Members of the Board of Trustees:
- Dr. Matthias Müller, SCHOTT AG (Chairman)
- Dr. Michelangelo Masini, Carl Zeiss AG (Vice chairman)
- Prof. Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS)
- Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mlynek, Falling Walls Foundation
- Daniel Neuville, French National Centre for Scientific Research
- Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn, Paderborn University
- Rainer Lüdtke, Stifterverband