Bodies and Committees

Executive Committee of the Administrative Board


The Executive Committee of the Administrative Board is a committee of the Administrative Board. The Executive Committee prepares the meetings of the Administrative Board and monitors the execution of its decisions. It shall also perform all the tasks assigned to it by the Administrative Board.

The Executive Committee is composed by the following members:

  • the Chair of the Administrative Board (President of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research),
  • the Vice-Chair of the Administrative Board,
  • the representative of the Ministry of the State of Hesse responsible for scientific research in the Administrative Board,
  • the representative of the Federal Ministry responsible for scientific research in the Administrative Board,
  • up to two additional members of the Administrative Board.

Honorary President

Prof. h.c. Wolfgang Strutz

Members of the Executive Committee

(as of November, 2023)

  • Carsten Kratz 
  • Dr. Holger Alfes
  • Fr. Dr. h. c. Beate Heraeus
  • Bernd Loewen 
  • Dr. Dorothee Lux
  • Dr. Stefan Johannes Stupp