Nobel Prize winners involved with the Institute include Max von Laue ( 1914 ) , Fritz Haber ( 1918 ) , James Franck ( 1925 ) , Otto Hahn ( 1944 ) , Eugene Wigner ( 1963 ) , Ernst Ruska ( 1986 ) , Gerhard Ertl ( 2007 ) . Nobel Prize laureates affiliated with the institute include Max von Laue ( 1914 ) , Fritz Haber ( 1918 ) , James Franck ( 1925 ) , Otto Hahn ( 1944 ) , Eugene Wigner ( 1963 ) , Ernst Ruska ( 1986 ) , Gerhard Ertl ( 2007 ) .