Antje Boetius
Director of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
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.
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
Director of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Chief Communications, Brand and Sustainability Officer and Member of AXA’s Management Committee
Oceanic Volcanism – Research Division “Dynamics of the Ocean Floor”, GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), United Kingdom
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, South Shore – St. Margarets, Canada
Deputy Director for Climate and Environment, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Former MEP, Chair National Committee for the UN Decade Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Chancellor of Germany
Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO