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
2020 – 2022
Chair
Prof. Dr. Monika Rhein
University of Bremen
Secretariat
Dr. Linn Sanguineti
University of Bremen
Members
Dr. Christoph Gaedicke
BGR Hannover
Prof. Dr. Karsten Gohl
AWI Bremerhaven
Prof. Dr. Martin Horwath
University of Dresden
Prof. Dr. Torsten Kanzow
AWI Bremerhaven
Prof. Dr. Ulf Karsten
University of Rostock
Prof. Dr. Guido Grosse
AWI Potsdam
Dr. Andreas Läufer
BGR Hannover
Prof. Dr. J. Otto Habeck
University of Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Hagen
University of Bremen
Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius
Director AWI
Dr. Uwe Nixdorf
AWI Bremerhaven
Prof. Dr. Petra Quillfeldt
University of Giessen
Prof. Dr. Manfred Wendisch
University of Leipzig
Dr. Annette Rinke
AWI Potsdam
Dr. Gunnar Spreen
University of Bremen
DFG contact
Dr. Susanne Faulhaber
DFG – German Research Foundation
Physics, Mathematics, Geosciences