Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment

The ICBM operates the Wadden Sea time series station Spiekeroog (WSS) and several research vessels.

The mathematic modelling of different environmental systems is complemented by modern, high-resolution analytics and in-house marine sensor developments.

[3] In cooperation with the ICBM, the Jade University of Applied Sciences offers a Bachelor Programme which is fundamental for marine engineering.

In July 1987, Lower Saxony’s minister of Science and Art approved the establishment of the ICBM as a cooperation of the university departments of mathematics, biology, physics and chemistry.

The former directors of the ICBM are Wolfgang Krumbein, Ulrich Kattmann, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Bruno Eckhardt, Wolfgang Ebenhöh, Heribert Cypionka, Meinhard Simon, Hans-Jürgen Brumsack, Ulrike Feudel, Jürgen Rullkötter, Helmut Hillebrand, Bernd Blasius and Oliver Zielinski.