The Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change

is a research museum of the Leibniz Association

Corporate structure

The Museum Koenig has 105.5 permanent positions (of these are 34 scientists) and 82 additional employees (of these are 15 scientists working on third-party funded projects, 52 are doctoral candidates, diploma and state examination candidates, 15 are volunteers). Since 1989 the director's position is tied to a professorship at the University of Bonn, as well as the head of the Centre of Molecular Biodiversity Research.

 

Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig

-- Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity --
-- Leibniz-Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere --


 

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)

 

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