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Dr. Sofia Kappel

Head

- **Friedrichstr. 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-8865](tel:+497612038865)
- [sofia.kappel@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:sofia.kappel@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- **Areas of Responsibility:**\
  • Research funding matters, together with the UFR rectorate and central university administration\
  • Contact person and communication with faculties, centres and research institutions in all research matters\
  • Participation in university-related, national and international working groups and networks\
  • Project lead Nagoya Protocol and research information system

Simone Fehrenbach

Office

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-8863](tel:+497612038863)
- [sekretariat.frs@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:sekretariat.frs@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- **Areas of Responsibility:**\
  • Office work/general administrative duties\
  • Project assistance

**Dr. Silke Knaut**

Head

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-6811](tel:+497612036811)
- [silke.knaut@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:silke.knaut@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- ****Areas of Responsibility**:**\
  • Advising on quality assurance and quality enhancement in doctoral education\
  • Establishing contacts and networking with national and international organisations and with actors of higher education policy (e.g. [UniWinD](http://www.uniwind.org/), [LERU](http://www.leru.org/))\
  • [Advising on proposals for doctoral programmes](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/advising-and-service/advising-for-faculties/) (Faculty of Law, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources)
- **Office Hours:**\
  Mon and Thu full day\
  Tue, Wed and Fri before noon

Dr. Tina Lampe

Assistant head

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-6817](tel:+497612036817)
- [tina.lampe@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:tina.lampe@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- ****Areas of Responsibility**:**\
  • Organisation and further development of the transdisciplinary [qualification programme for doctoral candidates](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/qualification-docs/)\
  • [Career coaching](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/advising-and-service/career-coaching/)\
  • Coordination of the [coaching service](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/advising-and-service/coaching/)\
  • [Ombuds assistant](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/ombuds-process/)\
  • [Advising on proposals for doctoral programmes](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/advising-and-service/advising-for-faculties/) (Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Faculty of Biology)

Dr. David Willmes

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-6814](tel:+497612036814)
- [david.willmes@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:david.willmes@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- **Areas of Responsibility:**\
  • [Counselling](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/advising-and-service/counselling/)\
  • [Ombuds assistant](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/ombuds-process/) and coordination of the central ombuds process for doctoral candidates and supervisors\
  • [Advising on proposals for doctoral programmes](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/advising-and-service/advising-for-faculties/) (Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Philology, Faculty of Theology, Faculty of Economics and Behavioral Sciences)
- **Office Hours:**\
  Tue–Thu full day

Hanna Mahler

- **Rheinstr. 10** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-98614](tel:+4976120398614)
- [hanna.mahler@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:hanna.mahler@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- **Areas of Responsibility:**\
  • [Project management of doctoral candidates and postdocs survey](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/doctoral-studies-ufr/doc-survey/)\
  • Further development of the [digital administration of doctoral candidates](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/doctoral-studies-ufr/digitalisierung-im-promotionswesen/statistics) and data quality\
  • Counselling on the [compulsory enrollment](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/doctoral-studies-ufr/compulsory-enrollment/)\
  • Coordination of the advisory board for the doctorate
- **Office Hours:**\
  Mon-Fri full day

Dr. Carl Skarbek

- **Rheinstr. 10** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-96799](tel:+4976120396799)
- [carl.skarbek@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:carl.skarbek@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- **Areas of Responsibility:**\
  • [Advising on doctoral process](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/advising-and-service/advising-doc-process/)\
  • Networking and informational events (e.g.[Doc On!](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/networking-and-events/doc-on/), CareerDay)\
  • Contact person for the doctoral candidate’s convents and the [doctoral joint working committee](https://www.gemeinsamer-ausschuss-der-doktorandenkonvente.uni-freiburg.de/en)\
  • Contact person for the university’s doctoral programmes\
  • Organisation of the events of the [qualification programme for doctoral candidates](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/qualification-docs/)\
  • Conception and implementation of the networking events [Doc Camp](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/networking-and-events/doc-camp/) and [Doc Hock](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/networking-and-events/doc-hock/)\
  • Contact person for [@Doc Projects](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/financing/docprojects/)
- **Office Hours** 

  Mo-Fr full day

Laura Kuhn

- **Rheinstr. 10**\
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- [+49 (0)761 203-6821](tel:+497612036821)
- [laura.kuhn@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:laura.kuhn@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- **Area of Responsibility:**\
  • Project management in the project „[Digital administration of doctoral studies](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/doctoral-studies-ufr/digitalisierung-im-promotionswesen/)“\
  • Development of a concept for presenting existing measures for quality assurance and enhancement in doctoral education (as parental leave cover)
- **Office Hours:**\
  Mon-Fri full day

