Prof. Dr Barbara Sturm, Scientific Director of the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), was elected Vice President for a two-year term by the majority of the General Assembly at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Leibniz Association in Berlin yesterday. Prof. Dr. Barbara Sturm succeeds Prof. Dr. Kathrin Böhning-Gaese of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN), who is leaving the Leibniz Association’s Executive Board after two terms.