History of the Institute
30th Anniversary in Pictures
A special thanks goes to the Oldenburg University Society (UGO) for supporting the 30th anniversary. Photgraphs (4): Birte Junge
History of the Institute
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History in a Time Line
2021
1 April: Prof. Dr. Heinz Wilkes, University lecturer for organic geochemistry, is the new head of the Institute. He replaces Prof. Dr. Thorsten Dittmar, who still forms part of the governing body as a deputy director, together with Prof. Dr. Ralf Rabus, who joined in recently.
2019
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Dittmar assumes the leadership of ICBM on 1 April. He replaces Prof. Dr. Oliver Zielinski as a director, who as a deputy director completes, together with Prof. Dr. Heinz Wilkes, the new directorate of the institute.
2018
On 21 November, the budget committee of the Lower Saxony Landtag agrees to the erection of a new institute building for the Center for Marine Sensors (ZfMarS) at the Wilhelmshaven site of ICBM.
2017
The Institute celebrates its 30th anniversary in June.
May: Official Foundation of Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIfMB).
Prof. Dr. Oliver Zielinski becomes the new director of the institute by rotation on 1 April. He replaces Prof. Dr. Bernd Blasius, who completes as a deputy director, along with Prof. Dr. Thorsten Dittmar, the directorate of the ICBM.
In January the Center for Marine Sensors (ZfMarS) starts working with an initial staff from the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) at the University of Oldenburg
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2016
November: Das ICBM erhält die Zusage zur Einrichtung eines Zentrums für Marine Sensorik bis 2020, das mit Mitteln des Europäischen Fonds für regionale Entwicklung EFRE koofinanziert wird. Erste Forschungsfahrt des Forschungsschiffs SONNE unter Oldenburger Leitung.
Im Juli stellt der ehemalige Direktor des ICBM, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rullkötter, in Oldenburg sein Buch zur Institutsgeschichte "Vom Kuckucksei zum Leuchtturm" vor.
Die Universität Oldenburg und das Bremerhavener Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), erhalten die Zusage zur Einrichtung eines neuen Helmholtz-Zentrums für Funktionelle Marine Biodiversität. Federführende Antragsteller sind Prof. Dr. Thomas Brey (AWI) und Prof. Dr. Helmut Hillebrand (ICBM), der auch künftiger Institutsdirektor wird.
2015
Das ICBM richtet im Neuen Rathaus in Hannover im Februar einen Parlamentarischen Abend aus.
Former Directors of ICBM
List of Directors of ICBM
Wolfgang E. Krumbein,
Ulrich Kattmann,
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber,
Bruno Eckhardt,
Wolfgang Ebenhöh,
Heribert Cypionka,
Meinhard Simon (2x),
Hans-Jürgen Brumsack,
Ulrike Feudel
Jürgen Rullkötter (2x).
Helmut Hillebrand
Bernd Blasius
Oliver Zielinski
Thorsten Dittmar
At present, he institute is headed by Heinz Wilkes.