International Scientific Advisory Board (IWB)
Dr. J. Maarten Bavinck, Centre for Maritime Research (MARE), University of Amsterdam, Niederlande
Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany
Dr. Ilka C. Feller, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, USA
Prof. Dr. Amatzia Genin, Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences, Eilat, Israel
Dr. Matern S. P. Mtolera, University of Dar es Salaam, Sansibar, Tanzania
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
Prof. Dr. Martin Visbeck, GEOMAR – Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany (Chair)
Supervisory Board
Dr. Heide Ahrens, Senator for Science, Health and Consumer Protection, Bremen, Germany (Chair)
Dr. Enno Aufderheide, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany (Secretary-General)
Dipl.-Volksw. Heinrich Baßler, Helmholtz Zentrum München (Administrative Director)
Jürgen Bethke, Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS, Dortmund, Germany
Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter, Vice President Research, University of Bremen, Germany
MinR Rudolf Leisen, Federal Ministry for Education and Research, Department 725, "Earth System", Bonn, Germany
Dr. Dorothea Rüland, German Academic Exchange Service - DAAD, Bonn (Secretary-General)