My profession:
I have experience in science enterprises (company founder of Lemmens GmbH – Education. Research. Technology, Bonn-Berlin and KBHF GmbH – Fusion for Future at KIT Campus North, Karlsruhe) and also in science and research management. I know the non-university institutions as well as universities and colleges of applied sciences. Internationally, I have spent many years in Vienna, London and New York, getting to know different cultures in science, research and technology. Since 2000, I have consistently held teaching positions at universities and technical colleges on science management, research and higher education marketing.

You can ask me about almost any topic in science management: entry and stage gates to this field; individual qualification pathways; strategy development; research business cases; target group management and internationalization. But the most important thing is to find a reliable career path out of the research area without leaving science altogether.

My profession
As a biologist by education I would describe myself as a generalist – I worked on European spider fauna, seed dispersal by bats in Ecuador and forest fragmentation in Brazil before coordinating an academic exchange project on climate change adaptation of small rural communities in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru. Afterwards confronted with the decision to either aim for a DFG-funded project, or dedicate myself in designing and coordinating a further education programme for stakeholders in environmental management in the Global South – I decided for the latter.
 

Ask me about adaptive management in complex environments – (education for) sustainable development – global responsibility of higher education institutions – cooperation with the Global South – fascination and importance of biodiversity
 

My profession: Following my active research career, I have continued to actively seek out areas that allow me to merge my background of working in science with administrative management positions.
 

Ask me about what's it really like working in science support.