Prof. Dr. Annegret Reski
Lecturer and Examiner
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The best thing about AIHE is the people
behind it
Managing Director
Prof. Dr Andrea Gensel (born 1963, 2 children), industrial and clinical psychologist, systemic therapist, doctorate in psychology, professor of psychology with a focus on psychological medicine. 15 years of experience in counselling corporate management and 20 years of psychotherapeutic work.
Director, Academic Management
Dr Herber (born 1982) manages and is responsible for all degree programmes that we offer together with our partner universities. Together with her team, she ensures a high level of customer/student satisfaction and is also responsible for accreditations. Her level-headed and always friendly manner as well as her rational and solution-orientated way of thinking is a great asset to us all.
Chairman of the Advisory Board
Prime Minister and former Federal Minister of Education Björn Engholm. Advisory Board member of the Gensel Group for 13 years. His intellectuality, ethical principles and values enrich our company philosophy and me personally every day. I am very grateful to be able to learn from his knowledge and all his experience on a daily basis.
Cooperation partners
A legend in our midst. It is a great honour for me that Prof. Schulz von Thun stands behind me and my team, is an advocate for the Master’s degree course, advises us and contributes his communication expertise. So popular and successful and at the same time so humble.
Advisory Board
Dr Mildner has been an advisory board member of my Gensel Group companies for more than 13 years and is a sparring partner, motivator and visionary in a class of his own. Business & development is his talent. A networker and doer. He has helped a large number of start-ups to achieve great success.

Annegret Reski has been part of our team for 15 years. She holds a doctorate in communication and has extensive professional experience as a lecturer. From aptitude diagnostics to personnel management and communication psychology, she covers all areas of specialisation. Her calm, level-headed voice makes her interesting lectures a cosy learning experience. She is our professor of the heart.
Prof. Dr. Annegret Reski
Lecturer and Examiner

Prof. Dr. Wolbers is Professor for Aging, Cognition & Technology at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE). He uses neuroscience and virtual reality (VR) to understand mechanisms of healthy aging and dementia and develops therapeutic VR applications to improve the treatment of mental disorders.
Prof. Dr. Thomas Wolbers
Lecturer

Prof. Abagyan is a pharmacologist and teaches at the University of San Diego. His research focuses on the development of new technologies for structure-based discovery and optimisation of medication. He offers AIHE his expertise in the field of neurosciences and pharmacology. Botox as an anti-depressant? You might be surprised.
Prof. Ruben Abagyan
Lecturer

She is an examiner within our team, working on the degree courses and examinations. She is well known thanks to various publications and her activities in teaching and research.
Prof. Dr. Petra Korte
Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Thomas C. Baghai carries out research in the field of clinical neurosciences and depression at the University Hospital of Regensburg and teaches for us on the subject of “Connection between depression and inflammation”. Does inflammation within the body have an effect on the development of depression? Find out in our lectures.
Prof. Dr. Thomas Baghai
Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Alexander Baur is Director of the Department of Criminology, Juvenile Criminal Law and Penology and holds the Chair of Criminal Law and Criminology at the Faculty of Law of Georg August University in Göttingen. He has been Dean of Studies at the Faculty of Law since 2025. His research focuses on sanctions and penal law (in particular, corrective measures) and its legal implications, corporate sanctions law in relation to criminal procedure and criminological principles (economic criminology), and general crime prevention law. In addition, he specialises in law-related evaluation research.
Prof. Dr. Alexander Baur
Lecturer

Prof. Bschor teaches in the field of psychopharmacology for us. He is a specialist in psychiatry in Berlin, carrying out research and teaching in various specialist fields, e.g. therapy-resistant depression, bipolar affective disorder, long term prophylaxis of affective diseases, addictions, especially alcohol, drug and medication dependence.
Prof. Tom Bschor
Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Scheel is an expert in business and organizational psychology. Working as a freelance coach, she also has her finger on the pulse of practice. She is fascinated by the role of humor in the work context.
Prof. Dr. Tabea Scheel
Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Grözinger is a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy as well as neurology and one of very few experts worldwide in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). His lectures on this subject are fascinating, helpful and very important, particularly because this form of treatment can be very helpful. A great expert.
Prof. Dr. Michael Grözinger
Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Arndt Büssing holds the professorship for Quality of Life, Spirituality and Coping at the University of Witten/Herdecke. He has been working as a researcher for 20 years on the importance of spirituality as a resource in dealing with difficult life situations.
Prof. Dr. Arndt Büssing
Lecturer

