Bernd-Uwe Jahn
Bernd-Uwe Jahn (born February 7, 1944 in Opole ; † August 7, 2019 ) was a German lawyer who worked in the field of public research from 1973 to 2010 either as a representative of the BMFT and later the BMBF or as the administrative director nationally and internationally Research institutions in Germany.
Live and act
Early years
Bernd-Uwe Jahn grew up in Münsterland after fleeing Silesia in 1945 . He attended high school in Dülmen . From 1963 to 1970 he studied law at the University of Bonn and the University of Cologne . Parallel to his studies, he was a research assistant at the Institute for Media Law at the University of Cologne from 1968 to 1973 , where he received his doctorate in 1973. Bernd-Uwe Jahn was married and had four children.
Research management
In the same year his professional career began when he joined the then Federal Ministry for Research and Technology (BMFT) in Bonn. He led him in various functions from the central department, the international department to the management level. From 1975 to 1979 he was deputy head of the personnel department at the BMFT. From 1979 to 1982 he was deputy head of department for bilateral cooperation with America and Africa. From 1982 to 1985 he was cabinet and parliamentary advisor to the minister under Federal Research Minister Heinz Riesenhuber . In 1985 he was seconded to the German Embassy in Washington as a science officer .
After returning in 1989, Jahn was appointed Deputy Head of the Political Affairs Division of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the German Space Agency (DARA). From 1990 he headed the office of the permanent state secretary.
Management positions in large research institutions
In 1994 the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) gave him leave of absence in the interests of the service in order to take on the role of administrative and technical manager of the former Hahn-Meitner-Institut (HMI) in Berlin. At the same time he was appointed advisor to the newly founded Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) on administrative issues. In 2000 Jahn returned to the BMBF as head of Section 114 for European Research Institutions.
From 2001 to 2010 he was appointed administrative director of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), an international research institution in Heidelberg with 23 member countries. As chairman of the “ Legal Framework ” working group , in 2005 he was entrusted with the legal and organizational framework for the construction of the XFEL X-ray laser system at DESY . At the invitation of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), he was a member of an international working group in 2011 with the task of reforming and supplementing the statutes and legal provisions of the institute. After his retirement, his relationship with EMBL continued as a consultant until 2016.
Memberships
- since 1994: Association of Friends and Supporters of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam
- since 2010: Alumni Association of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg
- since 2017: ILTIS-Remote Laboratories eV, Cottbus (founding member)
Individual evidence
- ^ Commemorative page of Bernd-Uwe Jahn | GA-Trauer.de. Retrieved on August 18, 2019 (German).
- ^ Official State Secretary Gebhard Ziller in the BMFT
- ↑ BMBF: Organizational Plan April 2001
- ↑ DESY annual report 2004: Planning and investigations for the XFEL X-ray laser at DESY
- ↑ Retiring administrative director Bernd-Uwe Jahn: "I enjoyed my time at EMBL enormously"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jahn, Bernd-Uwe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Opole |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th August 2019 |