Dr. Ricarda Opitz

Ricarda Opitz has been Administrative Director and Member of the Board at the Weizenbaum Institute since January 2023.

Previously, she was responsible for science-related strategic issues as Deputy General Secretary and Head of the Academic Affairs Division at the Leibniz Association (2012-2022). Before that, she was Chief Research Manager for “Structure of Matter” at the Helmholtz Association (2006-2012).

Ricarda Opitz holds a degree in physics from the Otto von Guericke Technical University in Magdeburg and received her PhD in the field of X-ray structure analysis at the Humboldt University of Berlin. This was followed by a post-doctoral position at the Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF) of the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) in Amsterdam as well as different science management positions.