Johannes Henn is a theoretical physicist (PhD 2008, University Lyon 1, France) working on elementary particle physics (www.scattering-amplitudes.com). He has experience in international research cooperation and science policy (Master in Public Administration, 2023, German University fror Administrative Science, Speyer, Germany).

Since 2018, he is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Physics, Munich, and honorary professor at Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität Munich. His reserach career involved postdoctoral stays at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA, and a W3 professorship at Mainz University, Germany.

From 2017 - 2023, his research was funded by a Consolidator Grant of the European Research Council (ERC). Since 2024, he is the Coordinating Principal Investigator of the ERC Synergy Grant UNIVERSE+, www.positive-geometry.com, with partner organizations in Germany, the Netherlands, and the USA.