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IOW Director Oliver Zielinski becomes a member of the German Science and Humanities Council (WR)

IOW director Oliver Zielinski in IOW's marine instrumentation storage
On February 1, 2025, Oliver Zielinski, Director of the IOW, became a member of the German Science and Humanities Council (WR), which advises the Federal Government and the governments of the federal states on scientific matters at (Photo: IOW / D. Gohlke)

Oliver Zielinski, Director of the IOW and Professor of Earth System Research at the University of Rostock, was appointed to the German Science and Humanities Council (WR) on February 1, 2025, by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on the joint recommendation of the German Research Association, the Max Planck Society, the German Rectors' Conference, the Helmholtz Association, the Fraunhofer Society, and the Leibniz Association. The WR is the highest advisory council for Germany's federal Government and the governments of its federal states in scientific matters; the appointment is for an initial period of three years.

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