The directorate is committed to all tasks in the responsibility of the Scientific Director, in particular:
- Development of the strategic scientific research program
- National and international scientific affairs
- Consultancy on topics in the field of research funding
- Scientific issues concerning the cooperation with universities, research institutions, scientific organizations, ministries, and the Leibniz Association
- Scientific reporting
- Issues of the Scientific Advisory Board, the Executive Board and the ZALF Board
- Long-term task planning and monitoring of the scientific performance
- Continuos development and adaptation of the organisational research structure, internal evaluation and competition procedures
- Research strategy related issues of human resource development
- Press and public relations
Scientific Director
Prof. Dr. Frank A. Ewert
Organisation und Assistance
Contact person: Ute Baumgärtel
Coordination of the tasks of the directorate
Contact person:
Dr. Hans-Peter Ende
- Office of the Executive Board and the ZALF Board
- Documentation of meetings
- Follow-up of recommendations, implementation of decisions
- Communication between the boards
- Contact for internal and external inquiries
- Resource planning and monitoring for the directorate
Research management
Contact person:
Katharina Brüser
Working Areas
- Matters of the Leibniz-Association and the Scientific Advisory Board
- Matters of early career researchers: Coordination of the
working group of early career researcher, strategy development, trainings
- Communication with Universities, search and appointment procedures
- Contact for matters of DFG Programmes (in cooperation with Dr. C. Merz, DFG-Beauftrager des ZALF)
- Contact for science transfer activities
Contact person:
Dr. Maja Tesmer
Working Areas
- Coordination of national and international calls for proposals
- Contact for national and international funding-programmes
- Contact to funding authorities
- ZALF cooperation and partnerships
Contact person:
Dr. Ulrike Hagemann
Working Areas
- Organisation of and contribution to the development and realisation of the ZALF research strategy
- Development and implementation of organisational structures, internal evaluation procedures and competitive procedures
- Design and organisation of ZALF-internal measures to promote integrative research
Public relations and press
Contact person:
Hendrik Schneider (Head)
Secretary:
Margitta Mittelstedt
Staff: Julia Lidauer
Staff:
Tom Baumeister
Working Areas
- Public relations and press
- Event management
- Internal communication
- ZALF-Media
- Corporate Design
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