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Administrative Management fiT | Leibniz Joint Lab fiT
Sven Stegemann
Sven Stegemann studied pharmacy in Berlin. Various positions led him to different areas of the pharmaceutical industry until he held a professorship for patient-centered drug development in Graz between 2014 and 2019. Before taking on the position of Managing Director of the Leibniz Joint Lab fiT in 2022, he worked as Head of Global Scientific Business Development at a specialist company in pharmaceutical and chemical process technology and as a consultant in the healthcare industry.
Project coordination | Leibniz Joint Lab fiT
Sarah Dahl
Sarah Dahl studied Biomedical Engineering at FH Aachen and completed her PhD at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen in the research group of Prof. Pavel Strnad. Her doctoral research focused on developing and tesing novel biomaterials, in particular microgels, to capture toxins and cytokines in the gut, addressing bacterial infections such as cholera and chronic inflammatory diseases like Crohn's disease. During her postdoctoral work in the Strnad group, she investigated the behavior of microgels and their distribution in the gastrointestinal tract. Since 2024, she has been working as a project manager at the JointLab fiT, supporting researchers in translating their projects from basic research to application.
Head of GMP Facility Management | Leibniz Joint Lab fiT
Tim Wicke
Tim Wicke is a process engineer and studied environmental engineering and resource management at the Ruhr University Bochum. Following his studies, he worked as a project engineer and project manager in factory and process planning - with a focus on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. He then worked as a Senior Process Engineer for a global player in the healthcare sector before taking up the position of Head of GMP Facility Management at the Leibniz Joint Lab in 2022.