
Karsten Behnke
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Research Associate
Karsten Behnke studied mechanical engineering at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg. His master thesis deals with multibody simulation of rolling bearings. In 2017 he joined Fraunhofer [...]

Dipl.-Ing. Christian Broer
Abteilungsleiter Validierung und Zuverlässigkeit / Head of Department Validation and Reliability
Christian Broer, a graduate mechanical engineer, has developed industrial mechatronic drive components for aerospace, public transport, the navy, and the army. He joined the Fraunhofer IWES in [...]

M.Sc. Rouven Brune
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Research Associate
Rouven Brune, M.Sc. Marine Geoscience, has been employed as a research associate at the Fraunhofer IWES in the “Integrated geophysical site characterization” group since December 2019. His key [...]

Lissie de la Torre
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Research Associate
Lissie de la Torre, M.Sc. in Offshore Renewable Energy, has been working at Fraunhofer IWES since March 2022 as a research associate in the Offshore Logistics group. Her work focuses on the weather [...]

M.Sc. Enno Dietrich
Projektkoordinator / Project Coordinator
Enno Dietrich has held various positions in the wind energy industry since 2008, most recently at the Fraunhofer IWES in Bremerhaven since 2016. Since 2018, he has been a member of the RAVE [...]

Dr. Martin Dörenkämper
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Research Associate
Martin Dörenkämper, who holds a doctorate in physics and energy meteorology, has been researching the interaction of atmospheric currents and wind farms since 2011. He joined the Fraunhofer IWES in [...]

Paul Robert Feja
Gruppenleiter Prüf- und Methodenentwicklung / Group Manager Test and Method Development
Paul Robert Feja is the group manager for Test and Method Development at Fraunhofer IWES, focusing on the simulation of wind turbine drivetrains and test benches. He studied mechanical engineering at [...]

Dr.-Ing. Katharina Fischer
Senior Scientist
Katharina Fischer has been a Senior Scientist at Fraunhofer IWES in Hanover since 2012. After completing her degree in electrical engineering and earning a doctorate in mechanical engineering, she [...]

Dr. Julia Gottschall
Chief Scientist
Julia Gottschall, who holds a doctorate in wind physics, has been employed as a senior scientist at the Fraunhofer IWES in Bremerhaven since 2011. As project manager of the national subproject funded [...]

M.Sc. Matthis Graßmann
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Research Associate
Matthis Graßmann, M.Sc., has been working at the Fraunhofer IWES since May 2019 and specializes in the FE simulation of rolling bearings. His core competences include computational simulations in [...]

Dr. Martin Kohlmeier
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Research Associate
Martin has been researching in the field of wind energy for almost twenty years. In 2011, he joined the Support Structures Department of Fraunhofer IWES, where he was initially responsible for the [...]

Dr. Bernhard Lange
Bereichsleiter Windparkplanung / Division Manager Wind Farm Development
Bernhard Lange is a division manager for the topic of “Wind farm development” at the Fraunhofer IWES. He studied physics at the Universities of Konstanz, Edinburgh, and Oldenburg before earning [...]

Dr. Eng. Mareike Leimeister
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Research Associate
Mareike Leimeister, who holds an engineering doctorate in renewable energy marine structures, has been researching the fully coupled system behavior of floating wind turbines and design optimization [...]

Aline Luxa
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Research Associate
Aline received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Energy and Process Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin in 2017 and 2020, respectively. Since 2020, she has been part of the Application Center [...]

M.Sc. Oliver Menck
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Research Associate
Oliver Menck graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering and mechatronics before accepting a position at the Fraunhofer IWES. He is particularly interested in interdisciplinary, complex, [...]

M.Sc. Niklas Requate
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Research Associate
Niklas works at the IWES on intelligent methods for operational management of wind energy systems considering reliability. The systems considered can be individual wind turbines, entire wind farms, [...]

Prof. Andreas Reuter
Institutsleiter / Managing Director
Andreas Reuter works as professor for wind energy technology at the Leibniz University of Hannover and is the Managing Director of Fraunhofer IWES with a total of 250 scientific employees and a [...]

Dr. Jonas Schmidt
Senior Scientist
Jonas has been working in the field of wind energy research for more than ten years. He joined the department of Wind Farm Planning and Operation at Fraunhofer IWES in 2011, where he is responsible [...]

Muhammad Omer Siddiqui
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Research Associate
Muhammad Omer Siddiqui is a research associate in the Test and Method Development Group at Fraunhofer IWES. He studied mechanical engineering at NUST Pakistan and obtained his master’s degree in [...]

Steffen Sørensen
Key Account Manager Dänemark / Denmark
Steffen Sørensen has been working at leading wind turbine manufacturers for more than 20 years and his core skills lie in mechanical system and overall WTG system engineering. In recent years, his [...]

Dr.-Ing. Matthias Stammler
Senior Engineer
Matthias Stammler is a Senior Engineer at the IWES’ Large Bearing Laboratory. He develops, acquires, and works on projects in the field of rolling bearing research. Matthias studied vehicle [...]

Dipl.-Ing. Philipp Thomas
Gruppenleiter Gesamtanlagendynamik / Group Manager Global Turbine Dynamics
Philipp Thomas, a mechanical engineer, has been conducting research in the field of the dynamics of wind turbines at the Fraunhofer IWES since 2012. He develops numerical models for the load [...]

Dr. Lukas Vollmer
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Research Associate
Lukas Vollmer uses flow models and an immense quantity of wind farm data in his work at the Fraunhofer IWES aimed at better understanding of wind farm performance. His doctoral thesis investigated [...]

Urs Wahl
Berater für Public Affairs & Experte für Energiepolitik / Consultant for Public Affairs & Expert in Energy Policy
Urs Wahl is a freelance public affairs consultant and energy policy expert.
After completing his degree in political science in Bremen and Tampere, he worked as a personal assistant to a Member of [...]

Julia Walgern
Gruppenleiterin Technische Zuverlässigkeit / Group Manager Technical Reliability
Julia Walgern is the group manager of the group Technical Reliability and holds a master’s double degree in mechanical and electrical engineering. Julia has been working on different O&M [...]

M.Sc. Marcus Wiens
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Research Associate
Marcus Wiens, M.Sc. Energy Engineering, has been working as a research associate at Fraunhofer IWES since 2019. His work focuses on the development of control systems for wind turbines and the [...]

M.Sc. Vincent Wilms
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Research Associate
After studying wind energy technology and embedded system design, Vincent Wilms began working in the field of measuring technology for a wind turbine manufacturer. He has been part of the Application [...]

M.Sc. Sarah Zwick
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Research Associate
Sarah Zwick, M.Sc. Production Engineering, has been working as a Project Manager and Offshore Operations Manager in the "Wind Measurement and Characterization Department" at Fraunhofer IWES since [...]