GAMM Board Election – Results 2026

Election 2026

The voting took place this year electronically from February 11th to March 17th, 2026. All members of GAMM received a personal invitation. Authorized to vote are individual members of the GAMM as well as named delegates of corporate members.

Members of the Board of Directors

510 members took part in the 2026 board election.

The following distribution of votes took place

PositionCandidateValid votes
YES		Abstentions
Executive Board
Secretary
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Kaliske
Dresden
re-election		47634
Executive Board
Treasurer		Prof. Dr. Andrea Walther
Berlin
re-election
47535
Managing board
Fluid Mechanics
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Schumacher
Ilmenau
re-election		42189
Managing board
Mathematics
Prof. Dr. Gero Friesecke
München
new election		44367

Members of the election committee for the board election 2026

Chairman

Prof. Dr. Karsten Urban

Ulm,
Vice-President

Elected Members

Prof. Dr. techn.
Barbara Kaltenbacher
Klagenfurt

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil.
Siegrid Leyendecker
Erlangen

Prof. Dr.
Helmut Abels
Regensburg

Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Robert Seifried
Hamburg

Note:

According to the statute, the term of office ends at December 31st 2026.
The term of office with respect to the result of the online election begins at January 1st , 2027.