Our Team
Behind every successful innovation are people who recognize scientific potential, place it in strategic context, and shape the path to application.
Our team brings together expertise in technology, patents, law, business, and communications, and guides university innovations from the first impulse through to successful commercialization.
Management
Dr.
Robert Phelps
Managing Director
Dr.
Sarah Krüger
Head of IP Licensing
Dr.
Thomas Mendlik
Head of IP Management
Licensing Team
Dr.
Katharina Stoiber
Deputy Head of IP Licensing
Dr.
Katrin Bercht
IP Licensing Manager and IP Manager
Dr.
Sindre Haugland
IP Licensing Manager
Dr.
Nicola Hoesch
IP Licensing Manager
Dr.
Linda Keil
IP Licensing Manager
Dr.
Bettina Keilhofer
IP Licensing Manager
Dr.
Rebecca Kohler
IP Licensing Manager (currently absent)
Dr.
Malte Mildner
IP Licensing Manager
Stephan Ottmar
IP Licensing Manager
Maryam Pirmoradi
IP Licensing Manager
Dr.
Katja Ritterbusch
IP Licensing Manager
Patent Department
Erol Ceylan
German Patent Attorney
IP Manager
Dr.
Charlotte Federhen
German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney
IP Manager
Dr.
Jasmin Gossmann
IP Manager
Dr.
Edith Kinder
European Patent Attorney
IP Manager
Astrid Kohl
Team Assistant
Michaela Krüger
Patent Attorney Assistant
Beate Meiners
Patent Clerk
Dr.
Tilo Streibl
IP Manager
Dr.
Saskia Weiszer
German Patent Attorney
IP Manager
Legal Department
Wolf Hoefler
Corporate Counsel
Andrea Merz
In-House Counsel
Administration
Kerstin Ebert
Team Assistant
Marijana Kotur
Team Assistant
Sarah Mendlik
Team Assistant
Simone Schütz
Accounting