Head and Staff
Head and Staff
Directorate
Director: Prof. Dr. phil. Dieter Sturma
dieter.sturma@uni-bonn.de+49 (0)228 3364 1930+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Executive Manager: Dr. Dirk Lanzerath
After the state examination in Biology, Philosophy and Educational Science at the University of Bonn (1993), doctoral degree in Philosophy (Dr. phil.) at the Philosophy Department of the University of Bonn (1998); Senior Research Assistant at the Philosophy Department of the University of Bonn (1993-1994); Senior Research Assistant at the Insitute of Science and Ethics in Bonn (1994-1998); Head of the Research Department at the German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences (DRZE), University of Bonn (1998-2002); Since 2002 Executive Manager of the DRZE, University of Bonn.
Since 1995, Lecturer of Philosophy at the Philosophy Department of the University of Bonn; Since 1996, Guest lecturer at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA and since 2004 Member of the European Faculty of the Bioethics Program at the Graduate College of Union University Schenectady and Albany Medical College, NY; Since 2007 Member of the Central Ethics Committee at the German Physician Association (ZEKO); Since 2008 Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal "Research Ethics Review".
lanzerath@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1930+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Head of Advisory Board: Prof. Göran Hermerén Ph.D.
Goran.Hermeren@medetik.lu.se
Staff
Dipl. Wirt.-Inform. Markus Franke
Digital Services
Having obtained his degree in Computer Science and Economics at the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne (Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln), Markus Franke joined the DRZE’s Digital Services in April 2006. His main tasks include website design, programming, accessibility and maintenance, as well as database programming and management.
franke@iwe.uni-bonn.de+49 (0)228 3364 1937 +49 (0)228 3364 1940
Dr. phil. Thorsten Galert
Research Assistant (Research Department)
Graduated in philosophy and chemistry at the Universities of Bonn and Vienna. Joined the DRZE Research Department in 2012. Research interests: philosophy of neuroscience and psychiatry with a focus on neuroethics
galert@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1926 +49 (0)228 3364 1940
Dipl. Bibl. Stefan Gellner
Library and Documentation Centre
Graduated in Library Sciences in Cologne (1992); joined the DRZE Library and Documentation Centre in 2005 (main responsibilities: acquisition, indexing, press documentation, cataloguing.
gellner@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1949 +49 (0)228 3364 1940
Dipl. Medienwirtin Dorothee Güth
Public Relations / Project Management / Event Arrangement
Apprenticeship as bookseller and publisher in Bielefeld. Studies of media sciences at the University of Siegen, student assistant at the Sonderfoschungsbereich 240. Graduated in media sciences in 1999. Trainee at the publishing house M. DuMont Schauberg in Cologne. Joined the DRZE in October 2006 where she is responsible for public relations, project management, and the arrangement of events.
gueth@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1941+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Dr. phil. Bert Heinrichs
Head of Research Department
Graduated in Philosophy, Mathematics and Educational Sciences at the University of Bonn and Grenoble. Joined the DRZE Research Department in 2005; research interests: ethics and applied ethics, especially bioethics as well as metaethics; Kant and British Moral Philosophy.
heinrichs@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1929+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Dr. des. Simone Hornbergs-Schwetzel
Research Assistant (Research Department)
Graduation in philosophy, biology and education in 2004 in Bonn. Joined the DRZE Research Department in 2005. Research interests: philosophy of biology, philosophy of nature, ethics and bioethics.
hornbergs@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1954+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Dipl. Bibl. Klaus Lehmkuhl
Library and Documentation Centre
Graduated in Library Sciences in Cologne (2006). Joined the DRZE Library in 2003 (main responsibilities: press documentation, digital library, cataloguing).
lehmkuhl@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1947+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Dipl. Bibl. Claudia Leuker
Library and Documentation Centre
Graduated in Library Sciences in Cologne (1999); joined the DRZE Library and Documentation Centre in 1999 (main responsibilities: grey literature, thesaurus, co-operations).
leuker@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1939+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Dr. Ulrich Marder
Scientific Assistant (Digital Services)
Graduated in Computer Science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; doctorate at the University of Kaiserslautern 2002; research areas: database systems, multimedia information systems, information retrieval; since March 2005 responsible for the digital services of the DRZE.
marder@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1932 +49 (0)228 3364 1940
Christian Piel, M.A.
Library and Documentation Centre
Graduated in philosophy, comparative religious studies and psychology in Bonn (2007). Since April 2007 graduate assistant at the DRZE (main responsibilities: thesaurus, Ethicsweb).
piel@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1949+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Alexandra Pitscheider
Administrative and Project Assistant
Graduate in Languages and Business Studies at the Fachhochschule Köln, Université de Provence Aix-Marseille and Liverpool John Moores University. Since 2010 Administrative and Project Assistant at the DRZE.
pitscheider@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1930+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Lisa Tambornino, M.A.
Research Assistant (Research Department)
Graduated in Philosophy, Psychology and Law at the University of Bonn (2008). Since August 2006 member of the Research Department.
tambornino@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1946+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Theresia Volhard, M.A.
Research Assistant (Research Department)
Graduation in philosophy, recent and modern history and political sciences in 2009 in Bonn. Joined the DRZE Research Department in 2012.
volhard@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1967+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Dipl. Bibl. Frank Weber
Library and Documentation Centre
Graduated in Library Sciences at the Berlin Free University (1994) and Catholic Theology at the University of Bonn (2000); employment at the Center for Development Research (ZEF) and the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) in Bonn until 2001; joined the DRZE Library and Documentation Centre in 2001 (main responsibilities: journals, indexing, cataloguing).
weber@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1947/1938+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Student Assistants
Nermeen Bashier
Student Assistant (Research Department)
Graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences (B.Sc.) at Cairo University in Egypt (2004). Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at the University of Bonn (2011). Currently pursuing her Master's degree in Philosophy at the University of Bonn and working, since December 2011, at the Research Department of the German Reference Center for Ethics in the Life Sciences.
bashier@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1948+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Katharina Beutler
Student Assistant (Library and Documentation Centre)
Student of Library Science since 2005 in Cologne. Joined the DRZE Library in March 2008.
beutler@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1948+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Lorina Buhr
Student Assistant (Research Department)
Student of Philosophy at the University of Bonn. Since September 2011 member of the Research Department.
buhr@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1948+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Jana But
Student Assistant (Digital Services)
Student of Computer Science. Joined the DRZE in October 2008.
but@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1948+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Ornella Janai
Student Assistant (Research Department)
Student of Philosophy, speaking Communication and media in Bonn. Since September 2011: Member of the Research Department of the German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences.
janai@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1948+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Bastian Reichardt
Student Assistant (Research Department)
2007-2010: Undergraduate Student of Philosophy and German at the University of Bonn (graduated with the Bachelor of Arts). Since 2010: Graduate Student of Philosophy at the University of Bonn. Since March 2010: Member of the Research Department at the German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences. Since October 2010: Assistant at Bonn’s Department of Philosophy.
reichardt@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1948+49 (0)228 3364 1940
Alexandra Spaeth
Student Assistant (Research Department)
Student of Philosophy and German Literature in Bonn. Since September 2008 member of the Research Department.
spaeth@drze.de+49 (0)228 3364 1936+49 (0)228 3364 1940
