Dekanat der Fakultät für Biowissenschaften

Committees & Boards

of the Faculty of Biological Sciences
Dekanat der Fakultät für Biowissenschaften
Image: Thomas Winckler

Members of the Committees of the Faculty of Biological Sciences

  • Faculty Council

    Term: October 2025 until September 2028

    Dean: 

    Professor Dr Thorsten Heinzel, Dean
    Professor Dr Anna Kipp, Vice-Dean
    Professor Dr Jan Schirawski, Dean for Student Affairs

    Professors:

    Professor Dr. Marc Appelhans
    Professor Dr. Aletta Bonn
    Professor Dr. Marc Thilo Figge
    Professor Dr. Susanne Fritz
    Professor Dr. Andreas Hejnol
    Professor Dr. Ilse Jacobsen
    Professor Dr. Janine Kirstein
    Professor Dr. Lars-Oliver Klotz
    Professor Dr. Kai Papenfort
    Professor Dr. Stefan Schuster
    Professor Dr. Philipp Seib
    Professor Dr. Claudia Waskow
    Professor Dr. Julie Zedler

    Research assistants:

    Dr Paul Mike Jordan
    PD Dr Manuela Schmidt
    PD Dr René Thierbach
    PD Dr Volker Wagner

    Students (elected until September 2026):

    Caroline Brandt
    Marcell Gartai
    Carolin Leonhardt
    Johannes Sachs

    Other staff members

    Eva-Maria Franke
    Stefanie Müller-Kröckel
    Steffi Otto
    Tobias Pfeil

    Interest groups

    Professor Dr Julie Zedler, Equal Opportunities Officer
    Professor Dr David J. Green, Diversity Officer
    Claudia-Maria Maruschke, Representative Dr.FSU

  • Faculty Advisory Board

    The Faculty Advisory Board supports the Faculty Council with strategic decisions related to future directions in research and teaching. 

    The following respected persons were elected to constitute the Faculty Advisory Board:

    • Professor Dr Dirk Albach, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Group Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants
    • Professor Dr Claudia Büchel, Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Molecular Bioscience
    • Professor Dr Ulrike Holzgrabe, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Institute of Pharmacy and Food Chemistry
    • Professor Dr Thomas Kietzmann, University of Oulu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
    • Professor Dr Felicitas Pfeifer, Technical University of Darmstadt, Department of Biology
    • Professor Dr Michael Lienhard Schmitz, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Institute for Biochemistry
    • Professor Dr Gerald Rimbach, Kiel University, Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Department of Food Science
  • Budget Committee

    Term: October 2025 until September 2028

    Chairman

    Professor Dr Dirk Hoffmeister

    Professors

    Professor Dr Dirk Hoffmeister (Substitute: Professor Dr Oliver Werz)
    apl. Professor Dr Uwe Hoßfeld (Substitute: Professor Dr Andreas Hejnol)
    Professsor Dr Berit Jungnickel
    Professor Dr Kirsten Küsel
    Professor Dr Stefan Lorkowski
    Professor Dr Maria Mittag (Substitute: Professor Dr Stefan Schuster)
    Professor Dr Kai Papenfort

    Research assistants

    apl. Professor Dr Markus Bernhardt-Römermann 

    Other staff members

    Katrin Erler (Substitute: Tobias Pfeil)

    Students (elected until September 2026):

    Maxi Kockert (Substitute: Teresa Arndt)

    Meetings usually take place on Mondays as a vidoe conference.
    The next meetings are scheduled for the following dates:
    3 Nov 2025, 1 Dec 2025, 5 Jan 2026, 2 Feb 2026, 30 Mar 2026, 4 May 2026, 1 Jun 2026 and 6 Jul 2026

  • Academic Affairs Committee

    Term: October 2025 until September 2028

    Term for students: October 2025 until September 2026

    Professors

    • Christina Brandt
    • Jan Schirawski
    • Andriy Khobta
    • Christian Jogler
    • Janine Kirstein
    • Juli Zedler (Substitute)
    • Thomas Winckler (Substitute)

    Research assistants

    • Markus Bernhardt-Römermann
    • Elke Jung
    • Andreas Seeling
    • Alexander Stößel
    • Maria Witt-Wallert
    • Katrin Krause (Substitute)
    • Markus Werner (Substitute)

    Students

    • Mika Wunnenberg
    • Richard Riebisch
    • Anna Schubert
    • Carolin Leonhardt
    • Cody Brosig
    • Kiara Vollrath (Substitute)
  • Examination Committees

    Examination committee of the Bachelor's degree programmes and the Teacher's Training programmes Biology

    Term: April 2026 – March 2029
    Term for students: April 2026 – March 2027 

    Professors

    • Andriy Khobta 
    • Manuela Nowotny 
    • Rosalind Allen
    • Christina Brandt
    • Uwe Hoßfeld (Substitute)
    • Anna Kipp (Substitute)

    Research assistants

    • Katrin Krause
    • Maren Godmann
    • Alexandra Furch (Substitute)
    • Kristina Loßow (Substitute)

