Directorate

Board of Directors

Professor Dr. Katja Matthes
Director 
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Wischhofstraße 1-3, Building No.5, Room 5.101
24148 Kiel, Germany 
Phone: +49 431 600 2800
director(at)geomar.de

Frank Spiekermann
Administrative Director
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

Wischhofstraße 1-3, Building No. 5, Room 5.120
24148 Kiel, Germany
Phone: +49 431 600 2600
verwaltungsdirektor(at)geomar.de

Director's Office

The Director's Office is responsible for coordinating the concerns of the Director and the Administrative Director. To ensure that scheduling can be prioritized and processed in the best possible way, please send all appointment and event requests

for the Scientific Director to office-director(at)geomar.de and
for the Administrative Director to verwaltungsdirektor(at)geomar.de

Director's Office Head
Ute Ehlers
Phone: +49 431 600-2601
uehlers(at)geomar.de

Director's Office Assistant
Beate Poeske
Phone: +49 431 600-2801
bpoeske(at)geomar.de

Director's Office Assistant
Simone Voßschulte
Phone: +49 431 600-2820
svossschulte(at)geomar.de

 

Officers

Scientific Officer Committees, Reporting, Appointments and Cooperation CAU
Dr. Jan Helmke
Phone: +49 431 600-2818
jhelmke(at)geomar.de

Director's Officer
Christine Utecht
Phone: +49 431 600 2116
cutecht(at)geomar.de

Scientific Officer and Coordinator for the Helmholtz Climate Initiative
Timon Graf
Phone: +49 431 600-2888
tgraf(at)geomar.de

Personal Assistant Administrative Director
Christina Unnewehr
Phone: +49 431 600-2602
cunnewehr(at)geomar.de

 

Heads of Research Divisions

Research Division 1: Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics:
Prof. Dr. Martin Frank,
Phone: +49 431 600-2218, mfrank(at)geomar.de
Deputy: Prof. Dr. Peter Brandt, Phone: +49 431 600-4105, pbrandt(at)geomar.de
Office Management/Administrative Assistant:
Silke Gesinn, Phone: +49 431 600-2215, sgesinn(at)geomar.de

Research Division 2: Marine Biogeochemistry:
Prof. Dr. Anja Engel, Phone: +49 431 600 1510, aengel(at)geomar.de
Deputy: Prof. Dr. Jens Greinert, Phone: +49 431 600 2590, jgreinert(at)geomar.de
Office Management/Administrative Assistant:
Silvana Gagliardi, Phone: +49 431 600-4445, sgagliardi(at)geomar.de
Scientific Coordinator:
Daniela Henkel, Phone: +49 431 600-2111, dhenkel(at)geomar.de

Research Division 3: Marine Ecology:
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Reusch, Phone: +49 431 600 4550, treusch(at)geomar.de
Deputy: Prof. Dr. Ute Hentschel Humeida, Phone: +49 431 600 4480, uhentschel(at)geomar.de
Office Management/Administrative Assistant:
Cornelia Rüther, Phone: +49 431 600-4551, cruether(at)geomar.de

Research Division 4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor:
Prof. Dr. Heidrun Kopp, Phone: +49 431 600 2334, hkopp(at)geomar.de
Deputy: Prof. Dr. Colin Devey, Phone: +49 431 600 2257, cdevey(at)geomar.de
Office Management/Administrative Assistant:
Anne Völsch, Phone: +49 431 600-2271, avoelsch(at)geomar.de

 

Directorate

National and International Affairs
Dr. Başak Kısakürek Ibsen
Tel.: +49 431 600-2836
bkisakurek(at)geomar.de

Research Funding and Transfer
Kathrin Krüger-Borgwardt
Tel.: +49 431 600-2322
kkrueger-borgwardt(at)geomar.de

Early Career Support and Staff Development
Acting head: Stefanie Nebendahl
Tel.: +49 431 600-2857
snebendahl(at)geomar.de

Communication and Media
Anna Niewerth
Tel. +49 431 600-2812
aniewerth(at)geomar.de

Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Sören Lorenz
Tel.: +49 431 600-2270
slorenz(at)geomar.de

Health, Safety and Environment Protection (HSE)
Acting head: Benjamin Roloff
Tel.: +49 431 600-2528
broloff(at)geomar.de

Export Control and Customs
Daniela Schmitt
Tel.: +49 431 600-1682
dschmitt(at)geomar.de

Internal Audit
Stefan Simon
Tel.: +49 431 600-2549
ssimon(at)geomar.de

Sustainability Management
Klara Marquardt
Tel.: +49 431 600-2555
kmarquardt(at)geomar.de

Gender Equality & Diversity (GE&D)
Nikole Lorenz
Tel.:+49 431 600 2622
gender-diversity(at)geomar.de

 

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    Wischhofstr. 1-3
    D-24148 Kiel
    Germany
    Tel.: +49-431 600-0
    Fax: +49-431 600-2805
    E-mail: info(at)geomar.de
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