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
Dr. J. Maarten Bavinck, Centre for Maritime Research (MARE), University of Amsterdam, Niederlande
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
Supervisory Board
Chair: Dr. Volker Saß, Head of Department Science Planning and Research Funding, 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
Dr. Enno Aufderheide, Secretary-General, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany
Jürgen Bethke, Chief Financial Officer, Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS, Dortmund, Germany
Monika Breuch-Moritz, Vice President, UNESCO - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
Prof. Dr. Jutta Günther, Vice President Research, University of Bremen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Andreas Mulch, Director, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt
Dr. Dorothea Rüland, Secretary-General, German Academic Exchange Service - DAAD, Bonn