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Steering committee

The Graduate Centre Steering Committee

The FAU Graduate Centre is managed by a steering committee that is responsible for the research tasks assigned to the Graduate Centre.

Chairperson

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch

Governing Body of the University
Vizepräsidenten

  • Phone number: 0913185-26600-29313
  • Email: andreas.hirsch@fau.de

Faculty representatives

Thomas Demmelhuber

Prof. Dr. Thomas Demmelhuber

Institute of Political Science
Chair of Middle East Politics and Society

  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-22315
  • Email: thomas.demmelhuber@fau.de
Wolfgang Schoberth

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schoberth

Department of Systematic Theology
Chair of Systematic Theology I (Prof. Dr. Schoberth)

  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-22215
  • Email: theol-dogmatik@fau.de
Heinrich de Wall

Prof. Dr. Heinrich de Wall

Hans-Liermann-Institute for Ecclesiastical Law
Chair of Ecclesiastical Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law (Prof. Dr. de Wall)

  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-22242
  • Email: heinrich.de.wall@fau.de
Regina Riphahn

Prof. Regina T. Riphahn, Ph.D.

School of Business, Economics and Society
Chair of Statistics and empirical Economic Research (Prof. Regina T. Riphahn Ph.D)

  • Phone number: 0911-5302-95268
  • Email: regina.riphahn@fau.de
Karl-Heinz Leven

Prof. Dr. med. Karl-Heinz Leven

Direktor des Instituts für Geschichte und Ethik der Medizin

Department of the History and Ethics of Medicine
Chair of the History of Medicine (Prof. Dr. Leven)

  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-22094
  • Email: karl-heinz.leven@fau.de
Christoph Bert

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Bert

Leiter Medizinische Strahlenphysik

Department of Radiation Therapy
Chair of Radiation Therapy

  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-44213
  • Email: christoph.bert@uk-erlangen.de
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Achtziger

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Achtziger

Department of Mathematics
Professorship of Applied Mathematics (Prof. Dr. Achtziger)

  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-67146
  • Email: achtziger@math.fau.de
Prof. Dr. Knut Graichen

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Knut Graichen

Chair holder

Department of Electrical-Electronic-Communication Engineering
Chair of Automatic Control (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Graichen)

  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-27127
  • Email: knut.graichen@fau.de
PD Dr. Aura Heydenreich

PD Dr. Aura Heydenreich, Akad. ORat

Department of German Language and Literature
Chair of Modern German Literature (Prof. Dr. Lubkoll-Klotz)

  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-22978
  • Email: aura.heydenreich@fau.de

Research staff representative

Nicolai von Schroeders

Nicolai von Schroeders

Department Fachdidaktiken
Chair of Teaching of Mathematics (Prof. Dr. Weth)

  • Phone number: 09115302-95394
  • Email: nicolai.von.schroeders@fau.de

Doctoral candidates’ representatives

Phillip Raffeck

Phillip Raffeck, M. Sc.

Department of Computer Science
Chair of Computer Science 4 (Distributed Systems and Operating Systems)

  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-28030
  • Email: raffeck@cs.fau.de
Annika Schnell

Annika Schnell

Executive bodies of the FAU
Promovierendenkonvent

  • Email: annika.schnell@fau.de

Director of the Graduate Centre

Christian Schmitt-Engel

Dr. Christian Schmitt-Engel

Referatsleiter; strategische Entwicklung Nachwuchsförderung, Promotionen, Promovierendenberatung, Promovierendenerfassung (docDaten), Stipendien, Internationales

Department of Strategic Planning
Graduate Centre and Young Researchers Support

  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-20722
  • Email: christian.schmitt-engel@fau.de



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