Patrik Zeimetz

Studied computer science at Saarland University. After graduation, initially employed on a temporary basis at IBFI Schloss Dagstuhl as part of the MeDoc project. Since then, permanent position in the Computer Operations Group of the Computer Science Department. In 2009, first-time candidate for the staff council election on the list “GEW/VER.DI and independents”. Elected Chairman at the subsequent constituent meeting.

For years responsible for the area of higher education and research, initially on the state executive board and now on the executive board of GEW-Saarland. In committee work, committed to improving the working conditions and career prospects of academic staff. Particularly committed to combating precarious employment in academia. Good connections in the field of higher education politics.

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Dr. Eva Pohl

Studied economics with a focus on labor market and social policy at the University of Würzburg. From 2003-2007 research assistant at Ilmenau University of Technology (Department of Economic Policy), doctorate in the field of continuing education of employees, teaching at the FernUni Hagen study center, research stay in Brazil. Since 2008 employed at Saarland University as Managing Director of the Europa-Institut, Department of Economics. Exempted for the Staff Council since 2017.

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PD Dr. Wolfgang Metzger

Studied biology at the University of Saarbrücken (1991 to 1998). Worked in research and development in the field of medical products (Fresenius Hemocare, St. Wendel) until 2003 with a doctorate at Saarland University. Since 2004 research assistant in the trauma surgery research laboratory (Homburg) and set up his own working group. His research focuses on cell-surface interaction and 3D cell culture models. In addition to scientific work, conception and implementation of various courses for students of human medicine and dentistry. 2020 Habilitation in Experimental Trauma Surgery and Regenerative Biology.

Dr. Linda Balzer

• Studied at Saarland University from 2008–2015:
• Teacher training course in German, Catholic Religion, and History
• Master's degree in Religious Traditions in Europe (now: Religion in Europe)
• Bachelor's degree in Historically Oriented Cultural Studies (HoK)
• Since 2014: Research assistant
• 2019: Doctorate in Theology
• Current research focus (habilitation): Prevention of anti-Semitism in teacher training
• Voluntary work in theology: Liaison lecturer
• Also: Study coordinator and student advisor
• Member of the staff council since 2017

Andrea Bütterich-Rink

Studied Economics at the University of Saarland (UdS) until 1989, with a focus on Marketing and Industrial Management. From 1989, worked as a research assistant at the Distance Learning Center of the University of Saarland. Since March 2018, referent for academic continuing education in the Department of Teaching and Study. Starting in 2024, subject specialist for Marketing and Finance in the Department of Teaching and Study at the University of Saarland.

Kornelius Bamberger

Studied psychology, computer science and information science at Saarland University. After graduating in psychology in 1988, initially a research assistant in the psychology department with a temporary position (half doctoral position and partly half project position), then moved to the then Computer Centre for a permanent position and was entrusted with changing tasks in the training and support area there and in the successor organisations IT Service Centre and University IT Centre.

Angelina Müller

Studied Educational Science, Developmental Psychology and Modern German Linguistics at Saarland University. From 2010 to 2017, administrative employee at the Centre for Lifelong Learning. Between 2017 and 2024, research associate and executive assistant at the Centre for Lifelong Learning. Since 2024, Deputy Director at the Centre for Teaching and Learning.

Dr. Stephanie Blum

Magister's degree in Modern German Literature, Comparative Literature and Spanish Philology at the UdS, research assistant in the department of German Studies since 2013 (PhD in 2018), responsible for the „Arbeitsstelle für österreichische Literatur und Kultur (AfÖLK), and additionally subject coordination (Optionalbereich, European Cultural Studies) in the study office of the Faculty of Humanities since 2019.

Christina David

Studied psychology at Saarland University from 2017-2022. Since 2022 research assistant at the department of empirical school and teaching research, educational sciences. Since 2023 PhD scholarship holder of the Hans-Böckler Foundation, external PhD student at the department of empirical school and teaching research, educational sciences.

Dr. Alexander von der Malsburg

• 2000 - 2007: Studied Biology at the Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg and the Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg.
• 2007 - 2010: Doctoral thesis at the Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg im Breisgau.
• 2011 - 2016: Research associate at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council, Cambridge (UK).
• Since 2017: Research associate, Medical Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Saarland University, Homburg.

Dr. Susanne Meuser

High school diploma, training as Chemical-Biological Technical Assistant, Letteverein Berlin. Sandwich student at CAMCO (Schering), Cambridge. Diploma and subsequent doctorate at the Free University Berlin, Department of Zoology/Neurobiology, Neurobiology/Developmental Biology of insects. Graduation 1996. Postdoctoral researcher at Baylor College, Houston, Texas, USA, Neurobiology/Developmental Biology of insects, 1996 to 1998. Project coordination at the Technical University Berlin, Food Technology, specializing in Celiac disease, 1998 to 2004. Training as nutritionist while on maternity leave. Since 2007 research associate at the UdS, specializing in Zoology/Physiology, insects/honeybees. Teaching Teacher's degree courses; school projects on honeybees and health; supervision of university apiary. Own apiary since 2005.

