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Full Members Associate Members Honorary Members Membership Committee

Full Members

Full members of iDiv are scientists linked to one of the executing institutions or partner institutions. This includes:

  • core professors appointed by iDiv as Research Group Leaders or
  • the leaders of independent junior research groups established by iDiv.

Admission as full members can be granted to scientists who are employed by the participating institutions (executing or partner institutions), and:

  1. are independent/leading scientists who can represent iDiv in their institutions,
  2. have demonstrated scientific excellence,
  3. are internationally recognized scientists who work in an integrative and collaborative manner, have expertise relevant to iDiv, and contribute to iDiv’s mission.

The Science Strategy Board, in accordance with the iDiv Board of Trustees, decides on applications for admission of new full members.

Currently, iDiv has 115 full members (see below).

List of full members

Associate Members

Associate members of iDiv are scientists who are active in one of the participating institutions, and have special expertise in certain iDiv research fields and can thus support iDiv (e.g. scientists who can act as advisors to iDiv or outstanding young scientists whose work contributes substantially to iDiv’s mission). Associate members may be admitted on personal request or upon proposal by members of the Science Strategy Board. The Science Strategy Board decides on applications for admission for associate membership. Currently, iDiv has 51 associate members (see below).

List of associate members

Honorary Members

Honorary members are persons who have rendered outstanding contributions to iDiv. This contribution can be either of scientific nature or in the form of science-policy, strategic or administrative support. Honorary membership shall also be conferred upon individuals who have rendered outstanding contributions in society and politics towards the interests of biodiversity research in general and iDiv in particular. Honorary members are nominated by the General Member Assembly and appointed by the Science Strategy Board. Currently, iDiv has five honorary member (see below).

List of honorary members

Membership Committee

The Membership Committee consists of five full iDiv members, representing the iDiv institutions, one iDiv core professor, and the member relations officer (MRO). Members of the Membership Committee are appointed by the iDiv Science Strategy Board (SSB) for two years.

The membership committee is in charge of all membership issues at iDiv. This includes the discussion of concepts for the membership as well as the coordination of the application process. We also serve as contact for people interested in iDiv membership and the iDiv local committees regarding membership issues.

Currently, the Membership Committee has the following members:

  • Harald Auge (UFZ)
  • Isabell Hensen (MLU)
  • Martina Herrmann (Univ. of Jena)
  • Jens Kattge (chair, MPI BGC)
  • Martin Quaas (iDiv)
  • Jan Schnitzler (MRO)
  • Christian Wirth (UL)
Application

Please note that iDiv membership is currently under revision in preparation for our new governance (anticipated start in October 2024) and that we currently do not accept new applications for iDiv membership. We should be ready to accept applications again in the second or third quarter of the year. In the meantime, please contact our Member Relations Officer (MRO) and we will inform you as soon as we are ready to process new applications.

Contact

In case of questions, please contact the membership representative of your respective Local Committe (see above) or our Member Relations Officer (MRO) Jan Schnitzler.

Please submit your membership application to our MRO Jan Schnitzler: jan.schnitzler@idiv.de

*iDiv’s consortium consists of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Uni Jena), Leipzig University (UL), the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPI BGC), the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (MPI CE), the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI EVA), the Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB), the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), and the Leibniz Institute Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz (SMNG).