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Former ATB executives

On this page we would like to pay tribute to the people who have shaped and accompanied the Institute in a leading position since its refoundation in 1992: former scientific directors of the ATB, heads of department and chairpersons of the Scientific Advisory Board.

 

Former scientific directors of the ATB

2018 - 2020: Prof. Dr. Annette Prochnow, Scientific Director (acting)

2004 - 2017: Prof. Dr. Reiner Brunsch, Scientific Director (2004-2008 acting)

1993 - 2004: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Zaske, Scientific Director

1992 - 1993: Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Welschof, Founding Director

 

Former Deputy Scientific Directors and Heads of Administration, members of ATB's Executive Board

2007 - 2022, Dr. Uta Tietz, Administrative Head, Administrative Director (2022 acting)

2004 - 2014, Prof. Dr. Bernd Linke

2002 - 2016, Dr. Martin Geyer

2003 – 2007, Dr. Ralf Habelt, Administrative Head

2002 - 2004, Prof. Dr. Reiner Brunsch

1999 - 2003, Dr.-Ing. Eckart Kramer, Administrative Head

1998 - 2002, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Fürll

1997 - 2002 Prof. Dr. Bernd Linke

1992 - 1999, Prof. Dr. Georg Michaelis, Administrative Head

1992 - 1998, Dr.-Ing. Detlef Ehlert

1992 - 1997, Prof. Dr. Dr. Georg Otto

 

Former Department Heads

Dr. Ingo Ackermann (1993 -  2002, Department Technology assessment, from 1996 on Abteilung Technology assessment and substance cycles)

Dr. habil. Klaus Baganz (1992 - 1993, Department Technology assessment)

Prof. Dr. Reiner Brunsch (1997 - 2004, Department Engineering for animal husbandry)

Dr.-Ing. Detlef Ehlert (1992 - 2014, Department Engineering for crop production)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Fürll (1996 – 2008, Department Post harvest technology)

Dr. Martin Geyer (1992 - 2022, Department Horticultural Engineering)

Dr. habil. Jürgen Hellebrand (1992 - 1996, Department Material cycles and energy flows)

Prof. Dr. Bernd Linke (1992 – 2016, Department Bioengineering)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Maltry (1992 - 1996, Department Post harvest technology)

Prof. Dr. Dr. Georg Otto (1992 - 1997, Department Engineering for animal husbandry)

 

Former Chairpersons of the Scientific Advisory Board (alphabetical order)

2017 - 2023, Prof. Dr. Wilfried Winiwarter, University of Zielona Góra, Poland and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

2016 – 2017, Prof. Dr. Uwe Schmidt, Humboldt University Berlin

2009 - 2015, Prof. Dr. Thomas Herlitzius, Technical University Dresden

2002 - 2009, Prof. Dr. Dr. Hermann Auernhammer, Technical University Munich

1993 -1999 , Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Welschof

1992 - 1993, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Schön, Technical University Munich
 

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