Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees serves as a crucial tool for public communication. Its members include influential figures from politics, business, science, culture, and the media. During an annual meeting, these members receive up-to-date information about the institute's development and the Max Planck Society. The Board of Trustees actively supports the institute in addressing societal, scientific, and political issues. Members of the Board of Trustees are appointed by the President of the Max Planck Society. This deliberate selection process ensures a broad diversity and balanced representation of both genders within the Board of Trustees.
The members of the Board of Trustees are:
Melanie Bernstein
Member of the German Parliament
Götz Bormann
Former Chairman of the Executive Board
Förde Sparkasse
Delara Burkhardt
MEPs
Björn Demmin
District Administrator
District of Plön
Prof. Dr Ralf-Udo Ehlers
Former shareholder
e-nema GmbH
N.N.
President
Kiel University
Prof. Dr Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach
Provisional President
University of Lübeck
Peter Höver
Journalist and former government spokesman
Schleswig-Holstein
Dr Kristian Klinck
Member of the German Parliament
Tanja Köhler
Editor-in-Chief
Kieler Zeitung Verlags- und Druckerei KG-GmbH & Co.
Dr Ralf Neumann
Editor-in-Chief
Laborjournal
Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Orlemann
Managing Director
Kiel Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Mira Radünzel-Schneider
Mayoress
City of Plön
Prof. Dr Ulrich Schaible
Centre Director
Research Centre Borstel
Birgit Schulz
Head of Plön Section
Schleswig-Holstein University Society
Prof. Dr Ulrich Sommer
Emeritus Professor of Biological Oceanography
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Guido Wendt
State Secretary
Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Culture