Dr. Rafael is a Portuguese psychologist who lectures for us on a regular basis. From psychology for companies through to statistics. Highly competent and with an intercultural view on things. Thank you.
Dr. Margarida Correia Rafael
Examiner

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Prof. Angelo Cangelosi
Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Gisch is Professor of Nutritional Psychology at Justus Liebig University in Giessen. Her work focuses on healthy eating habits, family and food, eating disorders and weight problems, and sustainable nutrition.
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Gisch
Lecturer

Prof. Steffens is a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy, social medicine with the corresponding further training authorisations in these fields. After working elsewhere in a managerial capacity and as an expert and state policy advisor, he has been Chief Physician at the Hohe Mark Clinic in Oberursel/Taunus and Frankfurt am Main since 2018. He has been researching and teaching in the field of mental health at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Mainz since 2017 after a good six years in Nordhausen.
Prof. Dr. Markus Steffens
Lecturer

Prof. (em.) Dr Bernhard Bogerts is a brain researcher and psychiatrist in Magdeburg. He is well-known for his work on the brain-biological changes in schizophrenic and affective disorders as well as on the causes of violence.
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Bogerts
Lecturer

Prof. Krüger is a specialist in psychiatry, psychotherapy and neurology. He lectures on the subject of psychological medicine for us. Botulinumtoxin as a treatment for depression and borderline disorders? Together with Prof. Wollmer, he has a significant involvement in research into this new treatment method and is renowned worldwide.
Prof. Dr. Tillmann Krüger
Lecturer

Uwe Seebacher is one of the world's most recognised and leading experts in methodology and structural science, with over 30 years' experience as an author, investor, professor and speaker. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Business Administration and is a professor at several institutions, including Munich University of Applied Sciences, Vienna University of Applied Sciences, IIM Shillong and IMT Dubai, in areas such as Predictive Intelligence, Marketing, Communication, Data Science and Sales & Distribution Management.
Prof. Dr. Uwe Seebacher
Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Stueber is a philosopher who teaches at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts (USA). He is internationally well-known for his scholarship on empathy and has widely published in the areas of philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, the philosophy of the social sciences, and meta-ethics. At the moment, he is exploring the role of empathy for the foundations of morality. Professor Stueber grew up in Flensburg, Germany, and received his Ph.D. from the Unversity of Tübingen.
Prof. Dr. Karsten Stueber
Lecturer

Prof. Terry Hanley ist Professor für Psychologische Beratung an der Universität Manchester (UK). Er hat viel über die Entwicklung der Online-Beratung und Online-Unterstützung geschrieben und ist einer der Herausgeber des The Sage Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Prof. Terry Hanley
Lecturer

Prof. Allgaier is Professor of Communication and Digitalisation in the Department of Oecotrophology at Fulda University of Applied Sciences. His teaching and research areas include communication in social media, digital transformation and digital society, science, technology and health communication, as well as misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories in public communication.
Prof. Dr. Joachim Allgaier
Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Dr. Karl-Heinz Fittkau teaches leadership at the Berlin School of Economics and Law. Prior to that, he was a police enforcement officer for 37 years and managed larger staff bodies as a senior civil servant for many years.
Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Fittkau
Lecturer

Prof Sarah Jessen is Professor of Social Psychology and Neurocognitive Development at the University of Lübeck. Her research focuses on the neuronal foundations of early social development and she heads the Babylab Lübeck.
Prof. Dr. Sarah Jessen
Lecturer