Aleksandra Pojda de Pérez

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-6812](tel:+497612036812)
- [aleksandra.pojda@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:aleksandra.pojda@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- **Areas of Responsibility:**\
  • [Advising on funding options (e.g. doctoral scholarships)](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/financing/advising-funding/)\
  • [GraCe Travel Grants](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/financing/grace-travel-grants/)\
  • administration of [Scholarships as per the State Law on Graduate Funding (LGFG)](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/financing/lgfg/)\
  • advising for LGFG Scholarship holders and applicants\
  • Vorbereitung der Ausschreibung und des Vergabeverfahrens\
  • [University Funding for the Completion of the Doctorate in DFG Research Training Groups](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/financing/university-funding-completion-doctorate/)\
  • preparation of the meetings of the central grants commission\
  University of Freiburg´s selection procedures (e.g. Roche Continents, LERU Doctoral Summer School)\
  • [Language Tandem for Doctoral Researcher](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/advising-and-service/language-tandem/)\
  • qualitiy assurance in doctoral education\
  • inventory, Procurement, Academic Assistants\
  • bookkeeping and cost accounting

Petra Backenecker

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-6816](tel:+497612036816)
- [petra.backenecker@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:petra.backenecker@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- **Areas of Responsibility:**\
  • Coordinating the [digititalisation process for doctoral administration](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/doctoral-studies-ufr/digitalisierung-im-promotionswesen/)\
  • Strategic and conceptual development for the digititalisation of doctoral administration\
  • Analysis of the actual and theoretical processes for doctoral administration in close coordination with the computing center (URZ) and the faculties\
  • Establishing concepts for quality assurance of data and processes

Minkus Teske (on parental leave until 28.10.26)

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-6813](tel:+497612036813)
- [minkus.teske@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:minkus.teske@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- **Areas of Responsibility:**\
  • [Advising on doctoral process](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/advising-and-service/advising-doc-process/)\
  • [Advising on funding options (e.g. doctoral scholarships)](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/financing/advising-funding/)\
  • [GraCe Travel Grants](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/grace/financing/grace-travel-grants/)\
  • Conception, coordination and organisation of quality assurance and quality enhancement measures in doctoral education (e.g. Award for excellent supervision at the University of Freiburg)\
  • Conception and implementation of a quality management system in doctoral education\
  • evaluation of quality standards in doctoral education
- **Office Hours:**\
  Mon, Thu and Fri afternoon\
  Tue and Wed before noon

Helene Schöwing\
Lucia Lakatošová\
Kalina Janeva

Staff of the Qualification Programme

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-6819](tel:+497612036819)
- [qualifizierung@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:qualifizierung@zv.uni-freiburg.de)

Dr. Frank Krüger

Head\
Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and\
Microsystems Engineering

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-4859](tel:+497612034859)
- [frank.krueger@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:frank.krueger@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- ******Areas of Responsibility****:**\
  • Faculty of Mathematics and Physics\
  • Faculty of Engineering\
  • The Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM) of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE)\
  • Industrial Collective Research (IGF)\
  • Excellence Strategy 2026-2032: Clusters of Excellence funding line\
  • Selected research awards (Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Balzan, Hector, Gerda Henkel, Alfried Krupp, Louis-Jeantet, Landesforschungspreis)\
  • [Freiburg Funding Portal](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/ssc/#ffp)

Dr. Julia Fischer

Humanities, Social Sciences and Theology

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-4857](tel:+497612034857)
- [julia.fischer@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:julia.fischer@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- ******Areas of Responsibility****:**\
  • Faculty of Philology\
  • Faculty of Philosophy\
  • Faculty of Theology\
  • [Postdoctoral Fellowships for Leading Early Career Researchers](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/ssc/#eliteprogramm) (Eliteprogramm of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation)\
  • Margarete von Wrangell Junior Professorship Programme (funded by the State Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts)\
  • Selected research awards (Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Balzan, Hector, Gerda Henkel, Alfried Krupp, Louis-Jeantet, Landesforschungspreis)

Dr. Melanie Hähnel-Taguchi

Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-4860](tel:+497612034860)
- [melanie.haehnel-taguchi@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:melanie.haehnel-taguchi@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- ******Areas of Responsibility****:**\
  • Faculty of Chemistry und Pharmacy\
  • Faculty of Biology\
  • Funding programmes of the Carl Zeiss Foundation with focus on Life Sciences  (Breakthroughs, NEXUS, Wildcard)\
  • Joint projects with medicine\
  • Selected research awards (Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Balzan, Hector, Gerda Henkel, Alfried Krupp, Louis-Jeantet, Landesforschungspreis)

Dr. Björn Goldammer

Economics, Behavioural Sciences,\
Environment and Natural Resources, Law

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-4858](tel:+497612034858)
- [bjoern.goldammer@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:bjoern.goldammer@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- ******Areas of Responsibility****:**\
  • Faculty of Law\
  • Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources\
  • Faculty of Economics and Behavioral Sciences\
  • [Research Innovation Fund](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/ssc/#research-innovation-fund)\
  • AXA Research Fund\
  • NIH (National Institutes of Health, USA)\
  • DAAD P.R.I.M.E.\
  • Selected research awards (Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Balzan, Hector, Gerda Henkel, Alfried Krupp, Louis-Jeantet, Landesforschungspreis)

