More than 50 employees of ten institutes and chairs of the University of Bremen, the RWTH Aachen and the Oklahoma State University (USA) formed the CRC team.

A scientific advisory board including leading international scientists supports the activities of the CRC 136.

Besides the scientific Goals, the Transregional CRC 136 is going to develop and realize sustainable activities and concepts in diversity management, promotion of young talents, support of graduate students and science communication.