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(at)zv.tum.de
Mo – Tue: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Wed: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Deputy Head of Department
Head of Research Support
Dr. Björn Jahnke
Tel: +49 89 289 25562
jahnke(at)zv.tum.de
Caroline Langhorn
Tel: +49 89 289 25236
Bison(at)zv.tum.de
Sandra Garcia
Tel: +49 89 289 22647
garcia(at)zv.tum.de
Dr. Astrid De Clercq
Tel: +49 89 289 25596
astrid.de-clercq(at)tum.de
Collaborative Proposals,
(esp. EU and USA)
Astrid Sloth Kristensen
Tel: +45 29 25 27 55
astrid.kristensen(at)tum.de
TUM Brussels &
EuroTech Universities Alliance
Dr. Wael Mousa
Tel: +49 89 289 25595
wael.mousa(at)tum.de
MSCA Proposals,
Philipp Schwartz-Initiative
Katharina Schumacher
Tel: +49 162 1047371
katharina.schumacher(at)tum.de
ERC Synergy Grant,
EU Collaborative Proposals
Tue – Fri
Dr. Nathalie Themeßl
Tel: +49 89 289 22617
nathalie.themessl(at)tum.de
ERC Advanced Grant,
ERC Starting Grant
Dr. Annika Byrne
Tel: +49 89 289 22609
annika.byrne(at)tum.de
National Research Support
Research and Commercial Cooperations
Dr. Lisa Göpfert
Tel: + 49 89 289 25396
goepfert(at)zv.tum.de
National Research Support
TUM Campus Straubing
Carla Herrmann, M.A.
Tel: +49 89 289 25247
HerrmannC(at)zv.tum.de
TUM Talent Factory
Research and Commercial Cooperations
Dr. Bettina Joachimsthaler
Tel: +49 89 289 25567
Joachimsthaler(at)zv.tum.de
National Research Support
Tue – Wed: 9 am. – 5 pm.
Thur: 8 am. – 12 pm.
Dr. Tiffany Paulisch
Tel: +49 89 289 25577
paulisch(at)zv.tum.de
National Research Support
TUM Talent Factory
Dr. Matthias Staudigel
Tel: +49 89 289 22653
Staudigel(at)zv.tum.de
National Research Support
TUM Talent Factory
Dr. Bing Zou
Tel: +49 89 289 25735
bing.zou(at)tum.de
Coordinator TUM Campus Singapore (TUM Asia | TUMCREATE)
Research and Commercial Cooperations
Elke Achhammer
Tel: +49 89 289 25228
achhammer(at)zv.tum.de
Mon – Thu: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Head of Patents and Licenses
Elke Achhammer
Tel: +49 89 289 25228
achhammer(at)zv.tum.de
Mon – Thu: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Technology Manager: Engineering Sciences
Dr. Annette Bangert
Tel: +49 89 289 25445
bangert(at)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(at)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(at)tum.de
Wed – Fri: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Technology Manager: Engineering Sciences
Dr. Grit Kummerlöwe
Tel: +49 89 289 25230
kummerloewe(at)zv.tum.de
Technology Manager: Engineering Sciences
Melanie Levai, M.A.
Tel: +49 89 289 22649
melanie.levai(at)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(at)zv.tum.de
Technology Manager: Engineering Sciences
Dr. Katja Siegers
Tel: +49 89 289 22607
siegers(at)zv.tum.de
Technology Manager: Engineering Sciences
Martin Unglert
Tel: +49 89 289 25393
unglert@zv.tum.de
Technology Manager: Engineering Sciences
Dr. Iris Barwig
Tel: +49 89 289 25565
barwig(at)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(at)zv.tum.de
Mon – Thu: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Technology Manager: Life Science
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Rubel
Tel: +49 89 289 22640
rubel(at)zv.tum.de
Mon – Thu
Technology Manager: Life Science
Dr. Patrick Huber
Tel: +49 89 289 25458
patrick.f.huber(at)tum.de
Data Management, Rankings and Reportings
Katharina Owen, PhD
Tel: +49 1520 241 74 19
katharina.owen(at)tum.de
Project Management - Diversity & Sustainability
Katrin Roth
Tel: +49 89 289 25383
katrin.roth(at)tum.de
Mon – Tue – Thur: 9.30 am. – 3 pm. ,
Wed: 9.30 am. – 12 pm.
Ecosystem Process Integration
Michaela Werther
Tel: +49 162 280 14 92
michaela.werther(at)tum.de
Mon – Wed
TUM Venture Labs Initiative
Anna-Sophie Rauschenbach
Tel: +49 89 289 22636
anna.rauschenbach(at)tum.de
Marketing and Event Management
Dr. Patrick Huber
Tel: +49 89 289 25458
patrick.f.huber(at)tum.de
Entrepreneurship Community Management
Julia Hinderink, M.A.
Tel: +49 89 289 25326
julia.hinderink(at)tum.de
Program Management Entrepreneurial Education (incl. Think.Make.Start. & Sciencepreneurship)
Kathrin Söllner, M.A.
Tel: +49 89 289 25502
kati.soellner(at)tum.de
Mon – Thur
Program Management (incl. TUM IDEAward)
Juliana Bonitz
Tel: +49 89 289 25329
juliana.bonitz(at)tum.de
International Affairs and EIT Urban Mobility Programs
Rita Laukemper
Tel: +49 162 101 19 42
rita.laukemper(at)tum.de
Mon – Thur
EIT Food Progams and Food Entrepreneurship made in Bavaria
Belinda Büchner
Tel: +49 162 248 14 61
belinda.buechner(at)tum.de
Food/Agro/Biotech, Software/AI, Sustainability/Circular
Florian Jäger
Tel: +49 162 209 06 65
florianp.jaeger(at)tum.de
Built Environment, Food/Agro/Biotech Sustainability/Circular