Peter Gluting

Studied German and English as a teacher. Worked at the Chair of Medieval Studies and German Language History until 2019. In the following years, lecturer at the Chair of German as a Foreign and Second Language (Prof. Dr. Stefanie Haberzettl). Member of the Staff Council for Academic Staff since 2021. Member of the Digitalization Committee and Research Committee until 2024. Retired since 1.01.2025 with one-year contract extension.

Dr. Kristina Höfer

Degree in General and Comparative Literature, German Studies and Slavic Cultures at Saarland University. 2015–2019 doctoral researcher in the Research Training Group “European Dream Cultures” (PhD 2018). Since 2019 research associate at the Cluster for European Research (CEUS).

Valeria Lemkova

Studied materials science and materials engineering at Saarland University. Since 2022 research fellow at Saarland Univeristyin in the Institut for Material Science and Methods and the Institut Metallic Materials.

Florian Lisson

Bachelor of Romance Studies (with focus on French) and Communication and Media Studies at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, followed by a trinational Master's degree in Franco-German Studies: Cross-border Communication and Communication at the UdS, the Université de Lorraine and the University of Luxembourg.
Since 2020 at the Department of Romance Language and Literature, since 2023 additionally at CEUS (Cluster for European Research) and KoWA (World of Work Partnership Office).

Dr. Denise Vesper

Bachelor's and Master's degree in Psychology at Saarland University. Since 2019 research assistant at the Chair of Work and Organizational Psychology, doctorate on the topic of strikes from a psychological perspective. Post-doc at the same chair since 2023. Research focus continues to be strikes from a psychological perspective as well as co-determination in the workplace and discrimination in personnel selection. Member of the Faculty Council HW since 2020.

Dr. Sabine Penth

Studied history, Catholic theology and German language and literature at Saarland University. 2003 Doctorate in Medieval History.
After working as a research assistant in the fields of history and German studies at Saarland University, several years of freelance work and lecturer at the UdS. 2015–2017 Research associate at the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature in the project ‘Regesta Imperii’. Since 2017 organisation of and lecturer in studies for non-enrolled students at Saarland University.

Tobias Fox

Bachelor's degree in Materials Science and Engineering at Saarland University followed by an international Master's degree in Advanced Material Science and Engineering (AMASE) in Saarbrücken and Barcelona. Since 2019, he has been working on her doctorate on laser structuring of self-cleaning titanium surfaces. Further activities at the Chair of Functional Materials are in the field of laser structuring (group leader Surface Engineering, laser safety officer, supervision of the lectures Laser 1 and Laser 2).

Dr. Laura Vordermayer

Degree in German Studies and History at Saarland University, PhD in the DFG Research Training Group "European Dream Cultures" (2021), since 2022 research assistant at the Chair of General and Comparative Literature, department coordinator for Erasmus +.

Dr. Michelle Carnell

B.Sc. (Honours) in Chemistry at the University of New Brunswick; doctorate in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Bonn. Main programme contact for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) for close to 5 years; from 1999, EU project coordinator in the Language Technology Lab at the German Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) followed by general manager of the Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science (IFOMIS) at Saarland University. Since 2008, coordinator of the Saarbrücken Graduate School of Computer Science, supporting some 540 doctoral candidates and a primary contact for 115 colleagues with doctoral supervision rights in Faculty MI. Member of the Faculty’s doctoral committee; Member of the Senate committee for research.

Dr. Eric Klopp

Studied psychology at Saarland University with a focus on social cognition and interaction, media and organizational psychology, research methods, and psychological assessment. Since 2011, employed at Saarland University in the Department of Educational Sciences, Chair of Personality Development and Education. Earned a PhD in 2014 with a dissertation in the field of educational psychology. Research interests include educational psychology and methodology, particularly structural equation modeling.

Dr. Andrea Wurm

Degree in translation (French and Spanish) at Saarland University. From 2001 to 2021 lecturer with specialist teaching duties, since then academic research associate at the department of Language Science and Technology of Saarland University. Member of the UniGR-Center for Border Studies. Research interests cover historical cultural contacts and translation competence.

Dr. Britta Özen-Kleine

Study of Classical Archaeology (specialisation), Art History and Ancient History at the Universities of Marburg, Berlin and Kiel. From 2010-2012 research assistant at the Chair of Classical Archaeology at the University of Würzburg. Since 2012 research assistant at the Chair of Classical Archaeology at Saarland University, initially on a temporary basis, for a few years on a permanent basis. Since 2021 also a member of the dean’s office of the Faculty of Humanities and thus also a member of the administrative staff of the UdS.