Prof Dr Bernd Leplow is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology, Biopsychology and Neuropsychology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. He is a licensed behavioural therapist and clinical neuropsychologist (GNP). Following his membership of the board of directors of the Medical-Ethics-Law (MER) programme at the University of Halle, he continues to give lectures and seminars there.
Prof. Dr. Bernd Leplow
Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Georg Siedenbiedel is an economist with research interests in the fields of corporate management and organisation. He works, among other things, as a senior professor at Münster University of Applied Sciences and as a lecturer at the WWU Münster.
Prof. Dr. Georg Siedenbiedel
Lecturer
Prof. Dr. Annegret Reski
Dr. Jannis Hagenah
Dr. Jana Timm
Diana Müller
Bettina Knüll
Dr. Johann Lechner
Dr. Angelika Treibel
Dr. Kristin Hildenbrand
Dr. Wiebke Stegh
Prof. Dr. Thomas Baghai
Dr. Damaris Aschwanden
Dr. Michael Schwarz

Annegret Reski has been part of our team for 15 years. She holds a doctorate in communication and has extensive professional experience as a lecturer. From aptitude diagnostics to personnel management and communication psychology, she covers all areas of specialisation. Her calm, level-headed voice makes her interesting lectures a cosy learning experience. She is our professor of the heart.
Prof. Dr. Annegret Reski
Lecturer and Examiner

Prof. Dr. Hans-Heinrich Bass is a renowned German economist who has been very successfully supporting us with his expertise as a lecturer and as an examiner for the economics-oriented degree courses for some years now. Many thanks for the wonderful work and for your loyalty.
Prof. Dr. Hans-Heinrich Bass
Examiner

Prof. Dr. Robert Gücker, a psychologist specialising in media and business psychology, especially in the area of recruiting. He holds a doctorate in media didactics and e-learning and has worked as a lecturer and examiner at various universities and in the private sector.
Prof. Dr. Robert Gücker
Examiner

Dr Hermann Högel is a board member of a cooperative bank and holds a degree in business informatics. In his doctoral thesis, he analysed how board characteristics influence the success of cooperative banks. In his master's thesis in applied psychology, he investigated the effects of the dark triad within board committees in connection with burnout prevention.
Dr. Hermann Högel
Examiner

A communication and political scientist with a doctorate in business informatics and a master's degree in business and organisational psychology, Ronald Pommer has been researching and teaching supply chain management and social psychology at the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences for more than 20 years. At AIHE, his focus is on aspects of differential psychology in collaborative value creation processes.
Dr. Ronald Pommer
Lecturer

We are pleased to have Jannis Hagenah, an expert in Artificial Intelligence. An engineer and computer scientist with a PhD, he researches and teaches at the University of Oxford and AIHE. His research focus is on the development of cognitive systems in medicine and ranges from intelligent surgical planning to wearable-based intensive care and autonomous robotic systems.
Dr. Jannis Hagenah
Lecturer

Stefan Sütterlin holds a doctorate in psychology and spent many years abroad working primarily on topics in cognitive, biological and clinical psychology. At the Norwegian Östfold University College he works in international research projects in the field of human-technology interaction with a focus on cyberpsychology.
Dr. Stefan Sütterlin
Examiner

Dr. Rafael is a Portuguese psychologist who lectures for us on a regular basis. From psychology for companies through to statistics. Highly competent and with an intercultural view on things. Thank you.
Dr. Margarida Correia Rafael
Examiner

Dr Alexander Diel heads the ‘AI and mental health’ working group at the LVR Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy in Essen. He is investigating the benefits, hurdles and acceptance of new media (artificial intelligence, virtual reality, social robots, digital humans) for mental health and their potential applications in psychotherapy.
Dr. Alexander Diel
Examiner

Dr. Stegh is a psychologist and a relaxed examiner. Why? A two-year further education course in "Yoga & Psychology" allows her to take a deep breath as a part-time yoga teacher and calmly mark her exams.
Dr. Wiebke Stegh
Examiner

Dr. Michael Schwarz is a neuroscientist and certified university lecturer and has been working in neurological patient care and research for 20 years.
Dr. Michael Schwarz
Examiner

