Scientific advisory board

The Scientific Advisory Board advises the efzn Executive Board on all major scientific and organizational matters.

It is composed of representatives from industry and academia, as well as from the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture, the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Environment, Energy, and Climate Protection, the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transportation, and Construction, and the Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection.

Chair of the advisory board

Prof. Dr.
Anke Weidlich
Chair of the advisory board

University of Freiburg
Professor of energy distribution technologies

Prof. Dr.
Eva Ruffing
Vice chair of the advisory board

University of Osnabrück
Professor of the political system of the Federal Republic of Germany in the context of European multilevel politics

Science

Prof. Dr.
Hans-Martin Henning

Fraunhofer ISE
Former director

Prof. Dr.
Gundula Hübner

MSH Medical School Hamburg and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Professor of social psychology; head of the health and environmental psychology research group

Prof. Dr.
Andreas Löschel

Ruhr University Bochum & RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
Chair of Environmental and Resource Economics and Sustainability

Prof. Dr.
Kurt M. Reinicke

Deutz Erdgas GmbH & Co. KG
Geothermal energy specialist

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil.
Christiane Thomas

Dresden University of Technology
Head of the Schaufler chair in refrigeration, cryogenics, and compressor technology

Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Ilja Tuschy

Flensburg University of Applied Sciences – Center for Sustainable Energy Systems
Chair of energy engineering in mechanical engineering

Economy and society

Stefan Dohler

EWE AG
Chairman of the board of management

Johannes Grabbe

German Trade Union Federation
Lower Saxony–Bremen–Saxony-Anhalt
District; head of the department of economy, environment, and Europe

Dr.
Heiko Huther

AGFW Project Company for Rationalization, Information, and Standardization, LLC
Managing director

AGFW | The energy efficiency association for heating, cooling, and cogeneration e.V.
Head of research & development

Silvio Konrad

TÜV NORD GROUP
COO, energy & resources

TÜV NORD EnSys GmbH & Co. KG
Managing director / CEO

Dr.
Matthias Lange

energy & meteo systems GmbH
Managing partner

Stefan Mecke, Ph.D.
(Eng.)

Salzgitter AG
Senior manager, energy strategy

Carel Mohn

Managing director, Klimafakten

Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Thomas Michael Ruttmann

SEFE Storage GmbH
Spokesperson for the management board

Dr. Ingrid Schall,
M.S. in physics

Dr. Ingrid Schall and Heinz Schall PV-CSS GbR
Start-up

Matthias Schubert, M.S.E.

wyncon GmbH
Managing partner

Frank Schwermer, Dipl. Ing.

Avacon Netz GmbH
Managing director

Roland Sillmann

CEO, WISTA Management GmbH

Silke Weyberg, Dipl. Ing. agr.

LEE – Lower Saxony/Bremen State Association for Renewable Energy (e.V.)
Managing director

Ministries and the state chancellery of Lower Saxony

Lars Bobzien

Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transportation, and Construction
Head of division 36, “Energy policy issues in the economy”

Valeska Hopf

Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture
Division 13—Engineering, computer science, knowledge transfer

Dr.
Christian Jacobs

Lower Saxony Ministry of the Environment, Energy, and Climate Protection
Head of the division for “Policy matters, energy industry, energy efficiency, and climate protection law, and heating”
Deputy head of department 5 “Energy policy and energy systems”