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Standortleiter Hamburg und Gruppenleiter Großlager | Head of Site Hamburg and Group Leader Slewing Bearings

Arne Bartschat is the group manager at the Large Bearing Laboratory of Fraunhofer IWES. He has been intensively involved with wind energy since his studies in renewable energies. Since 2014, he has [...]

Chief Operating Officer

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 [...]

Chief Business Developer Systeme und Komponenten | Chief Business Developer Systems and Components

Dr. Steffen Czichon has a background in computational engineering and has worked across industries in aerospace, automative and wind energy with a focus on design, analysis and manufacturing of light [...]

Wissenschaftlerin Offshore Betrieb & Logistik | Researcher Offshore Operations & Logistics

Lissie de la Torre Castro, 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 [...]

Senior Wissenschaftler – CTO-Office | Senior Researcher – CTO Office

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 [...]

Head of Digital Asset Evaluation - Financing & Strategic Cooperation

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 [...]

Senior Wissenschaftler Faserverbundprozesse | Senior Researcher Composite Processes

Sören Eden is a Senior Researcher and development engineer in manufacturing technology at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES. Since 2019, Sören has led and delivered development [...]

Gruppenleiterin Drivetrain Testing | Group Leader Drivetrain Testing

Karin Eustorgi is the Group Manager for Test Planning and Evaluation and is responsible for the (mechanical) validation of wind turbine drive trains and their components on the various system test [...]

Gruppenleiter Drivetrain Technology | Group Leader Drivetrain Technology

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 [...]

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 [...]

Leiter Offshore-Windenergie | Head of Offshore Wind Energy

Gino Frielinghaus (M.Sc. Geoscience, 2017, University of Bremen, Germany) is Head of Business Unit Offshore Wind Energy at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES in Bremen, Germany. [...]

Chief Scientist Offshore-Windenergie | Chief Scientist Offshore Wind Energy

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 [...]

Stellv. Gruppenleiter Großlager | Deputy Group Leader Slewing Bearings

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 [...]

Manager Wissenschaftskommunikation, Projekt House of Transfer | Manager Science Communications, Project House of Transfer

Christian Hiemisch has been working on various projects since 2021 to make scientific and technological advances in the field of green hydrogen visible and tangible for the public. His work as a [...]

Gruppenleiter Hydrogen Lab Görlitz und Leuna | Group Leader Hydrogen Lab Görlitz and Leuna

Dr. Johannes Höflinger has been group leader at Fraunhofer IWES since 2022, where he focuses on the development and operation of test laboratories for megawatt-scale electrolysers. He is actively [...]

Wissenschaftlerin Anwendungszentrum für Integration lokaler Energiesysteme | Researcher Application Center for Integration of Local Energy Systems

Annika Holthoff, process engineer, has been conducting research in the field of energy system modeling and control at the Application Center for the Integration of Local Energy Systems at Fraunhofer [...]

Senior Wissenschaftler Tragstrukturen | Senior Researcher Support Structures

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 [...]

Leiter Systeme und Komponenten | Head of Systems and Components

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Stellv. Institutsleiter und Technischer Direktor | Deputy Director and Chief Technology Officer

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 [...]

Stellv. Gruppenleiter Softwareentwicklung | Deputy Group Leader Software Development

Torben Laue studied Computational Engineering and worked on numerical simulations and software development in the field of prototype development in the medical technology sector. Since August 2023, [...]

Projektmanager Windmessungen | Project Manager Wind Measurements

Loïs Legendre has been working as a Project Manager and Offshore Operations Manager in the Wind Measurement and Characterization Department at Fraunhofer IWES since August 2021. He has over 15 years [...]

Kom. Gruppenleiter Technische Zuverlässigkeit | Act. Group Leader Technical Reliability

Timo Lichtenstein holds a Dr. rer. nat. in physics and has extensive experience in the wind energy sector. After several years as a development engineer, he joined Fraunhofer IWES in 2019. He focuses [...]

