The board of trustees advises the organs of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft as well as the institute management and promotes the institute's contacts to organizations and industry.
The members of our board of trustees from industry, science and ministries are:
Dr. Harald Seulberger (Chairman)
BASF SE, Limburgerhof
Dr. Carl Bulich
German Plant Breeders‘ Association, Bonn
Dr. Friedrich Dechet
Industrial Association Agrar, Frankfurt
Prof. Dr. Adolf Eisenträger
German Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau
Stefan Lütke Entrup
Gemeinschaft zur Förderung von Pflanzeninnovation e.V., Bonn
Prof. Dr. Heyo K. Kroemer (Deputy Chairman)
Chief Executive Officer Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee (guest)
President of the University of Gießen, Gießen
MinR’in Andrea Noske
Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin
Dr. Dr. h.c. Christian Patermann
formerly director Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Bonn
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Rüdiger (guest)
Rector of the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen
Dr. Karin Schlesier
Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Angelika Vollmar
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Prof. Dr. Johannes Wessels (guest)
Rector of the WWU Münster, Münster
Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wiese (permanent guest)
formerly member of the Executive Board of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Prof. Dr. Birgitta Wolff (guest)
President of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main