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