Scientific Members
The HIFMB’s members include the eleven founding members of the University of Oldenburg and the Alfred Wegener Institute as well as the professorships leading our four research groups and the heads of the focus groups, the institute’s junior research groups.
They define the strategic orientation of the HIFMB through research projects and participation in committees. In addition, they make proposals regarding the HIFMB’s research strategy and forward them to the Board of Directors, which is responsible for scientific strategy development. In addition, scientific HIFMB members have a right of proposal for the members of the steering committee and the scientific advisory board.
Our Scientific Members
A. Murat Eren (Meren)
Computer Scientist, Microbial Ecologist
Bernd Blasius
Mathematical Modeler
Bettina Meyer
Ecophysiologist
Gabriele Gerlach
Biologist
Helmut Hillebrand
Plankton Ecologist
Iliana Baums
Molecular Ecologist
Ilse van Opzeeland
Bioacoustician
Katja Metfies
Molecular EcologistDirectorate
The directorate is responsible for the scientific strategy development, its implementation and the resulting research program. In doing so, it takes into account the decisions of the cooperation council and the recommendations of the steering committee and the scientific advisory board.
The board of directors consists of the director of the HIFMB core, the spokesperson of HIFMB-AWI and the spokesperson of HIFMB-UOL. The board of directors represents the HIFMB in all common scientific matters and is responsible for reporting on the development and scientific achievements of the HIFMB to the cooperation board.
Our Directorate
Advisory Members of the Directorate
Ruth Krause
Science Strategy and Management
Rainer Pigge
Site ManagerCooperation Board
The cooperation board assists and supervises the activities of the directorate and forms the central coordinating body.
It consists of the AWI board of directors and the presidential board of the University of Oldenburg. Guests of the Cooperation Council are the designated representatives of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony and the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers
Steering Committee
The steering committee advises on the implementation of the HIFMB’s research program and ensures that the HIFMB’s research is linked to the research at AWl and the University of Oldenburg. The steering committee develops joint research strategies between the HIFMB and the contract and cooperation partners.
Current members of the steering committee are:
- Helmut Hillebrand (Director)
- Gabriele Gerlach (Co-Director)
- Bettina Meyer (Co-Director)
- Ruth Krause (Scientific Coordinator)
- Maarten Boersma (Representative AWI)
- Meinhard Simon (Representative UOL)
- Bettina Meyer (Scientific representative HIFMB-AWI)
- Uwe John (Scientific Representative HIFMB-AWI)
- Bernd Blasius (Scientific representative HIFMB-UOL)
- Thorsten Dittmar (Scientific representative HIFMB-UOL)
- Kimberley Peters (Scientific Representative HIFMB)
- Anna-Katharina Hornidge (DIE, representative of the cooperation institute)
- Thorsten Reusch (GEOMAR, representative of the cooperation institute)
- Pedro MartÃnez Arbizu (Senckenberg, representative of the cooperation institute)
Scientific Advisory Board
The scientific advisory board advises the HIFMB and the management of the University of Oldenburg and the AWI on the scientific orientation and strategic issues of the HIFMB in order to ensure the continuous scientific development and the achievement of HIFMB’s research goals. It can recommend measures to improve research and science at the HIFMB.
The constitution of the Scientific Advisory Board is imminent.