Departments and Contacts

Management IP & Technology Transfer Industry Relations Entrepreneurship Collective Incubator Legal Communications Administrative Operations RWTH Innovation Entrepreneurship Center

Management

Dr. rer. nat. Jörg von Appen
Managing Director
+49 241 80 96608
Dr.-Ing. Michael Riesener
Managing Director
+49 241 80 28201
Ass. jur. Tobias Römgens
Managing Director
+49 241 80 99214
Ramona Steininger LL.M.
Head of Legal | Syndikus-
rechtsanwältin
Authorised Representative
+49 241 80 92802

IP & Technology Transfer (by faculties)

Faculty 4 & 8

Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Otten
Head of IP & Technology Transfer
+49 241 80 96613

Faculty 1 (Physics & Mathematics) & 6

Dr. rer. nat. Roberta Caterino
Innovation Manager
+49 241 80 96611

Faculty 1 (Computer Science) & 6

Anja Lindenau M.Sc.
Innovation Manager
+49 241 80 96639

Faculty 1 (BioTech) & 10

Dr. rer. nat. Alan Mertens
Innovation Manager
+49 241 80 92187

Faculty 2, 3 & 5

Alexander Peters M.Sc.
Innovation Manager
+49 241 80 92614

Faculty 4 (ITA, WZL, IFAS)

Nils Spira M.Sc.
Innovation Manager
+49 241 80 92235

Faculty 1 (Biology), 4 (BVT), 10 & JARA

Dr. rer. nat. Marieke Sternkopf
Innovation Manager
+49 241 80 96612

Faculty 1 (Chemistry)

Sabine Werker M.Sc.
Innovation Manager
+49 241 80 96618

Industry Relations

General inquiries: industry@rwth-innovation.de

Katharina Fränken M.Sc.
Head of Industry Relations
+49 241 80 96619
Yasemin Cilt M.Sc.
Industry Relations Manager
Head of Collective Incubator | Business Development
+49 241 80 92694
Dr.-Ing. Beate Hack
Industry Relations Manager
+49 241 80 92617
Dr. rer. nat. Mirjam Thronberens
Industry Relations Manager
(in Elternzeit)
+49 241 80 96692
Miroslava Saager M.Sc.
Industry Relations Manager
Entrepreneurship Manager
+49 241 80 92806
Dipl.-Kff. Anja Schmitz
Industry Relations Manager
+49 241 80 96590
Tara Stolz
Student Assistant
+49 241 80 92803

Entrepreneurship

Sabine Kaiser MPP, M.Sc.
Director Excellence Start-up Center @ RWTH
+49 173 2988746
Christina Mertsch M.Sc.
Head of Entrepreneurship
+49 241 80 96603
Natalia Ahmadian LL.M.
Entrepreneurship Manager
+49 241 80 92810
Dr. rer. nat. Tobias Recker
Entrepreneurship Manager
+49 241 80 92809
Miroslava Saager M.Sc.
Industry Relations Manager
Entrepreneurship Manager
+49 241 80 92806
Philipp Tsekos M.Sc.
Entrepreneurship Manager
+49 241 80 92805
Sinan Sanci
Student Assistant
+49 241 80 96602

Collective Incubator

Yasemin Cilt M.Sc.
Industry Relations Manager
Head of Collective Incubator | Business Development
+49 241 80 92694
Wibke Mattay
Head of Collective Incubator | Administrative Operations
+49 241 80 92236
Aron Heibges
Collective Incubator | Head of Maker Space
+49 171 6820994
Henning Straßmair
Collective Incubator | Maker Space
+49 170 7759589
Dipl. Des. Clarissa Wagner
Collective Incubator | Office Manager
+49 241 80 96617
Markus Wensing B. Eng.
Collective Incubator | Maker Space
+49 241 80 96677
David Lebus
Student Assistant
Felix Mertins
Student Assistant
Jona Vennemann
Student Assistant

General inquiries: legal@rwth-innovation.de

Ramona Steininger LL.M.
Head of Legal | Syndikus-
rechtsanwältin
Prokuristin
+49 241 80 92802
Alicia Brock LL.M.
Legal Manager
+49 241 80 96614
Sonja Leutnant
Legal Manager | Syndikus-
rechtsanwältin
+49 241 80 96662
Eleftheria Pagoni
Legal Manager
+49 241 80 92808

General inquiries: communications@rwth-innovation.de

Marina Ziegler M.A.
Head of Communications
(in Elternzeit)
+49 241 80 97695
Alessa Busch M.A.
Communications Manager
+49 241 80 92804
Kirsa Dannenberg M.A.
Communications Manager
+49 241 80 96616

Administrative Operations

General inquiries: office@rwth-innovation.de

Dipl.-Kff. (FH) Maren Ewert
Head of Administrative Operations
+49 241 80 96691
Dr. rer. nat. Susanne Liauw
Office Manager
Human Resources Manager
+49 241 80 96609
Yvonne Tiedt
Office Manager | Accounting
+49 241 80 92615
Lavinia Hagen B.A.
IP Administration Manager
Human Resources Manager
+49 241 80 96604
Pia Schölgens B.Sc.
IP Administration Manager
+49 241 80 96615
Katharina Simons B.Sc.
Project Manager
+49 241 80 92613

RWTH Innovation Entrepreneurship Center

Jan Philip Böckers M.Sc.

Start-up Coach
Lukas Ellmann M.Sc.

Start-up Coach
Florian Fuchs B.A.

Start-up Coach
Kris Gericke M.Sc.

Start-up Coach
Jonas Harbach M.Sc.

Start-up Coach
Jana Kaus M.Sc.

Start-up Coach
Pia Leyendecker M.Sc.

Start-up Coach
Annika Menzel M.Sc.

Start-up Coach
Pia Otto M.Sc.

Head of Internationalization
Jan Poblocki M.Sc.

Start-up Coach
Julia Prefi M.Sc.

Start-up Coach
Daniel Ramamoorthy MBA
Laura Rollinger M.Sc.

Start-up Coach
Michael Salge M.Sc.

Start-up Coach
Leon Schneider M.Sc.

Start-up Coach
Christian Schöndeling M.Sc.

Start-up Coach
Moritz Volk M.Sc.

Head of Entrepreneurship Center
Dorian Wetter M.Sc.

Start-up Coach
Marco Winter M.Sc.

Start-up Coach