Antje Boetius
Director of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Professor Antje Boetius is a polar and deep-sea researcher and director of the Alfred Wegener Institute at Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research.
As a professor of geomicrobiology and head of the Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, she is involved in the MARUM cluster of excellence at the University of Bremen.
Boetius has taken part in almost 50 expeditions on international research vessels. Her research focuses on the effects of climate change on the Arctic Ocean and the biodiversity of the deep sea. She is the recipient of the DFG’s Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz and Communicator prizes, the German Environmental Award 2018 and was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit in 2019.
As a member of the “Leopoldina National Academy”, she is heavily involved in science communication and dialogue with society.
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Inger Andersen
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius
Director of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Ulrike Decoene
Chief Communications, Brand and Sustainability Officer and Member of AXA’s Management Committee
Prof. Dr. Colin Devey
Oceanic Volcanism – Research Division “Dynamics of the Ocean Floor”, GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
António Guterres
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Prof. Dr. Gideon Henderson
Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), United Kingdom
The Honorable Bernadette Jordan
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, South Shore – St. Margarets, Canada
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The Honorable Dr. Jane Lubchenco
Deputy Director for Climate and Environment, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Gesine Meissner
Former MEP, Chair National Committee for the UN Decade Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Dr. Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany
Dr. Vladimir Ryabinin
Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO
