The Supervisory Board
The groundbreaking decisions regarding the content and organisation of the DBFZ development are taken by the Supervisory Board, which is chaired by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Other members are the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport and the Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture. The Supervisory Board meets twice a year at the DBFZ.
Member | Function | Organisation |
Olaf Schäfer (Chairman) | Ministerial Director Head of Department 52 "Sustainability, regrowable resources and Biodiversity" | Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture |
Dr. Jürgen Jakobs | Ministerial Councillor Division G I 4 Research Officer of the BMUV, Environmental Research, Science, Coordination Technical Supervision UBA | Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection |
Daniel Gellner | Head of Department 3 "Agriculture and Forestry" | Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture |
Dr. Christine Falken-Großer | Head of Unit IIA2 - Bilateral Energy Policy Cooperation | Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action |
Dr. Kerstin Zimmermann | Senior Government Councillor, Department 7 (Provision for the Future), Department 722 "Energy, Hydrogen Technologies" | Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Birgit Breitfuß-Renner | Head of Subdepartment G2, Environment and Noise Control | Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport |
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