Principal members
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
Prof. Dr. Bernd Müller-Röber (Deputy Chairman)
Professor of Molecular Biology, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology and University of Potsdam
Dr. Dr. h.c. Andreas J. Büchting (Deputy Chairman)
Chairman of the Supervisory Board KWS SAAT AG
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
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
Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun
Director, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn
Dr. Holger Zinke
Chairman, BRAIN AG
Dr. Christian Patermann (permanent guest)
NRW Government Advisor on Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy
Prof. Dr. Alexander Zehnder (permanent guest)
Director, Water Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

