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Research Associate
NameSabrina Schmidt, M.Sc.
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Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
Visiting address:
Hülße-Bau, HÜL 182 Helmholtzstraße 10
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
on appointment, work days: Mon - Thu
Sabrina Schmidt is pursuing her PhD and teaches at TUD. Her research focuses on incumbent firm behavior in sustainability transitions, the diffusion of sustainable organizational characteristics and innovations, institutional change and the transformation of agri-food systems. She is a Fellow at the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) in Berlin, where she previously worked as a researcher for several years. Prior to that, she studied Psychology and Management & Organization Studies at Chemnitz University of Technology.
© Emma Lloyd
Research Associate
NameEmma Lloyd M.A.
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Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
Visiting address:
Hülße-Bau, HÜL 182 (Südflügel) Helmholtzstraße 10
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
by appointment
Emma Lloyd works as a research assistant at the Technical University of Dresden as part of the SeND project and is pursuing her PhD. Her research focuses on the sustainable design of supply and value chains, as well as the impact of digitalization on sustainability. The focus here is on the opportunities and challenges of digital technologies on the ecological, social and economic dimensions of sustainability. Previously, she studied economics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and business management at the Macromedia University of Applied Sciences in Munich, after which she worked in retail operations.
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Research Partner
NameDr. Ilka Weissbrod
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Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
Visiting address:
Hülße-Bau Helmholtzstraße 10
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
nach Vereinbarung
Dr. Ilka Weissbrod has been working with and at the junior professorship since May 2022, as Postdoc and Research Partner. Her research interests lie in the area of learning for sustainable innovation processes, especially business experimentation for sustainability. Usually this is linked to the operationalization of a circular economy in the innovation processes of companies. Dr. Weissbrod has substantial work experience in Great Britain and Europe and, in 2017, received her doctorate from Imperial College London on the subject of 'Business Experimentation for Sustainability'. After her PhD she worked as a postdoc at the Leuphana University Lüneburg.
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Research assistant & PhD candidate
NameVarun Bharadwaj Gurugubelli M.Sc.
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Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
Visiting address:
Hülße-Bau Helmholtzstraße 10
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
nach Vereinbarung
Varun Bharadwaj Gurugubelli is currently doing his doctorate at the Junior Professorship for Sustainability Assessment and Policy. He is working on the sub-project TP F5: Entrepreneurial Impacts on Sustainability in the H2 Economy and actively contributes to sustainability assessment as a research assistant. Varun successfully completed his studies with a Master in Sustainable Systems Engineering at the University of Freiburg in April 2023. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras/India, and subsequently gained three years of experience as a product development engineer in the tire industry. During his master's degree, he worked as a student assistant at both the University of Freiburg and the Fraunhofer Institute.
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PhD candidate
NameClaudelle Anna Serano, M.Sc.
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Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
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Claudelle is part of the Joint PhD Programme of UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden. She has over 15 years of expertise in sustainable agriculture and climate resilience, focusing on strengthening agri-food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. She has led climate adaptation projects for small sugar cane producers, and conducted multi-country climate vulnerability assessments in the Caribbean. In her nominated best master’s thesis, Claudelle piloted resilience measurement in Caribbean small island developing states, and later expanded her research as a consultant with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. As an FAO Nutrition Assessment Consultant, she developed an approach to assess nutrition among school-aged children, later extending the study to southern Belize’s banana regions, with the Government of Belize and Fyffes. She is multi-lingual and advocates for inclusion of all people. Claudelle's doctoral research centres on Resource Nexus pathways to resilience and transformative change in agri-food systems in Latin America.
Research Assistant
NameTina Schmidt
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Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
Visiting address:
Hülße-Bau Helmholtzstraße 10
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
nach Vereinbarung
Tina is currently studying for a master's degree in business administration at the Technical University of Dresden. In addition to supporting the junior professorship, she also works in the area of technology transfer at the Helmholtz Center Dresden Rossendorf. She earned her bachelor's degree in intercultural business administration at the Philipps University of Marburg with a focus on information and innovation management.
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Research assistant and PhD candidate
NameMagdalena Müller, M.A.
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Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
Visiting address:
Helmholtzstraße 10
01069 Dresden
Magdalena Müller holds an M.A. in Global Supply Chain and Operations Management, building on her B.Sc. in Textile/Clothing Engineering. She also holds a diploma in fine arts. She has professional experience in supply chain management, working as a project assistant in research projects on sustainable and circular textile value chains and as a research assistant in applied value chain analysis/consulting. She has been pursuing her doctorate part-time at the chair since 2025 and is researching the role of supply chains for global sustainable development, particularly the impact of the legal anchoring of global due diligence and accountability on supply chain management.
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Research assistant & PhD candidate
NameVilja König, M.Sc. (tba)
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Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
Visiting address:
Helmholtzstraße 10
01069 Dresden
Vilja König studied economics at TU Dresden and supports the junior professorship as a research assistant. She got her bachelor's degree in business sciences at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Her main topics are resource economics and cooperations for more sustainability.
Office Manager
NameSonja Buchholtz-Postert
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Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
Visiting address:
Hülße-Bau, HÜL 189 (Südflügel) Helmholtzstraße 10
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
ausschließlich nach Vereinbarung
Office hours by phone:
- Monday to Friday:
- 10:00 - 13:30