The graduate psychologist Dr. Jana Timm received her doctorate in the field of cognitive neuroscience at the University of Leipzig. Through her previous activities, she has been able to gain extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of mental fitness, nutrition and health management. She has been an examiner for AIHE since January 2022.
Dr. Jana Timm
Lecturer

Dr. Jan-Peter Brückner is a psychologist and sports scientist who is passionate about psychophysiological research on nutrition, training and health. He supports our institute as an examiner and lecturer in the fields of psychological medicine and sports psychology.
Dr. Jan-Peter Brückner
Examiner

Dr. Meena Dogra (Sharma) is a registered clinical psychologist psychotherapist (India & Germany) with PhD. She is passionate about clinical psychology and research with years of experience working as an assistant professor, supervisor and examiner.
Dr. Meena Dogra
Examiner

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Dr. Eltje Gajewski
Module Leader

This psychologist, who has just graduated with a doctorate, is highly committed and professional in her work for us as an examiner. She studied at the University of Malaya and graduated from the University of Exeter in the UK with her second master’s degree. She is a great asset to us, both on a professional and human level.
Dr. Pirie Eichhöfer
Examiner

Dr. Mel Stiller has a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Barcelona. Dr. Stillers current research interests address both the interchange between queer and terror management theory and death-centred interventions in prejudice based on bodily difference (sexism, racism, ableism).
Dr. Mel Stiller
Examiner

Dr. Dirksen has been working for us for around four years. She’s a fantastic examiner. I hope that I will be able to keep her in our team for many years to come. Warm and committed.
Dr. Astrid Dirksen
Examiner

Although Dr Jane Hergert's professional background is in industrial and organisational psychology, her research interests are much broader: she also works on romantic relationships (mate choice, sexual infidelity), diagnostic issues and meta-science.
Dr. Jane Hergert
Lecturer

Dr. Verena Eichel holds a doctorate in psychology with a focus on work, organizational and business psychology. She has been a lecturer and examiner for us since 2022.
Dr. Verena Eichel
Examiner

Dr Akakpo is a PhD psychologist with an interest in health literacy, information literacy and social media behaviour. He is a passionate teacher and active researcher interested in how people discover and use information.
Dr. Martin Gameli Akakpo
Examiner

Ms. Schwarzer studied Neurocognitive Psychology in Germany and now works as a course leader in the field of Psychology at the Universidad Bolivariana in Chile as well as for us as an examiner. She is young, but is a very tough and straightforward psychologist.
Magdalena Schwarzer
Examiner

Dr. Gonçalo Barradas is a registered clinical psychologist (Portugal) with PhD. He is passionate about clinical psychology, dementia rehabilitation and music psychology neurosciences with years of experience working as an assistant lecturer.
Dr. Gonçalo Barradas
Lecturer

Mr. Fuchs assesses examinations in the specialist field of Psychology. He also brings with him experience that he has gained at a German university as a tutor. We are looking forward to welcoming him here.
Nikolas Fuchs
Examiner
Anna Friedrichsen
Dr. Gonçalo Barradas
Dr. Verena Eichel
Steven Avanzato-Driesner
Dr. Hermann Högel
Dr. Jan-Peter Brückner
Lea Sophie Fetköter
Wiebke Leinung
Dr. Jane Hergert

Dr. Herber leads and takes responsibility for all the courses we offer in collaboration with London Metropolitan University. She stands out with her intelligence, stringency and solution-oriented approach – combined with a great deal of warmth and humour. This is an ideal combination, which benefits students, colleagues and me myself in equal measure.
Dr. Kristina Herber
Academic Director

Anna Friedrichsen, a highly intelligent young psychologist, convinces after just a few sentences with her competence, self-assurance and drive. Ms. Friedrichsen expands Ms. Leinungs' team. A great double.
Anna Friedrichsen
Course Manager

After a very short period of time, psychologist Wiebke Leinung had already impressed me with her precise work and her ability to know exactly what she wants. She is very structured and organised and for this reason I offered her a very responsible position after a short induction period, and she is doing an outstanding job of fulfilling it.
Wiebke Leinung
Course Manager

