ZEF junior professor Lisa Biber-Freudenberger elected as co-chair of BION network

BION network board-members*

During the regular elections for its board in Bonn, April 17, 2024 ZEF Junior-Professor Lisa Biber-Freudenberger was unanimously elected as the new co-chair of the BION-network.

Biber-Freudenberger has been active in BION since the network was founded. In addition to continuing her previous efforts she aims to drive forward the network's internationalization. With her election, she replaces the long-standing co-chair Professor Wolfgang Wägele, who resigned after years-long involvement in the network, i.e. as Chair.  

Lisa will take over the chairmanship together with Professor Dr. Wiltrud Terlau from the International Center for Sustainable Development (IZNE) at Hochschule Rhein Sieg, for the next two years. 

Dr. Nicole Nöske (Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change) and Dr. Andree Hamm (Institute of Organic Agriculture) will also remain members of the BION Board for a further two years.

Read more (in German) at: https://bion.network/

*In the photo from left to right: Andree Hamm, Lisa Biber-Freudenberger, Wolfgang Wägele, Nicole Nöske and Wiltrud Terlau