Rosenthal elected new chair of iDiv’s Board of Trustees

Prof Walter Rosenthal, new chair of iDiv’s Board of Trustees (Photo: Jan-Peter Kasper/FSU)

Halle, Jena, Leipzig. The iDiv Board of Trustees has a new chair: Prof Walter Rosenthal, President of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Rosenthal was elected for two years by the board members on Monday. The Board of Trustees advises and accompanies the development of the research centre and provides support at the political level. During Rosenthal’s term of office, securing iDiv’s future will be a central task. Prof Beate Schücking, Rector of Leipzig University, has been elected the Board of Trustees’ Deputy Chair.