields. Across the body of his technical leadership positions, attracting and mentoring research talent has been and will continue to be a personal priority. His commitment to people, teams, partnerships and game-changing scientific outcomes will ensure the Helmholtz Association accelerates its mission of contributing to answering major and pressing questions of science, society and industry.