The Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change

is a research museum of the Leibniz Association

Corporate structure


 

Director: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof
(simultaneously C-4 professorship for Systematic Zoology at the University of Bonn)

Managing Director: Adrian Grüter

Deputy Director: N.N.

Directorate (Director, Managing Director, Heads of Centres & Departments)

Scientists' Meeting (scientific staff)

Scientific Advisory Board (5-6 internationally renown scientists, 1-2 of them at the University of Bonn)

Directorate Staff (Press Relations/ Communication/ Events, Consultants)

LIB Organigram englisch

CENTRE OF TAXONOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Head: PD Dr. Fabian Herder

Infrastructure

  • Biodiversity Informatics
  • Morphology Lab
  • Biohistoricum
  • Animal Caretakers

Department Arthropoda

Head: Dr. Dirk Ahrens

Sections

  • Arachnida
  • Hymenoptera
  • Coleoptera
  • Diptera
  • Lepidoptera
  • Myriapoda

Department Vertebrata

Head: PD Dr. Fabian Herder

Sections

  • Theriology
  • Ornithology
  • Herpetology
  • Ichthyology

 

CENTRE FOR MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH

Head (interim): PD Dr. Lars Podsiadlowski

Sections

  • Computational Genomics
  • Comparative Vertebrate Genomics
  • Comparative Insect Genomics
  • Statistical Phylogenetics & Phylogenomics
  • Algorithmic Development
  • Phylogenetics & Evolutionary Biology

Infrastructure

  • Molecular Laboratory
  • Biobank
  • High Peformance Computing

 

CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY MONITORING

Head: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherber

Sections

  • Experimental & Applied Ecology
  • Metabarcoding
  • Environmental Genomics
  • Conservation Ecology

 

CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND EXHIBITIONS

Head: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof

Department Education

Head: Hae-Yon Weon-Kettenhofen

Sections

  • Conception
  • Educational Event
  • Visitör Services
  • Museum School

Department Exhibitions

Head: Dr. Thomas Gerken

Sections

  • Exhibition Conception and Management
  • Exhibition Architecture and Design
  • Special Exhibitions

Infrastructure

  • Taxidermy
  • Graphic Design

 

Administration and Central Services

Head: Adrian Grüter

Infrastructure

  • IT-Group
  • Library

Sections

  • Administration
  • Facility Management
  • Central Workshops (Carpenter, Locksmith)
  • Gardener