Scientific Advisory Board

The Scientific Advisory Board advises the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors in scientific and technical matters and autonomously evaluates the scientific and professional results. In addition, the SAB promotes co-operation schemes with adequate research institutes in Germany and abroad.

The members of the Scientific Advisory Board are appointed by the Board of Trustees for four years in coordination with the institute’s management. One-time reappointments in direct succession are possible.

The current members of the Scientific Advisory Board are:

Chairperson

Prof. Dr. Claus Schwechheimer
Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan

Vice-Chairperson

Prof. Dr. Jörg Pietruszka
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Forschungszentrum Jülich
 

Further Members

• Prof. Dr. Thomas Altmann
  Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Department of Molecular Genetics
   
• Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Arndt
  Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Chair of Organic Chemistry
   
• Prof. Dr. Corinna Dawid
  Technical University of Munich, Chair of Food Chemistry and Molecular Sensory Science
   
• Dr. Jon Falk
  Saaten-Union Biotec GmbH, Leopoldshöhe
   
• Prof. Dr. Andreas Kirschning
  University of Hanover, Institute of Organic Chemistry
   

• Prof. Dr. Thorsten Nürnberger
  Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Department Plant Biochemistry

• Dr. Daniel Petras
  University of California, Riverside, Functional Metabolomics Lab
   
• Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Simon
  Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Institute of Developmental Genetics
   

• Prof. Dr. Nicole van Dam
  Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Großbeeren