Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board supervises and advises the Board of Directors, which conducts the business of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, with regard to the expediency and cost-effectiveness of its activities (Statutes of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, § 9).
The Supervisory Board consists of elected members, delegates and two additional members. The elected members are appointed from among the members of the Society by the General Assembly for a term of office of four years. Delegates are representatives of the ministries responsible in the seven states that Senckenberg has a location in. The additional two members are delegated to the Supervisory Board by the Dr. Senckenbergische Stiftung and the City of Frankfurt. The Supervisory Board elects the Chairperson, who bears the title “President of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research” and forms a working committee among its members.
 

Composition of the Supervisory Board

(April, 2025)

Elected Members

• *Kratz, Carsten (Chair of the Supervisory Board/President of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Senior Partner and Managing Director Bridgepoint GmbH)
• *Alfes, Dr. Holger (Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board, Lawyer, Partner, Noerr Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB)
• Buchmann, Stefanie (Member of the Executive Board of B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG)
• *Kehr, Melanie (Member of the Executive Board of the KfW)
• *Maas, Prof. Dr. Jochen (Vice President of House of Pharma and Healthcare, member of the supervisory board)
• Meister, Dr. Michael (Member of the German Federal Parliament)
• Schleiff, Prof. Dr. Enrico (President of Goethe-University Frankfurt)

Delegates

• *Lux, Dr. Dorothee (Hesse Ministry of Science and Arts)
• Metje, Dr. Tim (Saxon State Ministry for Science and the Arts)
• Schnieders, Dr. David (Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony)
• *Stupp, Dr. Stefan Johannes (Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

Delegates (information status) ¹

• Kandler, Dr. Mandy (Thuringian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture)
• Kuntze, Veronica (Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts)
• Linke, Katja (Hamburg Ministry of Science, Research and Equalities)
• Pörksen, Katrin (Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of Brandenburg)

Additional Members

• Hartwig, Dr. Ina (Department Head for Culture and Science, Frankfurt am Main)
• Schopow, Dr. med. Kosta (Chairman of the Administration of Dr. Senckenbergische Stiftung)

Guests

• Kramer-Schadt, Prof. Dr. Stephanie (Chairwoman of the scientifical advisory board, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Berlin) 
• Riesenhuber, Prof. Dr. Heinz (Honorary Member of the Supervisory Board; former Federal Minister for Research and Technology)
• Strutz, Prof. h.c. Wolfgang (Honorary President of SGN)

Board of Directors 

• Tockner, Prof. Dr. Klement (Director General, Head of the Board of Directors)
• Dr. Martin Mittelbach (Administrative Director)
• Brandt, Prof. Dr. Angelika
• Kunzmann, Dr. Lutz
• Mulch, Prof. Dr. Andreas

The persons marked with * are members of the Executive Committee of the Supervisory Board.