Leipziger KUBUS. Foto: André Künzelmann/UFZ

Overview contacts

Scientific executive officer

Mr Prof. Dr. Rolf Altenburger
Office: Nathalie Grüneberger
Phone ++49 341 6025-1800
nathalie.grueneberger@ufz.de

Administrative executive officer

Ms Dr. Sabine König
Office: Heike Peters
Phone ++49 341 6025-1801
heike.peters@ufz.de

Centre Development and Scientific Controlling

Dr. Frank Messner
Phone ++49 341 6025-1273

frank.messner@ufz.de

Change Management

Dr. Jula Zimmermann
Phone ++ 49 341 6025-1800
jula.zimmermann@ufz.de


Public Relations

Doris Wolst
Phone ++49 341 6025-1269

frank.messner@ufz.de

Staff Unit Safety

Frank Täschner
Phone ++49 341 6025-1703
frank.taeschner@ufz.de


Staff Unit Internal Auditing

Jeanette Hahn
Phone ++49 341 6025-2488

jeanette.hahn@ufz.de

Department Applied Microbial Ecology

Prof. Dr. Hauke Harms
Phone ++49 341 6025-1260
hauke.harms@ufz.de

Department Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis and Managment

Prof. Dr. Dietrich Borchardt
Phone ++49 341 6025-4383

dietrich.borchardt@ufz.de


Department Biodiversity and People

Prof. Dr. Aletta Bonn
Phone +49 341 6025-2479
aletta.bonn@ufz.de

Department Bioenergy

Prof. Dr. Daniela Thrän
Phone ++49 341 6025-1267

daniela.thraen@ufz.de

Department Catchment Hydrology

Prof. Dr. Ralf Merz
Phone ++49 341 6025-4202
ralf.merz@ufz.de

Department Cell Toxicology

Prof. Dr. Beate Escher
Phone +49 341 6025-4680
beate.escher@ufz.de


Department Community Ecology

Prof. Dr. Ingolf Kühn
Phone ++49 341 6025-4302

ingolf.kuehn@ufz.de

Department Compound Environmental Risk

Prof. Dr. Jakob Zscheischler
Phone +49 341 341 6025-5506
jakob.zscheischler@ufz.de

Department Computational Biology & Chemistry

Dr. Jörg Hackermüller
Phone +49 341 6025-1262
joerg.hackermueller@ufz.de

Department Computational Hydrosystems

Prof. Dr. Sabine Attinger
Phone ++49 341 6025-2367,-1250

sabine.attinger@ufz.de

Dr. Luis Samaniego
Phone ++49 341 6025-2367,-1250
luis.samaniego@ufz.de

Department Computational Landscape Ecology

Prof. Dr. Martin Volk
Tel.: ++49 341 6025-1250
martin.volk@ufz.de

Prof. Dr. Ralf Seppelt
Phone ++49 341 235-1250
ralf.seppelt@ufz.de

Department Conservation Biology

Prof. Dr. Josef Settele
Phone ++49 341 6025-1270
josef.settele@ufz.de


Department Ecological Modelling

Prof. Dr. Karin Frank
Phone ++49 341 6025-1279
karin.frank@ufz.de

Department Economics

Prof. Dr. Erik Gawel
Phone ++49 341 6025-1259
erik.gawel@ufz.de

Prof. Dr. Bernd Hansjürgens
Phone ++49 341 6025-1259
bernd.hansjuergens@ufz.de

Department Ecotoxicology

Dr. Wibke Busch

Phone ++49 341 6025-1285
wibke.busch@ufz.de

Department Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Reemtsma
Phone ++49 341 6025-1261
thorsten.reemtsma@ufz.de

Department Environmental and Planning Law

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Köck
Phone ++49 341 6025-1257
wolfgang.koeck@ufz.de


