Councillors

Prof. Dr. Reinhard F. Hüttl (Chair)
Chair of the Executive Board, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Potsdam and President of acatech, Professor of Soil Protection and Recultivation Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus


Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Andreas J. Büchting
(Deputy Chairman)
Chairman of the Supervisory Board KWS SAAT AG

Prof. Dr. Bernd Müller-Röber (Deputy Chairman)
Professor of Molecular Biology, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology and University of Potsdam

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Joachim von Braun
(Deputy Chairman)
Director, Center for Development Research  (ZEF),  Bonn

Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

Dr. Helmut Born

Secretary-General of the German Farmers’ Union (Deutscher Bauernverband e.V.)

Prof. Dr. Hannelore Daniel
Technische Universität München (TUM),
Mulecular Nutrition Unit

Prof. Dr. Utz-Hellmuth Felcht

Managing Director, One Equity Partners Europe, Munich, Member of the acatech Executive Board


Prof. Dr. Thomas Hirth
Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB) and Institute for Interfacial Engineering at the University of Stuttgart

Prof. Dr. Folkhard Isermeyer

President, Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute (vTI) Braunschweig, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries

Dr. Stefan Marcinowski
Board member of BASF SE

Prof. Dr. Thomas C. Mettenleiter
President, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI) Isle of Riems, Federal Research Institute of Animal Health


Dr. Christian Patermann
NRW Government Advisor on Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy

Prof. Dr. Alfred Pühler
CeBiTec, Bielefeld University

Prof. Dr. Manfred Schwerin
Professor of Animal Breeding, University of Rostock and Director, Research Institute for the Biology of Farm Animals

Prof. Dr. Wiltrud Treffenfeldt
Director Bioprocess R&D, Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, USA

Prof. Dr. Fritz Vahrenholt
Chief Executive Officer, RWE Innogy GmbH

Dr. Holger Zinke
Chairman, BRAIN AG

Prof. Dr. Alexander Zehnder (permanent guest)
Director, Water Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada