Organisation
NIOZ is composed of four research and two supporting departments. The institute is managed by our director and management team (MT), supervised by the Foundation Board NWO-I, and advised by an Institute Advisory Committee (IAC), an Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and the Works Council.
Management, Board and SAC
- The Foundation Board of NWO-I
- Institute Advisory Committee - ir. Harry Baayen (chair) - c/o Carmen Blaauboer
- Scientific Advisory Committee – prof. dr. Han Olff (chair a.i.) – c/o Carmen Blaauboer
- Management – prof. dr. Han Dolman (director)
- Works Council – dr. Henk de Haas (chair)

Science Departments
NIOZ is composed of four science departments:
- Estuarine and Delta Systems (EDS, Yerseke) – prof. dr. Klaas Timmermans
- Coastal Systems (COS, Texel) – prof. dr. Myron Peck
- Ocean Systems (OCS, Texel) – prof. dr. Gert-Jan Reichart
- Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry (MMB, Texel) – prof. dr. Stefan Schouten a.i.

Support Departments and Management Office
NIOZ staff functions are organised in two support departments and a management office:
Dept. National Marine Facilities (NMF)
NMF units:
- Office – dr. Erica Koning
- Fleet – Joep van Haaren
- Support – Lorendz Boom
- Development – Yetzo de Hoo
- Data management – Taco de Bruin
Dept. General Support (GES) – Peter Smit
GES units:
- Finance Contracts & Control – Johan Bolt
- Project Control – Theo Davidse (YE), Jack Gootjes (TX), Marcel van der Linden (TX)
- Facility Management – Biem Trap
- Information & Communication Technology – dr. Wim Pool
- Communication & Library – dr. Kim Sauter (C), Leonne van der Weegen (L), Dörte Poszig (E)
- Human Resources Management – Sandra Liefhebber (HRM)
Management office - prof. dr. Han Dolman
- Valorisation of NIOZ research - Ir. Marck Smit
- Secretariat - Carmen Blaauboer (TX)
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