Governing Board
The governing board is responsible for the overall technical supervision of the institute and makes decisions on high priority aspects.
Composition
The governing board has 11 members:
- two representatives each from the German government and the state of Lower Saxony; they can be represented by members of their administrations;
- the chairman of the Science Committee as a permanent member; representation is possible;
- a representative of a university;
- two representatives of the "National/state geosciences committee" (excluding the German government and the home state);
- a representative from the "Circle of directors of the state geological surveys and the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources" (excluding the German government and the home state);
- a personality from the industrial sphere;
- a personality from the geoscientific sphere.
| Name | Institution | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Dr. T. Bohlen | Karlsruher Institut für Technologie KIT | 2 |
| MR N. Conrad (Vorsitz) | Nds. Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit, Verkehr und Digitalisierung | 1 |
| T. Haupt | Geologisches Landesamt Hamburg | 4 |
| Dr. P. Hoth (stv. Vorsitz) | Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie | 1 |
| MR Dr. W. Junker | Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung | 1 |
| Dr. M. Neubert | Baker Hughes | 6 |
| Dr. B. Panteleit | Geologischer Dienst für Bremen GDfB | 4 |
| ltd. GD S. Rosenbaum | Landesamt für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume Schleswig-Holstein | 5 |
| B. Sievers | Nds. Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur | 1 |
| Prof. Dr. J. Tronicke | Universität Potsdam, Institut für Geowissenschaften | 7 |
| Prof. Dr. B. Urban | Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Ökologie | 3 |