Desert*Net Board

On April 13, 2007, Desert*Net Germany, which existed as a network since the year 2000, was officially transformed into an NGO (Verein according to German law). Desert*Net Germany has a Management and an Advisory Board. Each board consists of 7 members representing German research institutions. The Management Board runs the day-to-day organization. It convenes at least once a year. The Advisory Board advises and supports the management board.

The Management Board members are

• Dr. Mariam Akhtar-Schuster, Biocentre Klein Flottbek and Botanical Garden, Module of Systematics, University of Hamburg
• Dr. Alexander Gröngröft, Institute for Soil Science, University of Hamburg
• Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Heyser, Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of Bremen
• Prof. Dr. Joachim Hill, Remote Sensing, University of Trier
• Dr. Christian Hülsebusch, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture, DITSL at the University of Kassel in Witzenhausen (Vice Chair)
• Prof. Dr. Norbert Jürgens, Biocentre Klein Flottbek and Botanical Garden, Module of Systematics, University of Hamburg (Chair)
• Prof. Dr. Ernst-August Nuppenau, Institute for Agro-policy and Market Research, University of Giessen (Vice-Chair)

The Advisory Board members are

• Prof. Dr. Florian Jeltsch, Dep. for Vegetation Ecology and Nature Protection, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam
• Prof. Dr. Günter Miehlich, Institute for Soil Science, University of Hamburg
• Prof. Dr. Jürgen Böhner, Institute for Geography, University of Hamburg
• Prof. Dr. Katja Tielbörger, Institute of Botany, University of Tübingen
• Prof. Dr. Peter Werner, Potsdam-Institute for Climate Research
• Prof. Dr. Michael Kirk, Economy, University of Marburg

Founders of Desert*Net Germany in April 2007 in Bonn

Upper row (left to right): C. Martius, P. Werner, J. Hill, M. Akhtar-Schuster, G. Miehlich, A. Rieser, C. Hülsebusch, E.-A. Nuppenau, W. Heyser, J. Steinbach, S. Naumann, S. Itzerott
Lower row (left to right): R. Prasse, J. Böhner, B. Chafik. K. Tielbörger, F. Jeltsch, H. Köhler

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