Tasks
The Board of Trustees decides on the general and financial affairs of the Foundation, taking into account the opinion of the Scientific Advisory Board. It monitors the legality, expediency and financial efficiency of the Foundation's business management.
Members
- MinDirig Daniel Rudolf (as of 01.10.2025) | Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), UAL F2 (Chair)
- Staatssekretär Tobias Dünow (as of 17.02.2020) |Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg (MWFK) (Vice Chair)
- Dr Uta Alisch (as of 06.09.2021) | GICON® Resources GmbH
- Dr Silvio Bonaccio (as of 06.09.2025) | ETH Zurich
- Prof. Dr Christoph Hilgers (as of 06.09.2025) | KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Dr Lutz Katzschmann (as of 06.09.2025) | Thuringian State Office for the Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation (TLUBN)
- Anne Preger (as of 06.09.2025) | freelance science journalist (including Deutschlandfunk, WDR)
- Elke Redemann-Paul (as of 06.09.2025) | Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE), Ref. IVB1 Mineralische Rohstoffe, Kreislaufwirtschaft und Fachaufsicht BGR
- Prof. Dr Wolfgang Wahlster (as of 12.08.2022) | German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)