Sections / Facilities

Soil and plant science

Section	Head of Section
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering	Prof. Dr. Oliver Hensel
Agroecosystem analysis and modelling	Prof. Dr. Christoph Gornott
Ecological plant nutrition	Prof. Dr. Judy Simon
Ecological Plant Protection	Prof. Dr. Maria R. Finckh
Environmental Chemistry Environmental Chemistry	Prof. Dr. Bernard Ludwig
Grassland Science and Renewable Plant Resources	Prof. Dr. Michael Wachendorf
Organic Farming and Cropping Systems	Prof. Dr. Miriam Athmann
Organic Plant Breeding and Agrobiodiversity	Prof. Dr. Gunter Backes
Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics	Prof. Dr. Andreas Bürkert
Soil science	Prof Dr. Tobias Weber

Animal science

Section	Head of Section
Animal Breeding	Prof. Dr. Dirk Hinrichs
Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics	Prof. Dr. Eva Schlecht
Environmentally Sustainable Animal Nutrition	Prof. Dr. Fenja Klevenhusen
Farm Animal Behaviour and Animal Husbandry	Prof. Dr. Ute Knierim

Economic, social and food sciences

Section	Head of Section
Agricultural and Food Marketing	Prof. Dr. Katrin Zander
Business Administration	Prof. Dr. Detlev Möller
Human-Environment Interactions	Prof. Dr. Andreas Christian Braun
International Agricultural Policy and Environmental Governance	Prof. Dr. Andreas Thiel
Organic Food Quality	Prof. Dr. Fabian Weber
Social-Ecological Interactions in Agricultural Systems	Prof. Dr. Tobias Plieninger
Sociology of Rural Areas	Prof. Dr. Claudia Neu
Sustainabilty management in the international food industry	Prof. Dr. Bettina König

Honorary and non-scheduled professorships, private lectureships

Section
Nematology
Science Management in International Organic Agriculture
Small Ruminants (organic management of sheep and goats)
Sustainable Food Systems and Food Sovereignty
Sustainable Land Use and Climate Protection

Overarching institutions