Gerrit R. BORNEMANN is legal counsel at the Brussels office of the Helmholtz-Association of German Research Centres. He represents the interests of the Helmholtz Research Centres with regard to administrative and legal questions on a European level and advises the research centres in legal and administrative matters concerning European funding schemes. Gerrit is a member of the German Bar and holds a Master Degree in Mediation and Conflict Resolution from the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (O.). Since October 2008 he has been the co-coordinator of the DESCA group. |