Carsten Geimer

Studied history and German literature, specialising in medieval history, at Saarland University. Since 2005 employed at Saarland University as assistant to the management at the Institute of History.

Dr. Mihaela Vela

2012 PhD at Saarland University in the field of computational linguistics. Prior to that, diploma in computational linguistics at Saarland University and a master's degree in German and English philology at the West University of Timisoara (Romania) . Between 2005-2017, she worked as a researcher in national and international research projects in the field of computational linguistics at DFKI Saarbrücken and at Saarland University. Since 2017, lecturer in the Departmanet of Language Science and Technology at Saarland University, with a focus on translation-relevant language technology – both in teaching and in the supervision of the computer rooms and the research assistants assigned to them.

Dr. Luitpold Rampeltshammer

Studies: Sociology and Political Science at the University Hamburg, the University of Illionois at Chicago and the NewSchool for Social Research in New York.
Since 2009: Head of the Unit for Cooperation between Science and the Working World at Saarland University.

Pascal Klären

Studied educational science, social psychology and information science at Saarland University. Between 2008 and 2011, research associate at the Centre for Evaluation (CEval) and study coordinator for the Master's programme in Evaluation. Since 2011 student advisor at the Central Student Advisory Service of the UdS.

Dr. Marie-Pauline Krielke

MA conference interpreting with a focus on Spanish at Saarland University. From 2018 to 2023, PhD in Applied Linguistics at the Saarland University. Since 2023, employed at the Saarland University as a research associate in the Spanish Department of FR Language Science and Technology and as an associated postdoctoral researcher in CRC 1102.

Dr. Rosario Herrero

Studies in Spanish and French Philology with a focus on Linguistics at the University of Valladolid (Spain). From 1993 to 1998, lecturer at the Saarland University (Hispanic Studies). From 1998 to 2000 research associate at the University of Freiburg. Since 2000, employed at the Saarland University in the Department of Applied Linguistics, Translation and Interpreting/Language Science and Technology.

Thomas Kees

Studied Eastern European History, Political Science and Modern German Literature. 1994–2001 research assistant at the “Eastern European History” department of the UdS Institute of History. After a library traineeship in Saarbrücken and Munich (2002–2004), until 2020 subject librarian for history, philosophy and political science and head of the “Technical Services” department at the Saarland University and State Library. 2021–2023 Collaboration on the research and publication project “75 years of Saarland University”. Head of the University Archive since 2024.

Stefan Lambert

Studied Philosophy, Canadian Studies and English Philology at Saarland University. 2004/05 and 2008/09 lecturer and research associate at the University of Lethbridge, Canada, 2011-2017 lecturer and research associate at htwsaar (50%), since 2011 (50%) and 2017 (100%) employed at the International Study Centre at Saarland University, focusing on German as a foreign language, examination coordination, blended learning and technical and didactic digitization. Extensive experience in project management, university teaching, in lecturer training and online course development. Engaged in long-standing voluntary committee work, including as an alternate member of the Saarland University staff council. International teaching experience in Canada, with strong intercultural competence and a professional background in teaching and research in both English and German.

Lucia Hubig

Senior Lecturer i.H., Teacher for Special Tasks in Teacher Education, Coordinator of the Department of Didactics for Secondary School in the Department of German Studies, member of the Working Group Anti-Racism, the Working Group AI in German Studies and the GEW. Studied German and Italian language and literature to become a teacher at the University of Saarland. First and Second State Examinations. Several years in the teaching profession. Various additional qualifications. Since 2009 lecturer in German didactics at the University of Saarbrücken, at the same time working at the LPM, State Institute for Pedagogy and Media (now Bildungscampus). Since 2018: Full position at the UdS with management function. Focus: Language didactics, individualisation of learning in schools and universities. Special interests: Learning with/despite/about AI, racism-critical didactics.

Prof. Dr. Jens Mayer

Biology studies at Saarland University. 1995–1998 Research assistant, Institute of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Saarland University. 1999–2001 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. 2001–2017 Head of Junior Research Group Human Genetics, Center for Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB), Saarland University. Since 2017 Research group leader at Institute of Human Genetics, Saarland University.

Prof. Dr. Markus Pospeschill

• 1982-1987 Studies in Pedagogy at the University of Oldenburg;
• 1987-1992 Studies in Psychology at the University of Oldenburg;
• 1992-1997 Research Assistant in the Department of Psychology at the Institute for Cognitive Research at the University of Oldenburg;
• since 02.1998 research assistant in the field of psychology at the Saarland University;
• 2003 Doctorate in "Cognitive Psychology" at the Saarland University;
• 07.07.2010 Habilitation in Psychology (Cumulative Habilitation at Faculty 5 of Saarland University, Venia Legendi for Psychology);
• Since 21.07.2016 appointment as apl. Professor.