International Scientific Advisory Board (IWB)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Martin Visbeck, GEOMAR – Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany
Deputy Chair: Prof. Dr. J. Maarten Bavinck, Centre for Maritime Research, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Vanessa Hatje, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brazil
Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Holland, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
Prof. Dr. Cath Lovelock, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Dr. David Pearton, Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, South Africa
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Riegl, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Supervisory Board
Chair: Kay Wenzel, Head of Department, University and Research, Senator for Science and Ports, Bremen, Germany
Deputy Chair: MinR’in Dr. Zage Kaculevski, Head of Department 724, "Marine, Coastal and Polar Research", Federal Ministry for Education and Research, Department Bonn, Germany
Monika Breuch-Moritz, President retirée Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, Germany (BSH), Past Vice Chair IOC of UNESCO, Past IMO - Goodwill Maritime Ambassador, Hamburg, Germany
Albert Engel, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Bonn, Germany
Dr. Bettina Hörstrup, Administrative Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany
Prof. Dr. Michal Kucera, Vice President for Research and Transfer, University of Bremen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Loske, former Senator for the Environment, Construction, Transport and Europe of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Professor at the University of Witten/Herdecke and Director of the Institute for Ecological Economy Research, Berlin, Germany
Prof. Dr. Andreas Mulch, Board of Directors, Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research
Birgit Müller, Managing Director, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Hamburg, Germany