The committee Fachausschuss is a central committee of the Department of Geosciences, which is primarily responsible for cross-institutional tasks, such as occupancy planning within the space fund available to the department, the distribution of tutorial funds, the coordination of planned building projects, etc. The committee also advises the Faculty Council and the Doctoral Committee on decisions or examines certain matters in advance in order to submit them to the corresponding higher-level committees. The committee advises the Faculty Council and the Doctoral Committee on decisions or examines certain issues in advance in order to submit them to the corresponding higher-level committees for a decision.

The committee advises the Faculty Council and the Doctoral Committee on decisions or examines certain matters in advance for submission to the corresponding higher-level bodies for a decision. This includes, for example, the structural development of the department, proposals for the composition of commissions (doctoral commission, study commission, examination boards, etc.), proposals for awards, but also the consultation and coordination of inter-institutional measures.

It is currently composed as follows:

University professors:
Prof. Alexandra Weitkamp, spokesperson of the Department of Geosciences
Prof. Lars Bernard, Chair of Geoinformatics
Prof. Dirk Burghardt, Institute of Cartography
Prof. Anna Cord, Institute of Geography
Prof. Martin Horwath, Institute of Planetary Geodesy
Prof. Hans-Gerd Maas, Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Prof. Judith Miggelbrink, Institute of Geography
Prof. Lambert Waninger, Geodetic Institute
Prof. Michael Zech, Institute of Geography
Research assistants:
Frau Dr. Susanne Beer, Geodetic Institute
Lucas Bittner, M.Sc., Institute of Geography
Non-scientific staff:
Lutz Graefe, Institute of Planetary Geodesy
Student representatives:
Luise Fischer
Christina Schaefer
Rico Eichhorn
Jacob Klug

The meetings of this committee usually take place every 2nd Wednesday of the month.
You can find the current date on the homepage of the Department of Geosciences.