the centenary of the publication of The origin of species) Leopoldina Prize for Junior Scientists Georg Uschmann Prize for History of Science Leopoldina Research Prize (since 2001, funded by the Commerzbank Foundation) Thieme Prize of the Leopoldina for Medicine Medal of Merit (awarded by the Presidium only on special occasions) Greve Prize (first awarded in 2022) Membership Three quarters of the members are from German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and one quarter from about 30 other nations. The election to membership of the Leopoldina is the highest academic honour awarded by an institution in Germany. Some laureates are also fellows of the Leopoldina. Among the most noted of fellows are for instance: Christian Ludwig Brehm Adolf Butenandt James B. Conant Manfred Eigen Albert Einstein (excluded 1933 for being Jewish) Gerhard Ertl Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Ernst Haeckel Otto Hahn Theodor W. Hänsch Paula Hertwig Joseph Lister Alexander Oparin Wilhelm Ostwald Max Planck Carl Friedrich von Weizäcker Members might also attribute discoveries and success to the academy. For example, the asteroid 893 Leopoldina is named in its honour. Leadership At the head of the Academy there is a Presidium, elected by the Senate, consisting of the President, acting as the chair, four Vice Presidents, and other members at large. These position terms are five years long and can only be held twice by the same person. The Senate of the Academy currently consists of 39 members representing different sections and disciplines of science, as well as representatives from Switzerland and Austria. Senate members serve for four years and can only be re-elected once. The latest President of the Academy, Dr. Gerald Haug, from Berlin, became the Academy's 27th president when he took office on March 1, 2020. Past presidents of the Leopoldina with time and place of office: 1652–1665 Johann Lorenz Bausch (Schweinfurt) 1666–1686 Johann Michael Fehr (Schweinfurt) 1686–1693 Johann Georg Volckamer (Nürnberg) 1693–1730 Lukas Schröck (Augsburg) 1730–1735 Johann Jakob Baier (Altdorf bei Nürnberg) 1735–1769 Andreas Elias Büchner (Erfurt, Halle) 1770–1788 Ferdinand Jakob Baier (Nürnberg) 1788–1791 Heinrich Friedrich Delius (Erlangen) 1791–1810 Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (Erlangen) 1811–1818 Friedrich von Wendt (Erlangen) 1818–1858 Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (Erlangen, Bonn, Breslau) 1858–1862 Dietrich Georg Kieser (Jena) 1862–1869 Carl Gustav Carus (Dresden) 1870–1878 Wilhelm Friedrich Behn (Dresden) 1878–1895 Hermann Knoblauch (since then: Halle) 1895–1906 Karl von Fritsch (Halle) 1906–1921 Albert Wangerin (Halle) 1921–1924 August Gutzmer (Halle) 1924–1931 Johannes Walther (Halle) 1932–1950