Prof. Dr. Sue Rossano-Rivero
Hacer Tercanli
Current position: Founders Associate at Pixel Photonics
Business Development Manager at the S2BMRC from September 2019 till November 2023.
Current position: Lecturer at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Prof. Dr. habil. em. Thomas Baaken
Current position: Professor Emeritus
Founded the Research Centre in 2002, Managing Director from 2002-2022
Emeritus since 1.3.2024.
Dr. Choi Wai (Maggie) Chak
Current position: Partnerships Manager at Owkin
Graduated in 2022, from the S2BMRC in cooperation with the University of Twente, The Netherlands, with the dissertation "Towards Highly Performing Community-Academic Health Partnerships".
Jens Christophers
Current position: CEO of Taskforce AG, Deutschland
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Todd Davey
Current position: Assoc. Professor for Entrepreneurship at the Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
Graduated in 2015, from the S2BMRC in cooperation with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with the dissertation "Entrepreneurship at universities"
Current research topics: Entrepreneurship (students, academics, universities); Entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems; University-business cooperation; Future universities.
Dr. Victoria Galán-Muros
Current position:
Graduated in 2016, from the S2BMRC in cooperation with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with the dissertation "The University-Business Cooperation Ecosystem: an evidence-based approach for the management of European University-Business Cooperation"
Current research topics: Higher education policy; Student employability; University-business cooperation; Innovation in higher education.
Dr. Lina Marcela Landinez Gomez M.Sc.
Stefanie Gosejohann M.A.
Current position: Officer of the Press and public relations at the Fachhochschule Münster
Research Associate at the S2BMRC from June 2004 till April 2013.
Volker Hölscher
Dr. Christian Junker
Current position: Co-Founder of UNIPHORS and Start-Up Coach of the Exzellenz Start-up Center.NRW at the Fachhochschule Münster
Head of the Scince-to-Innovation research line from October 2010 till December 2019.
Graduated in 2014, from the S2BMRC in cooperation with the University of Münster, Germany, with the dissertation "Consistency as a selection criterion for successful cooperation - empirical evidence and methodology of a 'Consistency Map'".
Current research topics: Disruptive innovation; Entrepreneurship; Digital innovation; Business models.
Prof. Dr. Tobias Kesting
Current position: Professor for General Business Management with Focus on Marketing at APOLLON University of Applied Sciences in Bremen, Germany.
Graduated in 2012 from the S2BMRC in cooperation with IHI Zittau (now part of TU Dresden), Germany, with the dissertation "University knowledge and technology transfer from a market-oriented perspective"
Current research topics: Organisational marketing and management; Transfer and adaptation of marketing issues to the health and healthcare management sector.
Dr. Nisha Korff
Current position: Team Manager Hoyer, Munich
Graduated in 2014, from the S2BMRC in cooperation with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with the dissertation "University-Industry Linkages: Benefitting from Experience"
Dr. Balzhan Orazbayeva M.A.
Current position: Manager Strategic Initiatives, University Industry Innovation Network (UIIN)
Graduated in 2020, from the S2BMRC in cooperation with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with the dissertation " Education-Driven University-Business Cooperation | Engagement of Academics and Business"
Current research topics: Engaged Universities, Engagement Readiness, Future of Universities, Regional Innovation Ecosystems
Dr. André Perusso
Current position: Research Associate at the University of Groningen
Graduated in 2021, from the S2BMRC in cooperation with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with the dissertation "Experiential learning in management education: Evaluating the practice-turn"
Current research topics: Management education, Experiential learning, Online learning and ESG in finance
Dr. Neele Petzold
Current position: Startup Lead at BurdaForward
Graduated in 2020, from the S2BMRC in cooperation with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with the dissertation " Disruptive Innovation from a Process View. Studying the Emergence, Development, and Growth over Time"
Current research topics: Disruptive Innovation, Sensemaking, Strategic Renewal, Process theory
Prof. Dr. Carolin Plewa
Current position: Pro Vice Chancellor (Researcher Education and Development) and Dean of Graduate Studies at University of Adelaide, Australia
Graduated in 2006, from the S2BMRC in cooperation with The University of Adelaide, Australia, with the dissertation "Key Drivers of University-Industry Relationships and the Impact of Organisational Culture Difference; A Dyadic Study"
Current research topics: University-business engagement; Customer engagement; Value co-creation; Social innovation.
Dr. Alexander Lennart Schmidt
Current position:
Hotelschool The Hague, Amsterdam, NL
Graduated in 2021, from the S2BMRC in cooperation with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with the dissertation "MANAGING IN THE FACE OF DISRUPTION - How do companies manage business model innovation along the process of disruptive innovation?"
Current research topics: Disruptive Innovation, Sensemaking, Strategic Renewal, Process theory
Dr. Eva Sormani
Current position: Senior Business Development Manager at Oncodesign Services
Graduated in 2022, from the S2BMRC in cooperation with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with the dissertation "Academics' Impetus to Engage with Society. A Study on Motivation and Regulation"
Prof. Dr. Rosalba Badillo Vega
Current position: Professor for Leadership & Knowledge Management / Director of Knowledge & Innovation Management at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Adjunct Scientific Fellow of the S2BMRC.
Dr. Haluk Yörür
Current position: Head of Business Strategy and Marketing at Robert Bosch GmbH in Shanghai, China
Graduated in 2018, from the TU Dresden, Germany, with the dissertation "Market Oriented Product Platforms Structuring the Front-End of Flexible Platform Portfolio Development".
Current research topics:Product platform development