    Students

    • Teresa Arndt (B. Sc. Ernährungswissenschaften)
    • Carolin Leonhardt (Teacher's Training programme Gymnasium Biologie)
    • Louisa Haas (B. Sc. Biochemie/Molekularbiologie / Substitute)
    • Richard Riebisch (B. Sc. Biologie / Substitute)
    • Melina Thomas (B. Sc. Ernährungswissenschaften / Substitute)

    Examination committee of the State Examination programme Pharmacy

    Term: October 2025 – September 2028
    Term for students: October 2025 – September 2026

    Professors

    • Thomas Winckler
    • Dirk Hoffmeister

    Research assistants

    • Andreas Seeling
    • Markus Werner (Substitute)

    Students

    • Yannick Landgraf
    • Willy Urban (Substitute)

    Examination committee of the Master's degree programmes

    Term: April 2026 – March 2029
    Term for students: April 2026 – March 2027 

    Professors

    • Andriy Khobta
    • Günter Theißen
    • Christian Jogler
    • Berit Jungnickel
    • Rosalind Allen (Substitute)
    • Janine Kirstein (Substitute)
    • Christina Brandt (Substitute)

    Research assistants

    • Anne Ebeling
    • Florence Vienne
    • Katrin Krause (Substitute)
    • Roland Schönherr (Substitute)
    • Christian Kosan (Substitute)
    • Volker Wagner (Substitute)
    • Volker Böhm (Substitute)

    Students

    • Clara Kraus (M. Sc. Microbiology)
    • Stefanie Quellmalz (M. Sc. Ernährungswissenschaften / Substitute)
    • Thorben Kirbach (M. Sc. Biochemistry / Substitute)
    • Henk Oppermann (M. Sc. Molecular Life Sciences / Substitute)
    • Greta Störkmann (M. Sc. Evolution, Ecology and Systematics / Substitute)
    • Weijun Qin (M. Sc. Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften / Substitute)

    Examination committee of the Diplom programme Pharmacy

    Term: February 2026 – January 2029

    Professors

    • Prof. Dr. Dirk Hoffmeister
    • Jun.-Prof. Dr. Eduard Preis
    • Prof. Dr. Philipp Seib
    • Prof. Dr. Anja Träger
    • Prof. Dr. Oliver Werz
  • Master Examination Committees

    Term until March 2026

    Microbiology

    Professors

    • Erika Kothe (Chair)
    • Kai Papenfort (Co-Chair)
    • Christian Jogler
    • Ilse Jacobsen
    • Miriam Agler-Rosenbaum (Substitute)

    Research assistants

    • Katrin Krause
    • Kerstin Voigt

    Students

    • Kyra-Larissa Markus

    Molecular Life Sciences

    Professors

    • Julie Zedler (Chair)
    • Maria Mittag
    • Jan Schirawski
    • Aria Baniahmad

    Research assistants

    • Volker Wagner
    • Wassily Dimitriew
    • Alexandra Furch (Substitute)

    Students

    • Henk Oppermann

    Molecular Nutrition/Ernährungswissenschaften

    Professors

    • Anna Kipp (Chair)
    • Lars-Oliver Klotz
    • Stefan Lorkowski
    • Andriy Khobta

    Research assistants

    • Volker Böhm
    • René Thierbach

    Students

    • Stefanie Quellmalz
    • Lisa Doma (Substitute)

    History of Life Sciences

    Professors

    • Christina Brandt (Chair)

    Research assistants

    • Florence Vienne
    • Thomas Bach

    Students

    • Leon Retz
    • Sarah Becker (Substitute)

    Biochemistry

    Professors

    • Berit Jungnickel (Chair)
    • Thorsten Heinzel
    • Bernhard Hube
    • Stefan Heinemann
    • Christian Hertweck (Substitute)

    Research assistants

    • Christian Kosan
    • Roland Schönherr

    Students

    • Dimitra Borik

    Evolution, Ecology and Systematics

    Professors

    • Christine Römermann (Chair)
    • Ulrich Brose (Co-Chair)
    • Holger Schielzeth
    • Andreas Hejnol
    • Marc Appelhans (Substitute)
    • Susanne Fritz (Substitute)

    Research assistants

    • Markus Bernhardt-Römermann
    • Alexander Stössel
    • Stefan Arndt (Substitute)
    • Anne Ebeling (Substitute)

    Students

    • Johannes Sachs
    • Luise Schidlo (Stellvertretung)
    • Greta Störkmann (Stellvertretung)
  • Graduate Committee

    Term: October 2022 until September 2025

    Chair

    Vice-Dean/Dean for Student Affairs

    Members

    • Professor Dr Christina Brandt (Dean for Student Affairs)
    • Professor Dr Thomas Winckler (Vice-Dean)
    • Professor Dr Thorsten Heinzel
    • Professor Dr Andreas Hejnol
    • Professor Dr Ilse Jacobsen

    Interest groups

    • Professor Dr Manuela Nowotny, Equal Opportunities Officer