Administrative Board

The Administrative Board of the GeothermalCenter is made up by following members:

Chairman

  • Prof. Dr. Martin Sternberg (Vice Chancellor of the University of Applied Sciences Bochum)

Administration

  • Dr. Ottilie Scholz (Lord Major; City of Bochum)
  • Helmut Diegel (District President; District Government Arnsberg)

Science

  • Prof. Dr. Christoph Clauser (RWTH Aachen University)
  • Prof. Dr. Michael Brodmann (University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen)

Economy

  • Dr. Jochen Melchior (City of Essen; former CEO of STEAG)
  • Tillmann Neinhaus (CEO of the Mid-Ruhr  Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bochum)
  • Jürgen Eickhoff (Board of Directors, Deutsche Steinkohle)
  • Thor Növig (CEO of ITAG Tiefbohr GmbH)
  • Prof. Dr. h.c. Klaus Steilmann (Wattenscheid)

Politics

  • Dr. Axel Horstmann, MdL NRW (retired ministry of state; ministry of transport, energy and development NRW; SPD)
  • Manfred Kuhmichel, MdL NRW (Stellvertrender Fraktionsvorsitzender CDU; wissenschaftspolitischer Sprecher)
  • Reiner Priggen, MdL NRW (assistant parliamentary leader Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen; spokeman in energy politics)

Zusätzliche Information

Hannover Exhibition 2006
GZB's projected GeoTechnikum in-situ field laboratory