Working Areas

 

​​​​​​​The directorate is committed to all tasks in the responsibility of the Scientific Director, in particular:

• Development of the strategic scientific research program
  
• 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
• Coordination of science transfer activities
• Press and public relations

 

Scientific Director

Prof. Dr. Frank A. Ewert

Assistance and organisation

 Ute Baumgärtel

Administration

Anke Hollburg

Research coordination 

 

Dr. Klaus Jacob

• Office of the Executive Board
• Strategic science management
• Joint appointments with universities
• Network management

Strategic science management

 

 Katharina Brüser - team coordination

• Strategy and organizational development
• Internal and external evaluations (Leibniz Evaluations, audits), reporting, processes
  
• Establishment and integration of the Innovation Center for Agricultural Systems Transformation (IAT) 
  
• Early Career Researcher Strategy 
  
• Coordination of boards and tasks forces
• Strategy and support measures for early career researchers
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 Dr. Christiane Schulz-Polenz (on parental leave)

• Further development and implementation of the ZALF research strategy
• Coordination of boards and committees (ZALF Research Commission, strategy retreats, Scientific Advisory Board)
  
• Support of external and internal evaluation procedures
• ZALF-internal measures for integrative research (Integrated Priority Projects, ZALF Fellowships, ZALF Scientific Events)
  
• Substitute for Executive Board meetings, ZALF Council, Tenure Track System

  Dr. Andrea Kern 

• Coordination of boards and committees (Research Commission, Scientific Advisory Board) 
• ZALF-internal measures for integrative research (Integrated Priority Projects, ZALF Fellowships, ZALF Scientific Events) 
  
• Supervision of ZALF Tenure Track procedures (procedures within the framework of the Innovation Center for Agricultural System Transformation) 
  
  

 Dr. Susanne Kramer

• Coordination of the ZALF tenure track system
• Strategic cooperation and partnerships
• Coordination and contribution to audits and reports
• Support of ZALF-Council
  
  
  
  

 

  Dr. Kerstin Seier​

• Research funding: information and support for project applications, fellowships and junior research group applications
• Coordination of national, international and EU calls for proposals
• Contact to funding institutions
  
• Matters relating to the promotion of young academics and tenure track procedures​
  

Dr. Sandra Kerbler (on parental leave)​

• Support of early career researchers and coordination of ECR -programm; training courses, events, monitoring
• Organisation of ZALF Scientific Events

  Living Labs: Julia Gunnoltz

• ​Designing stakeholder interactions in agricultural real-world laboratories 
• Dialogue with stakeholders and network management
• Innovations management and innovation research​
  
  
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  Student assistant: Nefeli Kordela 

• Support for dialog with stakeholders and network management ​
  

  Student assistant: Lena Domke

• Support for event organization under the responsibility of the Directorate and internal communication
  
• Supporting the formats for promoting young academics (including in-house training, colloquia, information events) ​
  
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Public relations and press

Head: Hendrik Schneider 

• ​Managing communication relationships with all relevant internal and external stakeholders ​
• Strategic communication planning and consulting 
• Communication strategy of the institute 
• Policy advice 
• AI representative  ​
  
  

Secretary: Katja Ehrlich

Communication Specialist: Sibylle Krickel

• Press and media relations
  
• Social media relations
  
• Events
  

Communication Specialist: Tanja Kollersberger

• Head of Communications “SynAgriPV”
  

Communication Specialist: Tom Baumeister

• Graphics & Corporate Design
  
• Editorial management querFELDein & FELD magazine 
  
• Annual report 
  

Event Manager: Lisa Brandt

• Head of Congress and Conference Management  
  

Communication Specialist: Elke Thiele

• Head of Communications "Land-Innovation-Lausitz"
  

Trainee: Annika Grabau (Volontariat)

• Press and media relations 
  
• Social media relations 
  
• Event management 
  
• Internal communication​
  

​Student Assistant: Helene Moritz

• Social Media Relations querFELDein​

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