Jasmin Storr

Project administration

- **Rheinstr. 10** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-95386](tel:+4976120395386)
- [jasmin.storr@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:jasmin.storr@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- ******Areas of Responsibility****:**\
  • Financial planning and personnel costs calculation for project applications\
  • Support in selection and nomination procedures of selected research awards\
  • Support of assessments within the framework of the Excellence Strategy 2026-2032: Clusters of Excellence funding line\
  • [Freiburg Funding Portal](https://uni-freiburg.de/frs-en/ffp/) maintenance

****Christian Jäger, Ass. iur.****

Head

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-8845](tel:+497612038845)
- [christian.jaeger@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:christian.jaeger@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- ******Areas of Responsibility****:**\
  • Head\
  • EU programmes, contracts, fundamental questions

Dr. Georgia Wessels

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-6820](tel:+497612036820)
- [georgia.wessels@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:georgia.wessels@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- ******Areas of Responsibility****:**\
  • EU programmes\
  • Project management

Antonia Hübner-Kruzinna

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-96892](tel:+4976120396892)
- [antonia.huebner-kruzinna@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:antonia.huebner-kruzinna@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- ******Areas of Responsibility****:**\
  • EU programmes\
  • Project management

Felicitas Höfflin-Trefzer

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-4202](tel:+497612034202)
- [felicitas.hoefflin-trefzer@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:felicitas.hoefflin-trefzer@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- ******Areas of Responsibility****:**\
  • EU programmes\
  • Project management

Bettina Leuschner

- **Friedrichstraße 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-67472](tel:+4976120367472)
- [bettina.leuschner@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:bettina.leuschner@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- ******Areas of Responsibility****:**\
  • EU project assistance

Birgit Jassmann

- **Friedrichstr. 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-9645](tel:+497612039645)
- [birgit.jassmann@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:birgit.jassmann@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- **Areas of responsibility:**\
  • **Office of the** [**Research Board**](https://uni-freiburg.de/en/research/quality-assurance/research-boards/) **(RB)**\
  • Monitoring of the university research profile; in particular support for funding measures in the area of research management\
  • **Office of the [Research Infrastructure Board](https://uni-freiburg.de/en/research/quality-assurance/research-boards/#research-infrastructure-board-rib) (RIB)**\
  • Support of  [Infrastructure Projects](https://uni-freiburg.de/en/research/research-structures/#research-infrastructures) at the university (e.g. research buildings, facilities according to the research infrastructure plan for the entire University, large-scale research equipment)\
  • Coordination office for **externally funded professorships** (including joint appointments, and endowed professorships) as well as for other cooperation projects in the field of research with non-university research institutions and foundations.
- **Office Hours:**\
  Mon.–Fri. full day

Sorana Kamla

Assistant Head

- **Rheinstr. 10** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-6803](tel:+497612036803)
- [sorana.kamla@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:sorana.kamla@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- ****Areas of responsibility:****\
  • Monitoring of the university research profile; in particular, supervision of the focus areas and updating of the central research websites\
  • Supporting the implementation of the Excellence Strategy; in particular the Excellence Cluster funding\
  • **[Clusters of Excellence](https://uni-freiburg.de/en/topics-in-focus/the-excellence-strategy/) (CIBSS, *liv*MatS) and [Cluster Initiatives](https://uni-freiburg.de/en/topics-in-focus/the-excellence-strategy/)**\
  • Support and monitoring of administrative processes concerning the implementation, organisational changes and evaluations (monitoring of evaluation procedures)\
  • Support for collaborative initiatives as part of the Excellence Strategy
- **Office Hours:**\
  Mon.–Fri. 9:00–16:30 h

Friederike Schneider

- **Friedrichstr. 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-8864](tel:+497612038864)
- [friederike.schneider@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:Friederike.Schneider@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- **Responsibilities:**\
   • Project management and coordination of the FIS project\
  • Coordination and collaboration with faculties, the central university administration, and the university computer center \
  • Design and implementation of subject-specific and project processes \
  • Quality assurance and further development of research information data \
  • Communication, documentation, and support during system implementation \
  • Representation of the University of Freiburg in supra-regional committees and foundations
- **Bürozeiten:**\
  Mon.–Fri. full day

Johannes Weinert

IT project assistant

- **Friedrichstr. 41-43** 

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- [+49 (0)761 203-95263](tel:+4976120395263)
- [johannes.weinert@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:johannes.weinert@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- ****Areas of responsibility**:**\
  • IT- and database administration (in particular Freiburg Funding Portal)\
  • Webmaster FRS-Portal\
  • Administrative coordination of FIS projects
- **Office Hours:**\
  Mon. – Thurs. 9:00-13:00 h\

Dr. Philipp Schwenk

- **Rheinstr. 10** 

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- +[49 (0)761 203-95200](tel:+4976120395200)
- [philipp.schwenk@zv.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:philipp.schwenk@zv.uni-freiburg.de)
- **Areas of Responsibility:**\
  • Compliance in the context of the utilisation of genetic resources & Nagoya protocol\
  • Development of concepts and management of measures for the university-wide deployment of the Nagoya protocol\
  • Conceptualisation and implementation of workshops and counseling of researchers in the context of the Nagoya protocol\
  • Supporting the coordination of the FIS project
- **Office Hours:**\
  Mon.–Thurs. full day