Board of Trustees

Dr. Aufderheide, Enno 
former Secretary General, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Dr. Büchting, Felix 
Spokesman of the Board, KWS SAAT SE

von Essen, Garlich
Secretary General, Euroseeds

Dr. Hartmann, Henrike
Deputy Secretary General, Member of the Executive Management, Head of Funding Department, Volkswagen Foundation

Prof. Dr. Kienle, Andrea
Head of Department for Research, Ministry of Culture and Science of the State North Rhine Westphalia

Dr. Lessl, Monika 
Management Board, Bayer Foundation
Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate R&D and Social Innovation, Bayer AG

Dr. Metzlaff, Karin
Executive Director, European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO) 

Prof. Dr. Mukherjee, Joybrato 
Rector, University of Cologne
President, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Dr. Müller-Schmid, Ralf
Program Management, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Deutschlandradio

Dr. Nandineni, Madhusudan Reddy
Staff Scientist and Group Leader
Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD)

Prof. Dr. Ordon, Frank
President, Julius Kühn-Institut – Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants

Prof. Dr. Schlüter, Kirsten
Managing Director, Institut für Biologiedidaktik, University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Weber, Andreas
Head of Institute of Plant Biochemistry,
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf