International Scientific Advisory Board (IWB)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Martin Visbeck, GEOMAR – Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany
Deputy Chair: Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany
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
Prof. Dr. Kim Sneppen, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Supervisory Board
Chair: Kay Wenzel, Head of Department Science, Senator for Science and Ports, Bremen, Germany
Deputy Chair: MinR Rudolf Leisen, Head of Department 724, "Marine, Coastal and Polar Research",Federal Ministry for Education and Research, Department Bonn, Germany
Jürgen Bethke, Chief Financial Officer, Leibniz Institute for Analytical Sciences – ISAS, Dortmund, Germany
Monika Breuch-Moritz, Vice President, UNESCO - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), Paris, France
Prof. Dr. Jutta Günther, Vice President Research, University of Bremen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Andreas Mulch, Director, Senckenberg Research Institute and Nature Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Dr. Dorothea Rüland, Secretary-General, German Academic Exchange Service - DAAD, Bonn, Germany