Oversight and advisory council
IOW Board of Governors
The Board of Governors directs the institute under Section 5, paragraph 2 of the Implementation Agreement of the Framework Agreement on the Joint Promotion of Scientific Research.
The Board of Governors is tasked with supervising fundamental affairs of the institute, as well as advising and making appropriate recommendations on financial matters.
Chairman:
Dr. Th. Behrens
Ministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Deputy:
ORR Dr. Klaus Schindel
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
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Members:
M. Breuch-Moritz
Präsidentin
Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie
Prof. Dr. M. Hecker
Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
Dr. M. Dube
Ministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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Prof. Dr. W. Schareck
Rektor
Universität Rostock
Prof. Dr. A. Boetius
Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie, Bremen
Scientific Advisory Board
The Scientific Advisory Board advises the Board of Governors and the Director on research matters, makes recommendations to the institute’s working groups and promotes collaboration with domestic and international institutions. It comments on the director’s annual report, evaluates the scientific work of the institute, advises on appointment of faculty and reports its findings to the Board of Governors.
The Scientific Advisory Board consists of at most 10 members, both domestic and international scientists whose specialties are related to the scientific goals of the institute. Members of the board serve terms of at most four years and can be reappointed only once. Members can be nominated by the President of the German Research Foundation after consultation with the Director of the Institute.
Members:
Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius
Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie, Bremen
Dr. Eberhard Fahrbach
Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven
Prof. Dr. Jüri Elken
Institute of Marine System at Technical University Tallinn, Estland
Dr. Daniela Jacob
Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg
Prof. Kaisa Kononen
Academy of Finland, Helsinki
Prof. Dr. Arne Körtzinger
Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften
Dr. Antoon Kuijpers
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rullkötter
Institut für Chemie und Biologie des Meeres, Universität Oldenburg
Prof. Dr. Gerold Wefer
Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen
Prof. Dr. Karen Wiltshire
Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven
Scientific Council
The Scientific Council advises the Director and the Board of Governors on the institute’s important scientific matters. The council advises on the establishment and dissolution of sections, and the appointment and dismissal of the director, section leaders and members of the Scientific Advisory Board.
The council includes all of the section leaders and three elected scientists from the institute. These three members are elected to three-year terms under electoral regulations adopted by the whole institute and agreed to by the Director and Board of Trustees.
Chairman:
Dr. Thomas Neumann
Sektion Physikalische Ozeanographie
Deputy:
Prof. Dr. Klaus Jürgens
Leiter der Sektion Biologische Meereskunde
Members:
Dr. Rudolph Endler
Sektion Marine Geologie
Dr. Rainer Feistel
Sektion Physikalische Ozeanographie
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Fennel
Leiter der Sektion Physikalische
Ozeanographie + Meßtechnik
Prof. Dr. Michael Böttcher
Leiter der Sektion Marine Geologie
Prof. Dr. Detlef Schulz-Bull
Leiter der Sektion Meereschemie