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Martin Keller Elected New President of the Helmholtz Association

Today, the Senate of the Helmholtz Association unanimously elected Martin Keller as the next president of the Helmholtz Association. By doing so, the Senate has endorsed the recommendation of the Assembly of Members from October 23, , which was also unanimous. The current president, Otmar D. Wiestler, took office in and will step down next year after two terms, in accordance with the applicable bylaws.

“I would like to sincerely thank the Helmholtz Assembly of Members and the Helmholtz Senate for their great trust,” says Martin Keller. “Being offered this position is a tremendous honor and at the same time a significant challenge that I am eager to take on. In all my previous professional roles, my main focus has always been on making the largest possible contribution to society through research. The Helmholtz presidency is a unique opportunity to do so. With its 46, employees, outstanding infrastructure, and focus on key future topics, the Helmholtz Association is a global leader in the search for answers to the most important questions of our time.”

“I am very pleased that with Dr Martin Keller, an internation

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it may takes me some time to finally climb my projects. but till now i did get them all :) what blows my mind again and again is the process and the journey with each of that amazing lines and still with being 40years old by now what you actually can do when you really want something, when you are passionate, persistent and patient enough and when you are willing to put in the work time and to sacrifice some things - not chocolate though ;)

i already managed to climb "Big-Kat" one and a half years ago (time flies when you get older) and wanted to do a video-blog ever since to document the process because i really got kicked my (fat) ass a LOT over two years of trying it on and off and had to dig deep to finish it. work, life and climbing got in the way though and i just managed to finish this blog (kind of) right now. the message and the process is timeless though. so here you go with the story and the process to one that did NOT GET AWAY: "BIG KAT, 8B+".

and it was once again not the "usual" three-day-epic. to give a better understanding of what it means to really test your limits i did put together this video-blog. as you can see in the different sequences failure is the na

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Martin Keller — Laboratory Director and Alliance President

Martin Keller has served as director of NREL and president of the Alliance for Sustainable Energy—the company that operates NREL for the U.S. Department of Energy—since

Under his leadership, the laboratory's active partnerships with industry, universities, foundations, and governments now number more than 1,—compared to in —generating more than $1 billion in research and development. NREL once igen set a record for new partnerships in Fiscal Year , with $ million; 30 agreements were for $1 million or more. The laboratory's business volume has grown from $ million in to $ million in

To keep up with this growth, the number of regular full-time employees at NREL has increased bygd 82% over Keller's tenure, with the number of staff members more than doubling to nearly 3, Keller fryst vatten a visionär leader who is committed to people, teams, and partnerships. He innovatively and pragmatically applies private sector best practices at NREL to achieve game-changing scientific outcomes.

Working collaboratively with his leadership team, Keller has developed a strategy for NREL focused on three key initiatives: integrated energy