Staff

The institute has over 180 employees, including around 130 researchers. Scientists, economists, social scientists, lawyers and communications experts work together closely in project teams. 

Staff

Executive Board

Jan Peter Schemmel
Jan Peter Schemmel
CEO
Phone: +49 30 405085-320
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Susanne Fröschl
Susanne Fröschl
Executive Director
Phone: +49-761/45295-214
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Anke Herold
Anke Herold
Executive Director
Phone: +49 30 405085-386
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Sophie Baar
Assistant of the Executive Board
Phone: +49 761 45295-242
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Andrea Droste
Andrea Droste
Assistant of the Executive Board
Phone: +49 761 45295-249
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Johanna Stumm
Johanna Stumm
Executive Assistant
Phone: +49 761 45295-298
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Cristina Urrutia
Executive Assistant
Phone: +49 30 405085-344
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Andrea Zerwes
Executive Assistant
Phone: +49 30 405085-361
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Nuclear Engineering & Facility Safety

Dr. Christoph Pistner
Dr. Christoph Pistner
Head of Division
Phone: +49 6151 8191-190
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Christian Küppers
Christian Küppers
Deputy Head of Division
Phone: +49 6151 8191-123
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Dr. Bettina Brohmann
Dr. Bettina Brohmann
Research Coordinator for Transdisciplinary Studies
Phone: +49 6151 8191-135
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Dr. Saleem Chaudry
Dr. Saleem Chaudry
Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-142
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Manuel Claus
Manuel Claus
Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-143
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Matthias Englert
Matthias Englert
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-157
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Judith Krohn
Judith Krohn
Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-160
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Stephan Kurth
Head of subdivision
Phone: +49 6151 8191-108
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Dr. Melanie Mbah
Dr. Melanie Mbah
Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295 237
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Simone Mohr
Simone Mohr
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-122
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Julia Mareike Neles
Julia Mareike Neles
Head of Nuclear Waste Management Subdivision
Phone: +49 6151 8191-122
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Brigitte Schulda
Brigitte Schulda
Assistance
Phone: +49 6151 8191-145
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Angelika Spieth-Achtnich
Angelika Spieth-Achtnich
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-155
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Dr. Veronika Ustohalova
Dr. Veronika Ustohalova
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-151
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Eva Langenbach
Eva Langenbach
Secretrary
Phone: +49 6151 8191-122
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Energy & Climate

Dr. Veit Bürger
Dr. Veit Bürger
Deputy Head of Energy & Climate Division (Freiburg)
Phone: +49 761 45295-259
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Dr. Martin Cames
Dr. Martin Cames
Head of Energy & Climate Division (Berlin)
Phone: +49 30 405085-383
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Katja Hünecke
Katja Hünecke
Deputy Head of Energy & Climate Division (Darmstadt)
Phone: +49 6151 8191-132
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Julia Repenning
Julia Repenning
Deputy Head of Energy & Climate Division (Berlin)
Phone: +49 30 405085-384
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Dr. Katja Schumacher
Dr. Katja Schumacher
Deputy Head of Energy & Climate Division (Berlin)
Phone: +49 30 405085-321
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Christof Timpe
Christof Timpe
Head of Energy & Climate Division (Freiburg/Darmstadt)
Phone: +49 761 45295-225
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Dr. Dierk Bauknecht
Dr. Dierk Bauknecht
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-230
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Anke Benndorf
Phone: +49 30 405085-309
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Dr. Hannes Böttcher
Dr. Hannes Böttcher
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-389
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Dr. Sibylle Braungardt
Dr. Sibylle Braungardt
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-294
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Emily Castro
Guest researcher / Alexander von Humboldt International Climate Protection Fellow
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Dr. Johanna Cludius
Dr. Johanna Cludius
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-375
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Vanessa Cook
Specialist Translator
Phone: +49 30 405085-379
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Lukas Emele
Lukas Emele
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-364
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Felix Fallasch
Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-317
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Franziska Flachsbarth
Franziska Flachsbarth
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-289
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Dr. Hannah Förster
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-330
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Sabine Gores
Sabine Gores
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-325
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Jakob Graichen
Jakob Graichen
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-366
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Verena Graichen
Verena Graichen
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-330
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Dr. Markus Haller
Dr. Markus Haller
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-293
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Dr. Ralph O. Harthan
Dr. Ralph O. Harthan
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-330
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Sean Healy
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 170 782 3414
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Christoph Heinemann
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-228
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Dr. Klaus Hennenberg
Dr. Klaus Hennenberg
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-177
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Hauke Hermann
Hauke Hermann
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-330
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Dr. Tilman Hesse
Dr. Tilman Hesse
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-287
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Wolfram Jörß
Wolfram Jörß
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-328
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Tanja Kenkmann
Tanja Kenkmann
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-263
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Dr. Matthias Koch
Dr. Matthias Koch
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-218
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Benjamin Köhler
Benjamin Köhler
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-295
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Victoria Liste
Research Assistant
Phone: +49 30 405085-316
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Charlotte Loreck
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-330
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Dr. Sylvie Ludig
Dr. Sylvie Ludig
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-330
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Dr. Felix Christian Matthes
Dr. Felix Christian Matthes
Research Coordinator for Energy & Climate policy
Phone: +49 30 405085-330
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Dr. Roman Mendelevitch
Dr. Roman Mendelevitch
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-330
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Lorenz Moosmann
Lorenz Moosmann
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-367
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Christian Nissen
Christian Nissen
Research Assistant
Phone: +49 30 405085-335
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Viktoria Noka
Research Assistant
Phone: +49 30 405085-322
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Sebastian Palacios
Sebastian Palacios
Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-250
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Lothar Rausch
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-148
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Judith Reise
Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-310
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David Ritter
David Ritter
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-280
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Margarethe Scheffler
Margarethe Scheffler
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-339
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Dr. Lambert Schneider
Dr. Lambert Schneider
Research Coordinator for International Climate Policy
Phone: +49 30 405085-304
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Dominik Seebach
Dominik Seebach
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-227
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Anne Siemons
Anne Siemons
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-290
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Moritz Vogel
Moritz Vogel
Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-226
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Kirsten Wiegmann
Kirsten Wiegmann
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-137
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Dr. Marion Wingenbach
Dr. Marion Wingenbach
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-274
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Christian Winger
Christian Winger
Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-239
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Nora Wissner
Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-394
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Carina Zell-Ziegler
Carina Zell-Ziegler
Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-311
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Alexander Zerrahn
Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-395
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Anja Herold
Controlling
Phone: +49 761 45295-219
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Denise Kunert
Controlling
Phone: +49 30 405085-336
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Jessica Reißig
Project Assistant
Phone: +49 30 405085-374
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Kerstin Borkowski
Kerstin Borkowski
Project Assistant
Phone: +49 6151 8191-140
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Patricia Kirstetter
Secretary
Phone: +49 761 45295-225
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Katharina Medina Caballero
Katharina Medina Caballero
Secretary
Phone: +49 30 405085-330
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Sustainable Products & Material Flows

