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
Assistance and organisation
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
- Strategy and organizational development
- Design and implementation of internal and external quality assurance (Leibniz Evaluations, audits), reporting
- Strategy and support measure for early career researchers
- Responsible for boards and internal tasks forces
- Contribution to knowledge transfer strategy and measures at ZALF
- Joint appointments with universities
Contact person: Dr. Madlen Walther
Working Areas
- Coordination of national and international calls for proposals
- Research management and strategy
- Research funding: information and support
- Coordination and support for EU calls
- Support for Young Researchers Groups
- Contact to funding authorities
Contact person:
Christiane Wolf Suzuki, Dr. Susanne Kramer
Working Areas
- Contact for science transfer activities
- Tenure Track System
- Compilation ZALF Programme Budget
- Strategic cooperations and partnerships
- Academic appointment processes
Contact person:
Dr. Christiane Schulz
Working Areas
- Organization of and participation in processes for the further development and implementation of the ZALF research strategy
- Strategic development of ZALF’s internal organizational structures
- Organization, supervision and development of the ZALF Tenure Track System
- Organization, monitoring and implementation of external (e.g. Leibniz evaluation, Audit of the Scientific Advisory Board) and internal evaluation procedures (e.g. WG evaluation)
- Organization, preparation and support of committee meetings, especially ZALF Research Commissions and Strategy Retreats
- Contribution to the ZALF Programme Budget (preparation, coordination and technical integration of the research programme as well as the scientific performance goals)
- Design and organisation of ZALF-internal measures to promote integrative research
Public relations and press
Contact person:
Hendrik Schneider (Head)
Secretary:
Margitta Mittelstedt,
Sarah Distelkam
Staff: Sibylle Krickel
Staff:
Tom Baumeister
Working Areas
- Public relations and press
- Event management
- Internal communication
- ZALF-Media
- Corporate Design
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