Stellv. Leiter Systeme und Komponenten | Deputy Head of Systems and Components

Niels Ludwig has a background in industrial rotor blade production. He has been a senior engineer at IWES since April 2020 and is involved in the recycling and production of rotor blades and their [...]

Wissenschaftlerin Anwendungszentrum für Integration lokaler Energiesysteme | Researcher Application Center for Integration of Local Energy Systems

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 [...]

Senior Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Senior 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, [...]

Gruppenleiterin Elektrochemie und Analytik | Group Leader Electrochemistry and Analytics

Nadine Menzel has headed the Group Electrochemistry and Analytics at the Hydrogen Lab Leuna since 2022. After completing her PhD in chemical engineering, she first began focusing on hydrogen research [...]

Gruppenleiterin Wissenstransfer und Hochschulkooperationen | Group Leader Knowledge Transfer and University Cooperations

Telsche Nielsen studied physics and university didactics and has been researching knowledge transfer since 2005. She joined the Fraunhofer IWES as a research associate in 2013. She is head of the [...]

Senior Scientist Elektrische Systemintegration | Senior Scientist Electrical System Integration

Georg Pangalos, who holds a PhD in control engineering, has been conducting research at Fraunhofer since 2015 on the topics of the integration of renewable energy and the energy transition. Since [...]

Business Developer Offshore-Windenergie | Business Developer Offshore Wind Energy

Erik Patschke leads the Wind Measurement and Characterization Department at Fraunhofer IWES since 2018. He started his career in the wind industry by joining Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy in [...]

Senior Wissenschaftler Anwendungszentrum für Integration lokaler Energiesysteme | Senior Researcher Application Center for Integration of Local Energy Systems

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, [...]

Institutsleiter | 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 [...]

Gruppenleiter Hydrogen Lab Bremerhaven | Group Leader Hydrogen Lab Bremerhaven

Kevin Schalk is heading the operation of the Hydrogen Lab Bremerhaven (HLB) ath the Fraunhofer IWES. Especially for the purposes of validation, he and his group are involved in several international [...]

Projektmanager Windmessungen | Project Manager Wind Measurements

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Senior Scientist Digitale Bewertung von Windenergie-Assets | Senior Scientist Digital Asset Evaluation

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 [...]

Science Coordinator Offshore-Windenergie | Science Coordinator Offshore Wind Energy

Dr. Benjamin Schwarz is a geophysicist who has conducted extensive research at Oxford and Potsdam in earthquake seismology, applied seismics, ground-penetrating radar, and distributed fiber-optic [...]

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 [...]

Senior Engineer Systeme und Komponenten | Senior Engineer Systems and Components

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 [...]

Standortleiter Oldenburg und Chief Political Officer | Head of Site Oldenburg and Chief Political Officer

Bernhard Stoevesandt, who holds a PhD in physics, has been working at Fraunhofer IWES since 2011 and established the department of Aerodynamics and numerical Wind Energy Meteorology in Oldenburg, [...]

Gruppenleiter Gesamtanlagendynamik | Group Leader 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 [...]

Stellv. Gruppenleiter Ertrags- und Standortanalyse | Deputy Group Leader Numerical Yield and Site Assessment

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 [...]

Senior Manager Politik und Regierungsangelegenheiten / Berater für Public Affairs & Experte für Energiepolitik / Senior Manager Policy and Government Affairs / 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 [...]

Gruppenleiterin Anwendungszentrum Windenergie-Feldmessungen | Group Leader Application Center Wind Energy Field Measurements

Anna Wegner, who is a physicist, has been working at Fraunhofer IWES since 2015. As head of the Group Application Center Wind Energy Field Measurements, she was responsible for turbine measurements [...]

Senior Wissenschaftler Anwendungszentrum für Integration lokaler Energiesysteme | Senior Researcher Application Center for Integration of Local Energy Systems

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 [...]

Senior Wissenschaftler Softwareentwicklung | Senior Researcher Software Development

Vincent Wilms studied Wind Energy Technology and Embedded Systems Design and then worked in the field of measurement technology for a wind turbine manufacturer. In 2018, he joined the Fraunhofer IWES [...]