Board of Trustees

The Foundation’s Board of Trustees sets the principles for the Foundation’s work and the Kolleg’s long-term goals, monitoring the other committees. It has four automatic members as representatives of the founders. Additional members are not appointed.


Photo: Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung

Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Ursula Gather

Chair of the Board of Trustees of the
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, Essen 

Chair

about

Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Ursula Gather has been the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation since 2013. From 2008 to 2020 she was Rector of the Technical University of Dortmund. Until she took on her university position, she held the Chair of Mathematical Statistics and Industrial Applications at the Technical University of Dortmund.

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Professor Dr. Gabriele Sadowski

Member of the Board of Trustees for the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, Essen

Vice Chair

about

Professor Dr. Gabriele Sadowski is a chemist. Since 2001 she has been a professor of thermodynamics at the Technical University of Dortmund. In 2022 Gabriele Sadowski was appointed to the Science Council. In addition, she has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation since 2022.

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Bettina Martin

Minister for Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

about

Bettina Martin has been Minister for Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs for the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania since 2021. Previously, she was Minister for Education, Science and Culture from 2019 to 2021. 

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Professor Dr. Katharina Riedel

Rector of the University of Greifswald 

about

Professor Dr. Katharina Riedel has been Rector of the University of Greifswald since 2021. Since 2011 she has held the chair for microbiology at the University of Greifswald.