Introducing the Great Team Behind the DLAB Program
Leadership Team
The Initiators of the DLAB Program
Prof. Steffen Strese
DLAB Co-Founder + DLAB Chairman
Professor for Innovation Management
(Business and Economics)
Prof. Tessa Flatten
DLAB Co-Founder +
DLAB Head of Internationalization
Professor for Technology Management
(Business and Economics)
Executive Board
Our Academic Team from TU Dortmund University and Beyond
Prof. Jian-Jia Chen
Professor for Design Automation for Embedded Systems
(Computer Science)
Prof. Philipp Doebler
Professor for Statistical Methods in Social Science
(Statistics)
Prof. Lorenz Graf-Vlachy
Professor for Strategic Management and Leadership
(Business and Economics)
Prof. Falk Howar
Professor for Software Engineering
(Computer Science)
Prof. Christian Janiesch
Professor for Enterprise Computing
(Computer Science)
Dr. Ronald Kriedel
Managing Director of Centre for Entrepreneurship and Transfer (CET)
Dr. Michael S. Lehman
Faculty Director of Technical Entrepreneurship
(Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Lehigh University, USA)
Prof. Liudvika Leišytė
Professor for University Didactics and Research
(ZHB)
Prof. Boris Otto
Professor for Industrial Information Management and Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering
(Mechanical Engineering)
Prof. Gerhard Schembecker
Professor for Plant and Process Design
(Biochemical and Chemical Engineering)
Prof. Stefan Tappertzhofen
Professor for Micro- and Nanoelectronics
(Electrical Engineering and Information Technology)
Prof. Manuel Wiesche
Professor for Digital Transformation
(Business and Economics)
Management Team
Our Management Team, Running the DLAB
Jonathan Schubert
Head of DLAB Program
Jean Kachouh
DLAB Supporter
Janik Rüther
DLAB Supporter
Advisory Board
Our Industry Partners, Feeding Our Community with Latest Insights
Bastian Bullmann
Investor @ Atlantic Labs
Dr. Bardo Droege
Investor @ 468 Capital
Dr. Nils Eiteneyer
Co-Founder @ XDeck
Managing Director New Ventures @ Fond OF
Irene Klemm
Founder @ Edurino
Christopher Leifeld
Co-Founder @ Thinksurance
Adrienne von Recum
Geschäftsführerin @ TÜV NORD Bildung
Dr. Raphael Rettig
Partner @ McKinsey
Dr. Christian Sprinkmeyer
Chief Product Officer @ tonies®
Tim Tegeder
Management Consultant
@ Bain & Company
Dr. Malte Waldeck
Founder @ Oska Health
Peter Waleczek
Founder & Managing Partner @ Flex Capital
Erik Wirsing
Vice President Global Innovation @ Schenker
Lecturers
Prof. Christian Rehtanz
Professor and Head of Institute of Energy Systems, Energy Efficiency and Energy Economics
Prof. Michael Henke
Chairholder of Corporate Logistics (LFO) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Alexander Munteanu
Researcher at the department of Statistics
Prof. Markus Pauly
Professor for Mathematical Statistics and Applications in Industry, Department of Statistics
Prof. Hannsjörg Freund
Professor for Biochemical and Chemical Engineering
Prof. Andreas Groll
Professor at the department of Statistics (Statistical Methods for Big Data)
Prof. Christian Wietfeld
Professor and the Head of the Communication Networks Institute (CNI)
Prof. Stefan Palzer
Professor for Sensor Technology at the department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Prof. Sergio Lucia
Professor and head of the Laboratory of Process Automation Systems
Prof. Stephan Lütz
Professor for Bioprocess Engineering at the Faculty of Bio- and Chemical Engineering
Prof. Nadja Klein
Professor at the department of Statistics (Research Center Trustworthy Data Science and Security)
Dr. Jonas Rieger
Postdoc at the department of Statistics
Dr. Sibylle Braungardt
Professorship of Sensor Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Dr. Georg Hubmann
Academic Councilor at the Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Faculty of Bio- and Chemical Engineering
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