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 Startup Center @ RWTH
+49 173 2988746
Christina Mertsch, M.Sc.
Head of Entrepreneurship
+49 241 80 96603
Natalia Ahmadian, LL.M.
Entrepreneurship Manager | Startup Coach
+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 | Startup Coach
+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
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

Jonas Harbach, M.Sc.

Startup Coach
Pia Leyendecker, M.Sc.

Startup Coach
Michael Salge, M.Sc.

Startup Coach
Christian Schöndeling, M.Sc.

Startup Coach
Marco Winter, M.Sc.

Startup Coach