Apr 13, 2026
Two TUD researchers elected to the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The Saxon Academy of Sciences has welcomed two members of TUD Dresden University of Technology to its ranks: Prof. Martin Wolter, Chair of Networked Energy Systems, and Jun.-Prof. Dorit Brixius, Junior Professor of the History of Botany and Horticulture. Being inducted to the academy is a highly prestigious academic honor. The Academy provides distinguished researchers with an invaluable interdisciplinary platform and facilitates the sharing of ideas as well as collaboration across disciplinary boundaries. At the Academy’s Spring Public Meeting on April 10, 2026, a total of 19 scientists were elected to the Academy.
Dorit Brixius has held the Junior Professorship in the History of Botany and Horticulture at TUD since July 2024. The Junior Professorship was set up as an interdisciplinary position between the Faculty of Biology and the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science. One of her main research projects explores the history and development of the Dresden Botanical Garden from its founding in 1818 until around 1920. She is also involved in a wide range of interdisciplinary research projects, including in zoology, botany, and Catholic theology.
Martin Wolter has been the Chair of Networked Energy Systems at TUD since September 2025. His research focuses on fundamental and application-oriented projects in the supply and application of electrical power. His research interests include the planning and operation of electrical grids, protection and control technology, power and voltage quality, as well as smart grid applications and fundamental research on power and measurement transformers.
First row, from left: Sabrina Hedrich, Olena Volkova, Dimosthenis Trimis, Sabine Koller, Antje Körner, Academy President Hans-Joachim Knölker, Dorit Brixius, Judith Miggelbrink, Birgit Weber. Second row, from left: Peter F. Stadler, Jean Winand, Gerald Steiner, Martin Wolter, Peter H. Seeberger, Martin Joachim Kümmel, Gerhard Heyer, Johannes Grave, Kirsten Küsel.
About the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Since is founding as the Royal Saxon Society for the Science in 1846, the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities has upheld the tradition of the academic ideal shaped by Leibniz. As an academic society, it brings together leading scholars from a wide range of disciplines for regular discussion. Research projects based at the Academy as part of the Academy Program serve as an international beacon for long-term research in the humanities.
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