Department Environmental Immunology

Prof. Dr. Ana Zenclusson
Phone ++49 341 6025-1265
ana.zenclussen@ufz.de

Department Environmental Informatics

Prof. Dr. Olaf Kolditz
Phone ++49 341 6025-2367, -1250
olaf.kolditz@ufz.de


Department Environmental Politics

Prof. Dr. Sina Leipold
Phone ++49 341 6025-1255
sina.leipold@ufz.de


Department Exposure Science

Prof. Dr. Annika Jahnke
Phone ++49 341 6025-4670
annika.jahnke@ufz.de

Prof. Dr. Werner Brack
Phone ++49 341 6025-4670
werner.brack@ufz.de

Department Hydrogeology

Prof. Dr. Jan Fleckenstein
Phone ++49 341 6025-1253
jan.fleckenstein@ufz.de


Department Lake Research

Dr. Karsten Rinke
Phone ++49 341 6025-4383
karsten.rinke@ufz.de

Department Microbial Biotechnology

Prof. Dr. Katja Bühler
Phone +49 341 6025-2700
katja.buehler@ufz.de

Prof. Dr. Falk Harnisch
Phone +49 341 6025-2700
falk.harnisch@ufz.de

Department Molecular Environmental Biotechnology

Prof. Dr. Lorenz Adrian
Phone ++49 341 6025-2700
lorenz.adrian@ufz.de

Department Molecular Toxicology

Prof. Dr. Martin von Bergen
Phone ++49 341 6025-1286

martin.vonbergen@ufz.de

Department Monitoring and Exploration Technologies

Prof. Dr. Peter Dietrich
Phone ++49 341 6025-2335

peter.dietrich@ufz.de

Department Pysiological Diversity

Prof. Dr. William Stan Harpole
Phone ++49 341 973-3201
stan.harpole@ufz.de

Department River Ecology

Prof. Dr. Markus Weitere
Phone ++49 341 6025-4350
markus.weitere@ufz.de


Department Soil Ecology

Prof. Dr. Mika Tarkka (acting head)
Phone ++49 341 6025-4402
mika.takka@ufz.de

Department Soil System Science

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Vogel
Phone ++49 341 6025-4302
hans-joerg.vogel@ufz.de

Department Solar Materials Biotechnology

Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmid
Phone +49 341 6025-1286
andreas.schmid@ufz.de

Department Species Interaction Ecology

Prof. Dr. Tiffany Knight
Phone +49 341 6025-4302
tiffany.knight@ufz.de

Department Systemic Environmental Biotechnology

Prof. Dr. Roland Müller
Phone ++49 341 6025-1275
roland.mueller@ufz.de

Department Technical Biogeochemistry

Dr. Katrin Mackenzie
Phone ++49 341 6025-4743
katrin.mackenzie@ufz.de

Department Urban and Environmental Sociology

Prof. Dr. Matthias Groß
Phone ++49 341 235-1467
matthias.gross@ufz.de

Prof. Dr. Christian Kuhlicke
Tel.: ++49 341 235-1467
christian.kuhlicke@ufz.de

Scientific and Technical Council

Prof. Dr. Katja Bühler
Phone ++49 341 6025-4683
katja.buehler@ufz.de


Staff association

Dr. Matthias Gehre
Phone ++49 341 6025-1252
matthias.gehre@ufz.de


Commissary of equivalence

Dr. Ines Thronicker
Phone ++49 341 6025-2243

ines.thronicker@ufz.de

People and Culture

Dr. Anne-Katrin Federow
Phone ++49 341 6025-1274
personal@ufz.de

Purchase Department

Tilo Prenzel
Phone ++49 341 6025-1700

einkauf@ufz.de

Financial Department and Controlling

Viktoria Romanova
Phone ++49 341 6025-1268
finanzen@ufz.de


Legal Department

Nicole Lichtenstein
Phone ++49 341 6025-2488

recht@ufz.de


Scientific and Commercial Data Processing (IT)

Dr. Thomas Wieser
Phone ++49 341 6025-1900

rz@ufz.de

Julia Porath
Phone ++49 341 6025-1900
rz@ufz.de

Building and Facility Management

Imre Strehler
Phone ++49 341 6025-1252

bfm-zs@ufz.de

Library

Ilka Rudolf
Phone +49 341 6025-1218
bibinfo@ufz.de

Research Funding

Dr. Martina Kunz-Pirrung
Phone ++49 341 6025-1272
claudia.marquardt@ufz.de

Knowledge and Technology Transfer

Dr. Joachim Noeller
Phone ++49 341 6025-1033
wtt@ufz.de

Experimental Station Bad Lauchstädt

Dr. Martin Schädler
martin.schaedler@ufz.de

School lab

Dr. Torsten Lange
Phone ++49 341 6025-1845

torsten.lange@ufz.de

Library

Ilka Rudolf
Phone ++49 341 6025-1218

ilka.rudolf@ufz.de