TUM ForTe

The interdisciplinary team of TUM ForTe – Office for Research and Innovation – advises and supports you in all issues concerning third-party funding, talent promotion, research and industrial cooperation, intellectual property matters and technology transfer.

Department Heads   → Research Support   Patents & Licences   Entrepreneurship

Head of Department

Dr. rer. pol. Alice Beck

Tel.: +49 89 289 25200
becka@zv.tum.de
Mo & Tue 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Wed 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Deputy Head of Department
Head of Patents & Licenses

Elke Achhammer

Tel.: +49 89 289 25228
achhammer@zv.tum.de

Mon – Thu: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Deputy Head of Department
Head of Entrepreneurship

Dr. Christine Rupp
(on parental leave)

 

Head of Research Support
(National and International Research Funding Support)

Dr. Björn Jahnke

Tel: +49 89 289 25562 
jahnke@zv.tum.de

Head of Research Support
(Strategic Research and Commercial Cooperations)

Dr. Christoph R. Winkler

Tel: +49 89 289 25563
winkler@zv.tum.de

 

Team Assistant

Caroline Bison

Tel: +49 89 289 25236
Bison@zv.tum.de

Sandra Garcia

Tel: +49 89 289 22647
garcia@zv.tum.de


Research Support

Dr. Björn Jahnke

Tel: +49 89 289 25562 
jahnke@zv.tum.de

Head of Research Support
(National and International
Research Support)

Dr. Christoph R. Winkler

Tel: +49 89 289 25563
winkler@zv.tum.de

Head of Research Support
(Strategic Research and
Commercial Cooperations)

International Research Support

Mirjam Dallmeier, M.A.

Tel: +49 89 289 22618
mirjam.dallmeier@tum.de

ERC Starting Grant,
Individual Funding Proposals

Dörte Dannemann, M.A.

Tel: +49 89 289 22042
doerte.dannemann@tum.de

ERC Consolidator Grant,
EU Collaborative Proposals

Tue - Fri

Dr. Astrid De Clercq

Tel: +49 89 289 25596
astrid.de-clercq@tum.de

Collaborative Proposals,
(esp. EU and USA)

Dr. Wael Mousa

Tel.: +49 89 289 25595
wael.mousa@tum.de

MSCA Proposals,
Philipp Schwartz-Initiative

Dr. Nathalie Themeßl

Tel.: +49 89 289 22617
nathalie.themessl@tum.de

ERC Advanced Grant,
EU Collaborative Proposals

Katharina Schumacher

Tel.: +49 162 1047371
katharina.schumacher@
tum.de

ERC Synergy Grant,
EU Collaborative Proposals

Tue - Fri

Astrid Sloth Kristensen

Tel.: +45 29 25 27 55
astrid.kristensen@tum.de

TUM Brussels &
EuroTech Universities Alliance

Nadja Garchery, M.A.
(on parental leave)

 

National Research Support | TUM Talent Factory | Research and Commercial Cooperations

Mirjam Dallmeier, M.A.

Tel: +49 89 289 22618
dallmeier@zv.tum.de

National Research Support,
esp. Individual Funding Proposals

Dr. Sarah Förster

Tel: +49 89 289 22615
foerster@zv.tum.de

National Research Support

Dr. Lisa Göpfert

Tel: + 49 89 289 25396
goepfert@zv.tum.de

National Research Support
TUM Campus Straubing

Carla Herrmann, M.A.

Tel.: +49 89 289 25247
HerrmannC@zv.tum.de

TUM Talent Factory
Research and Commercial Cooperations

Dr. Carolin Herzog

Tel: +49 89 289 25578
herzogc@zv.tum.de

Research and Commercial Cooperations

Dr. Bettina Joachimsthaler

Tel: +49 89 289 25567 
Joachimsthaler@zv.tum.de

National Research Support

Tue & Wed 9 am. – 5 pm. 
Thur 8 am. – 12 pm.

Dr. Olga Malets

Tel: +49 89 289 25566
malets@zv.tum.de

National Research Support

Simon Ottersbach

Tel.: +49 89 289 25735
simon.ottersbach@tum.de

Program Management TUM Asia / TUM CREATE
Research and Commercial Cooperations

Dr. Tiffany Paulisch

Tel: +49 89 289 25577
paulisch@zv.tum.de

National Research Support
TUM Talent Factory

Dr. Maike Roas

Tel: +49 89 289 25417
Roas@zv.tum.de

Research and Commercial Cooperations
TUM Industry Engagement Program (IEP)

Dr. Karsten Schacht

Tel: +49 89 289 25375
schacht@zv.tum.de

Research and Commercial Cooperations
 

Dr. Matthias Staudigel

Tel: +49 89 289 22653
Staudigel@zv.tum.de

National Research Support
TUM Talent Factory

 

 


Patents and Licenses

Elke Achhammer

Tel.: +49 89 289 25228
achhammer@zv.tum.de
Mon – Thu: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Head of Patents and Licenses

Christine Hobelsberger

Tel.: +49 89 289 22667
hobelsberger@zv.tum.de

Team Assistent

Marius Mundt

Tel.: +49 89 289 25576
mundt@zv.tum.de
Mon – Fri: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Team Assistent

 

Sandra Schad

Tel.: +49 89 289 25418
schad@zv.tum.de

Team Assistent

Patents and Licenses | Engineering Sciences

Elke Achhammer

Tel.: +49 89 289 25228
achhammer@zv.tum.de
Mon – Thu: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Technology Manager: Engineering Sciences

Dr. Annette Bangert

Tel.: +49 89 289 25445
bangert@zv.tum.de
Mon: until 4 p.m.
Tue + Thu: until 12:30 p.m.

