Former institute members
- Barbara Albert
- Hanns-Dieter Amberger
- Ulrich Behrens
- Nicolas Bings
- Hans Bode
- José Broekaert
- Lutz Dahlenburg
- Walter Dannecker
- Birger Dittrich
- Susanne Elbel
- Matthias Epple
- R. Dieter Fischer
- Ursula Fittschen
- Johann Frers
- Jürgen Heck
- Robert Haul
- Wilhelm Herdering
- Joseph Kittsteiner
- Günter Klar
- Arndt Knöchel
- Jürgen Kopf
- Reinhard Kramolowsky
- Hans-Jörg Krüger
- Rudolf Lenck
- Werner Lindenberg
- Frank Meyberg
- Reinhard Nast
- Falk Olbrich
- Fritz Paneth
- Andreas Prange
- Marc-Heinrich Prosenc
- Dieter Rehder
- Armin Reller
- Heinrich Remy
- Ernst Riesenfeld
- Peter Rinze
- Ernst Rosenbohm
- Michael Schulz
- Andreas Terfort
- Heindirk tom Dieck
- Erwin Weiss
- Ferdinand Wibel
- Karl Wiebel
- Staatshüttenlaboratorium