People

Meet Our Team

The Experts Driving Social and Biomedical Research in Berlin

The Einstein Center Population Diversity is a collaborative initiative that brings together leading social science and health scholars from renowned institutions in Berlin. Through our partnership with the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science at Oxford University (Oxford in Berlin) and as part of the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) initiative, we aim to forge lasting connections with other leading institutions in the field. Our team features internationally acclaimed experts who are pioneering social and biomedical research in Berlin. Meet our team and discover the people behind our mission.
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Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Enrique Alonso-Perez

Early Career Scientist

Researcher for Objective 3 and Objective 4:

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Julia Zielke

Scientific Coordinator of the ECPD

Manager of research and outreach activities, researcher for Objective 1, and integration hub co-lead

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Julie O'Sullivan

Head of the Integration Hub

Senior researcher for Objective 1, Objective 2 and Objective 3

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Paul Gellert

Director of the ECPD

Principal Investigator for Objective 1, Objective 3 and Objective 5

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Ulrike Kluge

Head of Module: Transdisciplinarity and Co-Creation

Principal Investigator for Objective 1 and Objective 2

Christoph U. Corell 

Principal Investigator

Christoph is a Principal Investigator for Objective 1, Objective 4, and Objective 6

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Anastassia von Lingen

Doctoral Researcher

Anastassia is a researcher for Objective 1

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Andreas Heinz 

Principal Investigator

Andreas is a Principal Investigator for Objective 1 and Objective 2

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Dana Abdel-Fatah

Doctoral Researcher

Dana is a researcher for Objective 1 and Objective 2

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Tom Klein

ECPD Student Assistant

As an assistant, Tom is helping with the scientific organization of the ECPD.

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WZB – Berlin Social Science Center

Heike Solga

Principal Investigator

Heike is a Principal Investigator for Objective 1 and Objective 6

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Jan Paul Heisig

Principal Investigator

Jan Paul is a Principal Investigator for Objective 1, Objective 2 and Objective 4

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Lara Bister

Postdoctoral Researcher

Lara is a researcher for Objective 1 and Objective 4

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Emily Frank

Postdoctoral Researcher

Emily is a researcher for Objective 1 and Objective 2

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Tina Baier

Postdoctoral Researcher

Tina is a researcher for Objective 1 and Objective 6

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Alessandro Ferrara

Postdoctoral Researcher

Alessandro is a researcher for Objective 1 and Objective 6

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University of Oxford

Melinda Mills

Principal Investigator

Melinda is a Principal Investigator for Objective 1 and Objective 6

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Xuejie Ding

Postdoctoral Researcher

Xuejie is a researcher forObjective 1 and Objective 6

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Population Europe

Andreas Edel

Population Europe Executive Secretary

Andreas is a Principal Investigator for the Transdisciplinary Dialogue Module and Public-private Partnership

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Freie Universität Berlin

Stefan Liebig

Principal Investigator

Stefan is a Principal Investigator for Objective 1 and Objective 5

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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Anette Fasang

Principal Investigator

Anette is a Principal Investigator for Objective 1 and Objective 3

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Philipp Lersch

Principal Investigator

Philipp is a Principal Investigator for Objective 1 and Objective 5

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Anastasia Lam

Postdoctoral Researcher

Anastasia is a researcher for Objective 1 and Objective 5

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Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Michaela Kreyenfeld 

Director and Principal Investigator

Michaela is Professor of Sociology at the Hertie School and a Principal investigator for Objective 1, Objective 3, and Objective 5

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Sarah Schmauk, a postdoctoral researcher at the ECPD

Sarah Schmauk 

Postdoctoral Researcher

Sara is a researcher for Objective 1, Objective 3, and Objective 5

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