Technology Manager: Engineering Sciences

Dr. Beate Czech

Tel.: +49 89 289 25244
czech@zv.tum.de
Mon, Wed – Fri:
8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Technology Manager: Engineering Sciences
 

Dr. Katharina Diller

Tel.: +49 89 289 22608
katharina.diller@tum.de
Wed – Fri:  9 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Technology Manager: Engineering Sciences

Dr. Grit Kummerlöwe

Tel: +49 89 289 25230
kummerloewe@zv.tum.de

Technology Manager: Engineering Sciences

Melanie Levai, M.A.

Tel.: +49 89 289 22649
melanie.levai@tum.de
Mon – Fri  until 4 p.m.

Technology Manager: Engineering Sciences

Dr. Michaela Lohmüller

Tel: +49 89 289 22948
lohmueller@tum.de
Mon – Tue, Thu – Fri: 
8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Technology Manager: Engineering Sciences

 

Dr. Reinhard Salfer

Tel.: +49 89 289 23987
salfer@zv.tum.de

Technology Manager: Engineering Sciences

Dr. Katja Siegers 

Tel.: +49 89 289 22607
siegers@zv.tum.de

Technology Manager: Engineering Sciences

Martin Unglert 

Tel.: +49 89 289 25393
unglert@zv.tum.de

Technology Manager:
Engineering Sciences

Patents and Licenses | Life & Natural Sciences

Dr. Iris Barwig

Tel: +49 89 289 25565
barwig@zv.tum.de

Tue, Thu: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Wed: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Technology Manager: Life Science

Dr. Cecile Henrich-Burkhardt

Tel.: +49 89 289 22612
henrich-burkhardt@zv.tum.de
Mon – Thu: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Technology Manager: Life Science

Dr. Adrian Hohl

Tel.: +49 89 289 22985
hohl@zv.tum.de

Technology Manager: Life Science

Dipl.-Ing. Michael Rubel

Tel.: +49 89 289 22640
rubel@zv.tum.de
Mon – Thu

Technology Manager: Life Science


Entrepreneurship

Dr. Christine Rupp
(on parental leave)
 

Head of TUMentrepreneurship
 

Strategy & Operations

Adelheid Hoffmann

Tel: +49 89 289 25282
adelheid.hoffmann@tum.de

Funding Programs

Patrick Huber

Tel: +49 89 289 25458
patrick.f.huber@tum.de

Data Management, Rankings and Reportings

Katharina Owen, PhD

Tel.: +49 89 289 25568
katharina.owen@tum.de

Strategic Topics: Diversity and Sustainability

Katrin Roth

Tel: +49 89 289 25383
katrin.roth@tum.de
Mon/Tue/Thur 9.30am-3.00pm, Wed 9.30am-12pm

Strategic Topics: Ecosystem Process Integration
 

Dr. Sieglinde Amelia Walter

Tel: +49 89 289 25501
amelia.walter@tum.de

Strategic Development

 

Michaela Werther

Tel.: +49 162 280 14 92
michaela.werther@tum.de
Mon - Wed

TUM Venture Labs Initiative

Community & Outreach

Anna-Sophie Rauschenbach

Tel: +49 89 289 22636
anna.rauschenbach@tum.de

Marketing & Events

N.N.

 

Entrepreneurial Network

Talents & Qualification

Ivana Hecimovic

Tel: +49 89 289 52832
ivana.hecimovic@tum.de

TUM Incubator Management

Julia Hinderink, M.A.

Tel: +49 89 289 25326
julia.hinderink@tum.de

Program Management Entrepreneurial Education (incl. Think.Make.Start. & Sciencepreneurship)

Kathrin Söllner

Tel: +49 89 289 25502
kati.soellner@tum.de
Mon - Thur

Program Management (incl. TUM IDEAward)
 

International Engagement

Juliana Bonitz

Tel: +49 89 289 25329
juliana.bonitz@tum.de

International Affairs and EIT Urban Mobility Programs

Patrick Huber

Tel: +49 89 289 25458
patrick.f.huber@tum.de

TUM Global DeepTech Venture Initiative

Rita Laukemper

Tel: +49 162 101 19 42
rita.laukemper@tum.de
Mon - Thur

EIT Food Progams and Food Entrepreneurship made in Bavaria

Sabrina Schulze

Tel: +49 89 289 25231 
sabrina.schulze@tum.de

International Affairs
 

Magnus Baumann

Tel: +49 162 101 34 20
magnus.baumann@tum.de

Additive Manufacturing, Software/AI

Belinda Büchner

Tel: +49 162 248 14 61
belinda.buechner@tum.de

Food/Agro/Biotech, Software/AI, Sustainability/Circular

Daniel Heltemes

Tel: +49 162 279 74 84
daniel.heltemes@tum.de

Software/AI

Florian Jäger

Tel: +49 162 209 06 65
florianp.jaeger@tum.de

Built Environment, Food/Agro/Biotech Sustainability/Circular

Bakir Kreso

Tel: +49 162 206 25 52
bakir.kreso@tum.de

Robotics/AI, Software/AI

Marius Lux

Tel: +49 162 206 69 57
marius.lux@tum.de

Aerospace, Mobility

Enrico A. Richter

Tel: +49 1622 798 759
enrico.richter@tum.de

ChemSPACE

Andreas Schwersenz


andreas.schwersenz@tum.de

Healthcare, Software/AI

Margarete Weißmann

Tel: +49 162 104 82 65
margarete.weissmann@
tum.de

Healthcare, Quantum

N.N.

 

Food/Agro/Biotech, Sustainability/Circular

Back Office & Organization

Joanna Whyte

Tel: +49 89 289 52800
joanna.whyte@tum.de

Assistant TUM Incubator

Diana Wolf

Tel: +49 89 289 25503
diana.wolf@tum.de
Mon - Thur

Assistant Funding Programs