The KAAD team

President | General Secretariat , Africa Division | Asia Division | Latin America Division | Middle East Division | Central, Southeastern, and Eastern Europe Division | Administration | Student Assistants

President

Dr Hans Langendörfer

President

Tel. +49 228 91758-0 langendoerfer@kaad.de

General Secretariat

Dr Nora Kalbarczyk

Secretary General

Tel. +49 228 91758 0 kalbarczyk@kaad.de

Dagmar Koutsoumbidis

Assistant to the President and the Secretary General

Tel. +49 228 91758-18 koutsoumbidis@kaad.de

Helen Meier

Public Relations Officer

Tel. +49 228 91758-12 meier@kaad.de

Africa Departement

Dr Marko Kuhn

Head of Africa Departement

Phone: +49 228 91758-28 kuhn@kaad.de

Miriam Roßmerkel

Programme Officer

Phone: +49 228 91758-21 rossmerkel@kaad.de

Jessika Braun

Team Assistant

Phone: +49 228 91758-38 braun@kaad.de

Asia Departement

Dr Anselm Feldmann

Head of Departement

Tel. +49 228 91758-23 feldmann@kaad.de

Julia Breker

Programme Officer

Phone: +49 228 91758-22 breker@kaad.de

Sandra Stiel

Team Assistant

Phone: +49 228 91758-36 stiel@kaad.de

Latin America Departement

Dr Mirjam Rossa

Head of Departement

Phone: +49 228 91758-19 rossa@kaad.de

Renate Flügel

Programme Officer

Phone: +49 228 91758-27 fluegel@kaad.de

Ute Baumgart

Programme Officer / Adveniat Programme

Phone: +49 228 91758-25 baumgart@kaad.de

Johannes Bausenhart

Team Assistant

Phone: +49 228 91758-30 bausenhart@kaad.de

Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe Departement

Markus Leimbach

Head of Departement

Phone: +49 228 91758-33 leimbach@kaad.de

Alwin Becker

Programme Officer

Phone: +49 228 91758-26 becker@kaad.de

Annette Verhoeven

Team Assistant

Phone: +49 228 91758-31 verhoeven@kaad.de

Middle East Departement

Nils Fischer

Head of Departement

Tel. +49 228 91758-17 fischer@kaad.de

Santra Sontowski

Programme Officer

Phone: +49 228 91758-11 sontowski@kaad.de

Nadine Schuster

Team Assistant

Phone: +49 228 91758-32 schuster@kaad.de

Administration

Bianca Droste

Head of Administration

Phone: +49 228 91758-24 droste@kaad.de

Irena Rube

Accounting

Phone: +49 228 91758-34 rube@kaad.de

Biography Alwin BeckerStudied Slavic and German philology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn. Completed continuing educat...Read more Biography Dr Anselm FeldmannStudied Social Work at Munich University of Applied Sciences with a focus on Intercultural Social Work. Subsequently ear...Read more Biography Dr Mirjam RossaSince April 2025, Dr. Mirjam Rossa has headed the Latin America Division at KAAD. Prior to that, she worked at the Cusan...Read more Biography Dr Nora KalbarczykStudied Islamic Studies and German Language and Literature in Berlin and Cairo with a scholarship from the Friedrich Ebe...Read more Biography Helen MeierStudied German Language and Literature and Philosophy at the University of Bonn as well as German Philology at the Unive...Read more Biography Julia Breker1990, 1997: Studied translation and interpreting at Heidelberg University, specializing in Russian, French, and law. Gra...Read more Biography Miriam RossmerkelA. African Studies in Leipzig, Niamey and Dar es Salaam with a focus on politics and languages...Read more Biography Nils FischerStudied philosophy, Islamic studies, Arabic, and Iranian studies in Bonn, Tehran, and Damascus...Read more Biography Renate FlügelStudied Spanish and French in Cologne and Madrid, graduating with a degree in translation. Worked for several years at t...Read more Biography Sandra Stiel1990, 1992 Apprenticeship as an office clerk at KölnMesse GmbH...Read more Biography Ute BaumgartStudied Ancient American Studies, Ethnology, Spanish, and Historical Geography at the University of Bonn; spent a year c...Read more

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