Carl-Otto Gensch
Carl-Otto Gensch
Head of Division
Phone: +49 761 45295-241
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Kathrin Graulich
Kathrin Graulich
Deputy Head of Division
Phone: +49 761 45295-251
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Rasmus Prieß
Rasmus Prieß
Deputy Head of Division
Phone: +49 761 45295-264
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Dr. Florian Antony
Dr. Florian Antony
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-260
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Yifaat Baron
Yifaat Baron
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-266
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Prof. Dr. Dirk Bunke
Prof. Dr. Dirk Bunke
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-246
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Dr. Corinna Fischer
Dr. Corinna Fischer
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-223
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Jens Gröger
Jens Gröger
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-378
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Gerolf Hanke
Gerolf Hanke
Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-223
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Inga Hilbert
Inga Hilbert
Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-232
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Dr. Andreas Köhler
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-283
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Ran Liu
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-327
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Viviana López Hernández
Viviana López Hernández
Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-297
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Clara Löw
Clara Löw
Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-276
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Andreas Manhart
Andreas Manhart
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-0
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Dr. Mirja Michalscheck
Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-240
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Katja Moch
Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-265
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Martin Möller
Martin Möller
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-256
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Siddharth Prakash
Siddharth Prakash
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-244
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Dr. Dietlinde Quack
Dr. Dietlinde Quack
Senior researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-248
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Ina Rüdenauer
Ina Rüdenauer
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-254
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Tobias Schleicher
Tobias Schleicher
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-277
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Dr. Jenny Teufel
Dr. Jenny Teufel
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 761 45295-252
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Ilka Klee
Project Assistant
Phone: +49 761 45295-231
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Birte Lüders
Birte Lüders
Research Assistant
Phone: +49 761 45295-292
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Kevin Stuber-Rousselle
Research Assistant
Phone: +49 761 45295-215
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Barbara Hochscheid
Barbara Hochscheid
Secretary
Phone: +49 761 45295-245
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Carola Metz
Carola Metz
Secretary
Phone: +49 761 45295-238
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Marvin Reusch
Marvin Reusch
Secretary
Phone: +49 761 45295-254
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Resources & Transport

