Directorate

The heads of the three academic departments and the head of the department of Administration and Central Services form the directorate of the institute. In coordination with the foundation board, this collegial body manages the institute's business and directs the long-term research, development and expansion planning of IAMO. This includes the compilation of research programmes and the responsibility for their realization, the formulation of proposals for filling management positions, the drawing up and carrying out of the annual economic plan and the financial planning of several years, as well as the promotion of cooperation with universities and other research facilities.

The members of the institute's directorate are:

• Prof. Dr. Alfons Balmann
  (head of academic department)
• Prof. Dr. Thomas Glauben
  (managing director, head of academic department)
• PD Dr. Martin Petrick
  (acting head of academic department)
• Dipl.-Ök. Hannelore Zerjeski
  (head of the department of "Administration and Central Services")