Board of Trustees
The board of trustees creates a connection between the institutes' research and the public. It advises the institute in social and science-political issues. Members are representatives of politics, the media, business and of science and research. They are elected to the board for a six-year term.
Members of the Institute’s Board of Trustees
MinDirg Rüdiger Eichel
Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture
Head of department innovation and research
Prof. Dr. iur. Volker Epping
Leibniz Universität Hannover, President
Michel Junge
phæno gGmbH, Managing director
Dr. Wilhelm Krull (Chairman)
The New Institute Foundation gGmbH, Founding Director
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Sabine Kunst
Dr. Ulf von Rauchhaupt (Vice Chairman)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Scientific Editor
Dr. Manja Schüle
Minister for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg
Prof. Dr. Klaus G. Strassmeier
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics, Potsdam