IOER - Key Persons


Andreas Blum

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate
Research Interests Social issues of the eco-efficiency of the built environment/urban metabolism; The role of bottom up initiatives for urban sustainability transition; Assessment, labeling and communication of better environmental quality in construction; Constraints and options, strategies and tools for the implementation of (technological) knowledge in sustainable construction and urban development; Implementation of various survey projects and methodological support and co-operation in different thematic fields

André Hartmann

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Anna Diemer

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Astrid Gläsel

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Berit Edlich


Bieh, Mario


Christoph Hornung

Job Titles:
  • Open Access Consultant
Research Interests Open Access, Open Research / Open Science, Digital Science Communication Romance literatures, especially Federico García Lorca and the Spanish vanguard

Denise Ehrhardt

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Deutscher, Sarah

Job Titles:
  • Master of Arts

Diehl, Bernd

Job Titles:
  • Dr. Phil. - Head of National Contact Point CENTRAL EUROPE

Dipl.-Ing. Sabine Witschas

Job Titles:
  • Head of Scientific Infrastructure

Dr. Anna-Maria Schielicke

Job Titles:
  • Head of IOER Research Data Centre

Dr. Bernd Diehl

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator of NCP
  • Head of the CENTRAL EUROPE National Contact Point
As head of the CENTRAL EUROPE National Contact Point, Dr. Bernd Diehl has been very familiar with the programme, the responsible institutions at national and international level, and, with the stakeholders in Germany for over 20 years. Potential applicants as well as current and future project partners are offered comprehensive support the whole process, that means at the complex initial phase of project development, over the implementation of approved projects to the project finalizing.

Dr. Ramona Voshage

Job Titles:
  • Head of Infrastructure Group

Dr. rer. nat. Claudia Dworczyk

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Dr. rer. nat. Gérard Hutter

Job Titles:
  • Senior Researcher

Dr. rer. nat. Hendrik Herold

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Dr. rer. pol. Markus Egermann

Job Titles:
  • Head of Research Area
  • Head of Research Area Transformative Capacities

Dr. Sc. Naufal Alimov

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Dr. Sebastian Heer

Job Titles:
  • Senior Researcher

Dr. Stefano Della Chiesa

Job Titles:
  • Research Data Steward
Research Interests I have conducted multidisciplinary research in environmental monitoring, land use change, remote sensing, ecohydrological and spatial modelling. My current research interests are in the field of research data infrastructures, research data management and open data.

Dr.-Ing. Alexander Dunkel

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Dr.-Ing. Georg Schiller

Job Titles:
  • Head of Research Group

Dr.-Ing. Jessica Hemingway

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate - Post Doc

Dr.-Ing. Katja Friedrich

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate
Research Interests Appropriation of space Theory of architecture Urban regeneration Border cities and "Leitbild" Temporary architecture

Dr.-Ing. Robert Hecht

Job Titles:
  • Senior Researcher

Dr.-Ing. Shikha Ranjha

Job Titles:
  • Scientific Coordinator of the DLGS

Eduardo Prado

Job Titles:
  • Master in Sociology

Eichler, Lisa

Job Titles:
  • Master Geoinformatics and Management

Franziska Ehnert

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Free-lance German

Job Titles:
  • Teacher, Zentrum Für Deutsche Sprache Und Kultur Gemeinnützige GmbH ( ZDSK )

Georg Zinder

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Gläsel, Astrid

Job Titles:
  • Master Political Science

GOPA Worldwide

Job Titles:
  • Business Support Manager
  • Project Manager

Habeeb, Riyan

Job Titles:
  • Master of Urban and Rural Planning

Hauck, Sarah

Job Titles:
  • Head of IZS: Prof. Dr. - Ing. Robert Knippschild / Head of Research Group: Prof. Dr. Sc. Pol. Artem Korzhenevych

Hensel, Heike

Job Titles:
  • Journalist - Media and Public Relations

Hofmann, Saskia

Job Titles:
  • French - Office Assistant Research Management / Knowledge Transfer

Hornung, Christoph

Job Titles:
  • Iberoromanische Philologie - Open Access Consultant

Javaid, Sana

Job Titles:
  • Master of Architecture ( M. Arch )

Jochen Schanze

Job Titles:
  • Head of Knowledge Transfer

Karin Gruhler

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate
Research interests Material and energy assessments of the built environment using material flow and other life cycle oriented analyses (MFA, LCA, building material induced implications), Settlement-structural and building-related typology approaches Material cadastres of cities & regions and their applications, Assumption-based simulations (if-then) of possible developments and futures of building stocks, Circularity of the built environment (circular economy approaches)

Katharina Bullinger

Research Interests Social innovations in the built environment Circular built environment Circular construction

Kraatz, Christina


Li, Yunfei


Ludewig, Kerstin


M.A. Economics

Job Titles:
  • French - Office Assistant Research Management / Knowledge Transfer

Mariam Diagayété

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate - PhD Candidate

Martinka, Sandra

Job Titles:
  • Head of Research Management

Marzan Tasnim

Job Titles:
  • Master Computer Science

Mootz, Elke


Morris, Jonathan

Job Titles:
  • Master of International Financial and Political Relations

Philip Harms

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate - PhD Candidate

Pohl, Anja


Prof. Dr. Marc Wolfram

Job Titles:
  • Director

Prof. Dr. Martina Artmann

Job Titles:
  • Head of Research Group
  • Head of the Leibniz
Research Interests Systemic solutions for sustainable urban development Urban ecosystem services and green infrastructure Urban human-nature interactions Urban agriculture and edible cities Urban deep ecology

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Behnisch

Job Titles:
  • Head of Research Area

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Wende

Job Titles:
  • Head of Research Area

Ritu George Kaliaden

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate - PhD Candidate

Rockstroh

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Director
  • Librarian

Sarah Deutscher

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate
Research Interests Transformative Change Sustainability Reporting Biodiversity Management Corporate sustainability

Scheibner, Gitte


Schinke, Ulrike

Job Titles:
  • Cartographer - Equal Opportunities Officer

Schwarz, Steffen


Schwertner, Claudia

Job Titles:
  • Reception

Tabea Danke

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate
Education 2014-2018 Bachelor of Science, Landschaftsarchitektur 2018-2022 Master of Science, Raumentwicklung und Naturressourcenmanagement

Timmel, Heike


Uhlich, Klaus


Vogel, Katrin


Werner, Marius


Zhang, Ning

Job Titles:
  • Master of Applied Science