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Management Board Gateway ESC

Marc Kley, M.A.

Managing Director
m.kley@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-160-88-50-870LinkedIn

Prof. Dr. Rainer Minz

Representative of the Rector for Alumni Engagement, Fundraising, and Technology Transfer

Prof. Dr. Christian Schwens

Chair of the Professorship in Entrepreneurship and Management at the University of Cologne
schwens@wiso.uni-koeln.de+49-221-470-76270

Strategy, Network & Processes

Dr. Valerie Wolf (ehem. Lukassen)

Head of Strategy, Network & Processes, Deputy Managing Director
v.wolf@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-175-43-67-325LinkedIn

Gudrun Kuhlmeier, M.Sc.

Fundraising Manager | Team Lead Network & Fundraising | Team Lead Office Management
g.kuhlmeier@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-171-30-43-289LinkedIn

Günes Birdal, PhD

Project Manager Finance
g.birdal@verw.uni-koeln.de+49-160-9063-7499

Dajana Ehlers, M.A.

Project Manager Controlling
d.ehlers@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-151-14-63-8333

Yannick Gaasch

Project Manager Network & Fundraising & IT-Support
y.gaasch@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-160-3647-165

Leyla Gulieva

Office Management Assistant
l.gulieva@gateway-unikoeln.de

Tatiana Irmai

Office- & Community Manager
t.irmai@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-151-1463-8346

Julia Katzgrau

Project Manager Network & Internationalisation
j.katzgrau@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-175-4367316

Elena Knispel

Project Manager Alumni & Cooperations
e.knispel@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-170-934-0307

Ricarda Nyßen

Assistant to the management / Office Manager
r.nyssen@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-151-40-90-8493

Katharina Przybilla

Office Management Assistant
k.przybilla@gateway-unikoeln.de

Transfer & Scouting

Dr. Marita Mehlstäubl

Head of Transfer & Scouting
m.mehlstaeubl@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-171-331-0368LinkedIn

Dr. Nicolas Meier

Deputy Unit Leader | Transfer Scout Faculty of Management, Economics, and Social Sciences
n.meier@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-171-56-03-758LinkedIn

Zara Akopyan

Support Transfer & Gateway goes International
z.akopyan@gateway-unikoeln.de

Miriam Fußangel, M. A.

Transfer Scout Faculty of Arts and Humanities
m.fussangel@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-151-74-52-2868LinkedIn

Dr. Piotr Jakubowicz

Prototyping & Technology Marketing
p.jakubowicz@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-160-90-63-1442

Vanessa Kipp

Support Transfer
v.kipp@gateway-unikoeln.deLinkedIn

Dr. Dadhichi Paretkar

Transfer Scout Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
d.paretkar@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-160-97-87-5850LinkedIn

Franziska Röhr, Master Iuris

Transfer Scout Faculty of Law
f.roehr@verw.uni-koeln.de+49-160-90-55-5711LinkedIn

Hanna Zimmermann, M.A.

Transfer Scout Faculty of Human Sciences
h.zimmermann@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-160-90-54-0817LinkedIn

Sima

Feel Good Manager

Start-ups & Acceleration

Frederik Lindner, Dipl.-Geogr.

Head of Start-ups & Acceleration
f.lindner@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-151-64-05-1221LinkedIn

Evelyn Berresheim-Christ, Dipl.-Kff.

Start-up Coach
e.berresheim-christ@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-151-64-05-1220LinkedIn

Vivien Borbély

Evaluation and Reporting
v.borbely@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-160-96-33-6496

Eda Grafe

Start-up Coach
e.grafe@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-160-977-770-37LinkedIn

Simon Graw

Start-up Coach
s.graw@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-160-3202-988LinkedIn

Madeleine Krenzlin, Dipl. Kulturw.

Start-up Coach
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Christoph Krieger

Start-up Coach
c.krieger@gateway-unikoeln.de0175-444-5421

Roman Matyushkin

Support Start-up Coaches
r.matyushkin@gateway-unikoeln.de

Communication & Events

Marijan Kojic, M.A.

Head of Communications & Events
m.kojic@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-151-14-77-3401LinkedIn

Liane Förster, B.Sc.

Team Lead Eventmanagement
l.foerster@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-170-65-16-821LinkedIn

Michael Frank

Project Manager Start-ups and Acceleration
m.frank@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-170-457-6142

Daniela Hellfritsch

Program Manager Qualification Entrepreneurship
d.hellfritsch@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-151-117-262-42

Andreas Klein, B.A.

Manager Communication & Marketing
a.klein@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-170-45-61-324LinkedIn

Saskia Koll (ehem. Wozniak)

Project Manager Marketing
s.koll@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-151-23504970LinkedIn

Simone Möller

Event Manager
s.moeller@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-170-933-9785LinkedIn

Theresa Müller

Support Eventmanagement
t.mueller@gateway-unikoeln.de

Lana-Marie Schwenkler, M.A.

Art Director
l.schwenkler@gateway-unikoeln.de+49-175-403-0413

Cooperating departments

Günes Birdal, PhD

Project Manager Finance
g.birdal@verw.uni-koeln.de+49-160-9063-7499

Dr. Constanze Duhme

Transfer Manager Medical Faculty
Constanze.duhme@uk-koeln.deLinkedIn

Franziska Röhr, Master Iuris

Expert in Intellectual Property Rights
f.roehr@verw.uni-koeln.de+49-160-90-55-5711LinkedIn

Björn Schulz

Project Management IP-Transfer
b.schulz@verw.uni-koeln.de+49-221-470-1828

ESC Professors

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Becker-Genschow

Professor für Digitale Bildung
sebastian.becker-genschow@uni-koeln.de+49-221---470-76045

Dr. Katarzyna Bozek

Professorin für Data-Analytics in Bioinformatik

Prof. Dr. Tim Engartner

Professor für Sozialwissenschaften / Social Entrepreneurship
tim.engartner@uni-koeln.de

Prof. Dr. Gereon Frahling

Professor für Künstliche Intelligenz
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Prof. Dr. Mona Mensmann

Associate Professorin für Innovationsmanagement und Entrepreneurship
mona.mensmann@wiso.uni-koeln.de+49-221-47089052LinkedIn

Prof. Dr. Christian Schwens

Chair of the Professorship in Entrepreneurship and Management at the University of Cologne
schwens@wiso.uni-koeln.de+49-221-470-76270

Prof. Dr. Markus Weinmann

Professor für Business Analytics
weinmann@wiso.uni-koeln.de+49-221-470-89981LinkedIn

Prof. Dr. Tom Zimmermann

Professor für Data Analytics in Economics and Finance
tom.zimmermann@uni-koeln.de+49-221-470-4130LinkedIn

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