Dr. Matthias Buchert
Dr. Matthias Buchert
Head of Division
Phone: +49 6151 8191-147
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Stefanie Degreif
Stefanie Degreif
Deputy head of Division
Phone: +49 6151 8191-125
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Florian Hacker
Florian Hacker
Deputy head of Division
Phone: +49 30 405085-373
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Dr. Wiebke Zimmer
Dr. Wiebke Zimmer
Deputy Head of Division
Phone: +49 30 405085-331
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Dr. Johannes Betz
Dr. Johannes Betz
Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-174
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Ruth Blanck
Ruth Blanck
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-305
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Dr. Winfried Bulach
Dr. Winfried Bulach
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-144
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Günter Dehoust
Günter Dehoust
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-355
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Peter Dolega
Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-102
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Dr. Katharina Göckeler
Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-312
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Wolf Görz
Wolf Görz
Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-385
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Martin Gsell
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-351
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Diana Hay
Diana Hay
Research Assistant
Phone: +49 6151 8191-181
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Dr. Michael Jakob
Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-301
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Peter Kasten
Peter Kasten
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-349
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Dr. Izabela Kosińska-Terrade
Dr. Izabela Kosińska-Terrade
Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-161
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Konstantin Kreye
Research Assistant
Phone: +49 30 405085-315
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Cornelia Merz
Cornelia Merz
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-103
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Lukas Minnich
Lukas Minnich
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-159
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Alexandra Möck
Alexandra Möck
Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-302
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Moritz Mottschall
Moritz Mottschall
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-377
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Dr. Hartmut Stahl
Dr. Hartmut Stahl
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-180
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Jürgen Sutter
Jürgen Sutter
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-152
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Tobias Wagner
Tobias Wagner
Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-138
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Dr. Manuela Weber
Dr. Manuela Weber
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-382
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Ulrike Heutmanek
Ulrike Heutmanek
Secretary
Phone: +49 6151 8191-149
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Christine Lohrberg
Secretary
Phone: +49 30 405085-307
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Ulrike Meyer-Hanschen
Ulrike Meyer-Hanschen
Secretary
Phone: +49 30 405085-331
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Yvonne Stipp
Secretary
Phone: +49 6151 8191-101
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Environmental Law & Governance

Christoph Brunn
Christoph Brunn
Deputy Head of Division
Phone: +49 6151 8191-128
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Friedhelm Keimeyer
Friedhelm Keimeyer
Deputy Head of Division
Phone: +49 30 405085-308
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Franziska Wolff
Franziska Wolff
Head of Division
Phone: +49 30 405085-371
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Dr. Peter Gailhofer
Dr. Peter Gailhofer
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-352
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Andreas Hermann, LL.M.
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-158
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Dirk Arne Heyen
Dirk Arne Heyen
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-356
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Dr. Nele Kampffmeyer
Dr. Nele Kampffmeyer
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 30 405085-346
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Cara-Sophie Scherf
Cara-Sophie Scherf
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-105
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Silvia Schütte
Silvia Schütte
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 6151 8191-134
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Michelle Monteforte
Michelle Monteforte
Project Assistant / Secretariat
Phone: +49 30 405085-347
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Inse Warich
Inse Warich
Assistant / Secretariat
Phone: +49 6151 8191-106
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Public Relations & Communications Department

Mandy Schoßig
Mandy Schoßig
Head of Department
Phone: +49 30 405085-334
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Markus Werz
Deputy Head of Department
Phone: +49 761 45295-229
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Anette Nickels
Anette Nickels
Public Relation Officer
Phone: +49 6151 8191-141
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Hannah Oldenburg
Assistance
Phone: +49 30 405085-358
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Clara Wisotzky
Clara Wisotzky
Assistance (on parental leave)
Phone: +49 30 405085-358
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Finance & Accounting Department

André Nelius
André Nelius
Head of Department
Phone: +49 761 45295-273
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Klaus Diebitsch
Klaus Diebitsch
Deputy Head of Department
Phone: +49 761 45295-235
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Heike Hülser
Staff
Phone: +49 761 45295-0
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Katrin Pansa
Staff
Phone: +49 761 45295-282
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Priska Rambach
Staff
Phone: +49 761 45295-0
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Susanne Roßbach
Staff
Phone: +49 761 45295-236
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Gabriele Schäuble
Staff
Phone: +49 761 45295-220
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Tenders & Contracts Department

Annette Feyka
Deputy Head of Department
Phone: +49 761 45295-258
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Martina Straßer
Head of Department
Phone: +49 761 45295-234
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Natascha Hog
Natascha Hog
Assistant
Phone: +49 761 45295-291
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Lisa Tenk
Lisa Tenk
Staff
Phone: +49 761 45295-234
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IT Department

Harald Schätzle
Deputy Head of Department
Phone: +49 761 45295-0
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Dieter Stork
Head of Department
Phone: +49 6151 8191-168
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Marcell Hug
Staff
Phone: +49 6151 8191-121
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Nico Krauße
Staff
Phone: +49 30 405085-368
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Human Resources

Rüdiger Behrend
Head of Human Resources
Phone: +49 761 45295-221
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Andrea Boms
Andrea Boms
Assistant
Phone: +49 761 45295-262
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Christa von Elterlein
Staff
Phone: +49 761 45295-0
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Gudrun Wursthorn
Gudrun Wursthorn
Staff
Phone: +49 761 45295-279
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Main secretarial department

Marion Frank
Marion Frank
Staff
Phone: +49 761 45295-213
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Alenka Pasche
Alenka Pasche
Staff
Phone: +49 30 405085-326
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André Opitz
Staff
Phone: +49 30 405085-380
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Telephone exchange

Elfriede Barth
Elfriede Barth
Staff
Phone: +49 6151 8191-0
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Elisabeth Eisele
Staff
Phone: +49 6151 8191-0
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