Katja Böttcher has been a project manager at the European Project Center since 2011. Since June 2017 she has also been leading the “Joint Research Activities” team in the area of “Research and Innovation Funding”. Katja has extensive experiences in managing and coordinating EU-funded research projects, especially in the 7th Framework Program and Horizon 2020. Currently, she is involved in more than 25 projects within the different specific programs of Horizon 2020 and is responsible for the administrative management in the four Horizon 2020 projects coordinated by TU Dresden: SERECA (ICT), SecureCloud (joint ICT EU-Brazil), READEX (FET-HPC) and MEMO (FET Open).

Prof. Dr. Rolf Koerber is an educator, trainer and consultant. His background is higher education, experiential learning, leadership and organizational development including quality management. He is the director of the IBE – Institut for Abilities and Development in Dresden and currently works as an coordinator for Cooperative Training in Technical Vocational Teaching at the Technical University of Dresden.

Dr. Dieta Kuchenbrandt is a consultant, trainer, and coach with a focus on the interests and concerns of scientists. Her work particularly focuses on career development for scientists, and on applying for professorships and positions outside academia. After her studies and her PhD in Psychology she was a postdoc at the Center of Excellence in Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC, Bielefeld University) and an interim professor for Social Psychology at the University of Osnabrück. In addition, she completed a training program in management consulting and coaching (Deutsche Psychologenakademie). Today, she is the co-owner of schainundkuchenbrandt.

Jenny Pick (Barkhausen Institut) was one of the Project Scouts at TU Dresden. She has over 10 years of experience as an adviser for research funding. Before joining TU Dresden in 2013 she worked at Technische Universität München and the Fraunhofer EU Office in Brussels.

Dr. Stephanie Rohac is Consultant, Trainer, Moderator and Coach with a focus on communication and change competencies in organizational contexts, i.e. universities, public organisations and companies. She studied International Management (B.A.) and Communication Psychology and Management (M.A.). Her PhD in Intercultural Communication/ Psychology deals with the development of individual change competencies in cross-cultural contexts. Dr. Stephanie Rohac has passed various international marketing positions at a global IT company, most recently as Head of International Marketing leading a cross-cultural team. 

Dr. Wilma Simoleit is Consultant for National and European Research Funding & Career Development in Science. She has long-time experience as program manager in national and international research funding. As external consultant Dr. Simoleit counsels experienced and young investigators, universities and research institutions. She evaluates and develops funding programs and strategy concepts for funding organizations. She initiated and hosted 3 conferences on different aspects of the extramural funding system. Dr. Simoleit lectures at universities and research institutions.

Dr. Markus Schmittberger has been a trainer in the field of personnel and organizational development with a focus on leadership development and project management for more than ten years; he works for numerous hightech companies as well as for research institutions and universities.