Dr. Wagner has been working for my company since 2015 in the field of quality management and ISO 9001. She has a very quick mind, is structured and has a witty sense of humour, which often makes us laugh out loud together.
Dr. Heidrun Wagner
Business Unit Manager Afterwork-Campus

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Adrian Felske
Course Manager

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Irem Özkan
Course Manager

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Benita Bohm
Course Manager

The psychologist and business psychologist brings everything together when creating the concept for new degree courses. Together with our lecturers, he creates the concept for our lectures and recruits the best experts for our lectures worldwide. The valuable quotation from Lother M. Seiwer suits him well: “Take things slowly when you are in a hurry”. Great.
Yannik Zobel
Conceptionist

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Dr. Eltje Gajewski
Module Leader

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Taniya Siebertz
Module Leader

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Rebecca Meetz
Team Assistant

Angela Dehn is a pillar of strength at AIHE. For around 9 years, she has been managing everything to do with finances for the Gensel Group. She is highly responsible and extremely precise. I can rely on her 100%. I also appreciate her personality, her loyalty and her English sense of humour that becomes evident when she suddenly comes out with a saying. Special thanks go to her.
Angela Dehn
Head of Finance and Accounting

Amelie von Schkopp. With a second name: All-rounder. Together with her colleague Monika von Appen, she manages the office from A-Z. She liaises with all her colleagues, knows all the processes and takes on challenging projects such as the development of a new CMS. Patented and fast. A great mix.
Amelie von Schkopp
Organisation Officer

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Jasmin Körte
Module Leader

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Nicole Ellwart
Office - Care

Psychologist Britta Baghestani lived in the USA for 15 years (including in Boston) and worked as a psychotherapist as well as in the field of science and now offers her support to our team and our students as a head of year group. Her analysis is clear and to the point.
Britta Baghestani
Course Manager

Mr. Ronoh leads German and English classes as a psychologist and is part of Dr. Herber's team. Intelligent and with a very quick perception, he fits very well into the team. An athletic basketball player...
Erick Ronoh
Course Manager

Dr. Abula is Uighur and was born and raised in China, studied Sociology and Psychology in Peking and then came to Germany to complete a doctorate. In addition to working as head of year group, Dr Abula supports us by advising Chinese people who are interested in our degree courses.
Dr. Kahar Abula
Course Manager

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Julia Bielefeld
Project Manager

Monika von Appein is an economist and offers welfare support at AIHE. She manages the office together with Amelie von Schkopp. Her Columbian temperament, her commitment, her customer orientation and her willingness to master new challenges every day mean that she is an important team member.
Monika von Appen
Assistant

Dr. Jiji Philip is the course manager for applied psychology. His professional experience in science and in psychological consulting has led him to AIHE. As an amateur cook of Indian cuisine we are looking forward to great recipe suggestions.
Dr. Jiji Philip
Course Manager

Dr. Chris Chandler is Head of Psychology at London Met. Chris is a psychobiologist and came to London Met from the Institute of Psychiatry in 1996. The cooperation with him is very cordial, professional and productive. We will develop many more projects together. I often have to laugh about his typical English humour. I love it.
Dr. Chris Chandler
London Metropolitan University

Prof. Dr. Kolar represents FHWien der WKW and he is academic director for all our master’s degree courses. He graduated from the universities of Vienna and Innsbruck with a psychology degree. He lectures at international conferences and has published on the following topics: leadership, performance, team spirit and much more. Collaborating with him gives us great joy.
Prof. Dr. Gerald Kolar
FHWIEN DER WKW

Jette Stein supports Mrs. Dehn in the accounting department. At the moment she is on a relaxing parental leave ???? with her second child.
Jette Stein
Accountant
Dr. Kristina Herber
Susanne Jahnke
Jette Stein
Dr. Chris Chandler
Monika von Appen
Dr. Heidrun Wagner
Dr. Jiji Philip
Prof. Achim Wortmann
Dr. Kahar Abula