The Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is an independent body that advises our institute on relevant issues of science policy and society, supports it in important matters, and mediates and promotes contact with the city of Hamburg, the region and other parts of society. The members of our Board of Trustees are high-ranking personalities from the fields of politics, science and media, who are appointed by the president of the Max Planck Society. Once a year they meet at our institute to learn about current developments and significant research results at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and to exchange information and confer with the directors.

Dr. Christian Alecke

Head of devision Global Change - Climate Research, Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), Bonn

Maryam Blumenthal

Senator, Authority for Science, Research, and Equality, Hamburg

Prof. Dr. Tilo Böhmann

Vice President, Universität Hamburg

Dr. Malte Heyne            

Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Commerce, Handelskammer Hamburg

Prof. em. Dr. Peter Lemke

Senior Advisor, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven

Dr. Ulf von Rauchhaupt

Science Editor, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Frankfurt/Main

Ulrike von Sobbe

Chairwoman of the Board, Helga-Stödter-Stiftung, Hamburg

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Timm-Giel               

President, Technische Universität Hamburg

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Zielinski               

Scientific Director, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon GmbH, Geesthacht