Berlin, 29/10/2009. The Bio-economy Research and Technology Council, whose headquarters is at acatech, has strengthened its expertise with the addition of five new members. In a session on 19/10/2009, the executive committee of the German Academy of Science and Engineering appointed four men and one woman to the council. The rationale behind this move was that the new Council members will expand the range of research areas relevant to the bio-economy, with the inclusion of renowned researchers from the fields of food research, agricultural economics, animal health research, chemistry and industrial microbiology.

The new members of the Bio-economy Research and Technology Council are:

• Prof. Dr Hannelore Daniel, Technical University, Munich, Chair of Nutrition Physiology
• Prof. Dr Utz-Hellmuth Felcht, Managing Director, One Equity Partners Europe, Munich, member of the acatech executive committee
• Prof. Dr Folkhard Isermeyer, President of the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Brunswick, Federal Research Institute of Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries
• Prof. Dr Thomas C. Mettenleiter, President of the Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Riems, Federal Research Institute of Animal Health
• Prof. Dr Alfred Pühler, CeBiTec, Bielefeld University