The German Research Foundation DFG established the National Committee SCAR/IASC in January 1992. The National Committee serves as the national correspondence body to the Scientific Committee on Antartic Research (SCAR) and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC). In addition, the National Committee plans and coordinates the activities of German university research in the field of polar research together with the Alfred Wegener Institute and the relevant federal institutions, which also provide the necessary logistics for university research.
The National Committee coordinates its work with the relevant DFG senate commissions for geosciences.
Who we are
2023 – 2025
Chair
Prof. Dr. Monika Rhein
University of Bremen
Secretariat
Dr. Linn Sanguineti
University of Bremen
Members
Prof. Dr. Petra Quillfeldt
University of Giessen
Vice-chair
Prof. Dr. Maarten Boersma
Interim director AWI
Prof. Dr. Christoph Gaedicke
University of Hannover
Prof. Dr. Guido Grosse
AWI Potsdam
Prof. Dr. J. Otto Habeck
University of Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Hagen
University of Bremen
Dr. Dörthe Handorf
AWI Potsdam
Dr. Judith Hauck
AWI Bremerhaven
Prof. Dr. Ulf Karsten
University of Rostock
Dr. Andreas Läufer
BGR Hannover
Dr. Uwe Nixdorf
AWI Bremerhaven
Prof. Dr. Henny Piezonka
Freie Universität Berlin
Dr. Mirko Scheinert
Technical University of Dresden
Dr. Gunnar Spreen
University of Bremen
Dr. Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben
AWI Bremerhaven
Prof. Dr. Manfred Wendisch
University of Leipzig