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Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesDepartment of Geosciences

Organisation

Steering Committee and spokesperson

The GSGS is led by a Steering Committee (Lenkungsausschuss) consisting of (term of office in brackets)

  • three advisors (professors) representing one or two of the subjects in which a doctorate can be pursued within the Department of Geosciences (two years):
  • one non-professorial academic staff member with a doctorate degree (two years)
  • two doctoral candidates; one is an academic staff member (>49% contract, two years) and one has 'student' status (<50% contract, scholarship, etc., one year).

The spokesperson of the GSGS leads the GSGS Steering Committee, which normally meets twice a year. The GSGS coordinator is a consulting member of the Steering Committee, without a vote.

Statutes and elections

Since 12 February, 2021 the statutes (Ordnung) of the GSGS have been in place. According to the statutes, the members of the Steering Committee and a deputy for each member are elected by the General Assembly.

General Assembly (Mitgliederversammlung)

The General Assembly takes place at least once a year (planned in May) and is aimed at informing GSGS members regularly.

The last General Assembly took place on 26 April, 2024. The current committee members are listed below.

Doctoral candidate representatives are encouraged to join the GSGS Doctoral Council, a self-governing body. Regular meetings of the GSGS Doctoral Council with the GSGS coordinator ensure direct communication in the assessment of candidates’ needs. More information on member representation.

Current GSGS Steering Committee

Past GSGS Steering Commitee members and terms of office

NameRepresentative of the discipline / groupstart of officeend of office
Dr Amelie BernzenAcademic staff20142015
Dr Steven BinnieAcademic staff2021ongoing (deputy) until June 2026
Barbara BlancoDoctoral candidates20212023
Prof Boris Braun (spokesperson since 2016)Advisors, Geography2014ongoing until June 2026
Prof Helmut BrücknerAdvisors, Human and Physical Geography20142016
Prof Susanne CrewellAdvisors, Geophysics, Meteorology20142019
Prof Tibor Dunai (spokesperson 2014-2016)Advisors, Geology/Paleontology
Mineralogy/Petrology and
Crystallography		20142019
Dr Kerstin EbellAcademic staff2014ongoing until June 2026
Prof Patrick GrunertAdvisors, Geology & Mineralogy, Crystallography20192025
Leonie HesselmannDoctoral candidates2025ongoing until June 2026
Sascha JanserDoctoral candidates20192020
Sebastian KommescherDoctoral candidates20182019
Sarah LuftDoctoral candidates20202023
Prof Tim MansfeldAdvisors, Human and Physical Geography20172021
Linda MaßonDoctoral candidates20232024
Prof Martin MellesAdvisors, Geology/Paleontology
Mineralogy/Petrology and
Crystallography		20142016
Katharina MolitorDoctoral candidates20162019
Gibson MulokoziDoctoral candidates2025ongoing (deputy) until June 2026
Prof Roel NeggersAdvisors, Geophysics, Meteorology2019ongoing until June 2026
Alexander PscheraDoctoral candidates2025ongoing (deputy) until June 2026
Sarah RabeDoctoral candidates20212022
Stephanie ReillyDoctoral candidates20182020
Felix ReizeDoctoral candidates2024ongoing until June 2026
Prof Dr Janet RethemeyerAdvisors, Geology & Mineralogy, Crystallography2025ongoing (deputy) until June 2026
Jun.-Prof. Dr Svenja RiedeselAdvisors, Geography2025ongoing (deputy) until June 2026
Camila Riffo ContrerasDoctoral candidates20232025
Prof Joachim SaurAdvisors, Geophysics, Meteorology20142025
Stephan SchlegelDoctoral candidates20202023
Maxwell M. ThiemensDoctoral candidates20152018
Julia van de LöchtDoctoral candidates20142015
Thirza van LaarDoctoral candidates20152016
Prof Dr Nikki VercauterenAdvisors, Geophysics, Meteorology2025ongoing (deputy) until June 2026
Prof Bernd WagnerAdvisors, Geology & Mineralogy, Crystallography2016ongoing until June 2026
Dr Alexandre WennmacherAcademic staff20152021
Sebastian WienekeDoctoral candidates20142015
Mirijam ZickelDoctoral candidates20242025