Kate Rigby
Director of MESH, AvH-Professor for Environmental Humanities
MESH Directorate
Franz Krause
Co-Director of MESH, Professor of Environmental Anthropology
Roman Bartosch
Co-Director of MESH
Christoph Lange
Academic Programme Manager, Associate Director of MESH
Carolin Schwegler
ECR Representative, Associate Director of MESH
MESH Administration
Claudia Veltman
Senior Administrative Officer (Contact & Administration)
Christoph Lange
Academic Programme Manager
MESH Researchers
Thom van Dooren
Visiting Professor, Humboldt Research Awardee
Shumon T. Hussain
Junior Research Group Leader
Carolin Schwegler
Senior Researcher
Kenneth Nsah
UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coordinator
Tilman Hartley
Research Associate
Jöran Landschoff
Research Associate (Graz Cooperation)
Dominik Ohrem
Research Associate
Sandro Simon
Research Associate
Anaïs L. Vignoles
Research Associate (ECOLITHIC)
Mars Edwenson Briones
Doctoral Researcher
Louisa Crysmann
Doctoral Researcher
Daniel Gallano
Doctoral Researcher, a.r.t.e.s. scholarship holder
Tanya Gautam
Doctoral Researcher
Katrin Klandt
Doctoral Researcher
Yoonjung Kim
Doctoral Researcher, a.r.t.e.s. scholarship holder
Julius Malin
Doctoral Researcher
Leyla Rommel
Research Associate
Alexander Rüter
Doctoral Researcher
Ryan Shea
Doctoral Researcher
Henry Tambala
Doctoral Researcher
Nico Wilkins
Doctoral Researcher
Former MESH Researchers & Assistants
Former MESH Researchers
MESH Research Assistants
Grace Ali
Project Research Assistant (SHK)
Clara Cohnen
Project Research Assistant (SHK)
Gianluca Di Blasi
Project Research Assistant (SHK)
Janos Puschmann
Research Assistant (WHB)
Frederic Sihler
Project Research Assistant (WHB)
Annika Steffens
Project Research Assistant (WHB)
Rike Stollenwerk
Research Assistant (SHK)
Jennifer Wasem
Research Assistant (WHB)
Research Fellows and Scientists-in-Residence
Wolfgang Hallet
MESH Research Fellow 2026
Pedro Pablo Anchondo
MESH Research Fellow 2026
Przemysław Marciniak
MESH & Auerbach Fellow 2025/26 (Host: C. Sode, Byzantinistik)
Mariagrazia Portera
MESH Research Fellow 2024–2026
Goutam Karmakar
MESH Research Fellow 2025/26
Malcom Delanchy
MESH Junior Research Fellow 2026
Alissa Kautz
MESH Junior Research Fellow 2026
Carmen Armenteros Puchades
MESH Junior Research Fellow 2024–2026
Carrie B. Dohe
MESH Research Fellow 2023–2026
Carmen Sippl
MESH Research Fellow 2025
Per Esben Svelstad
MESH Research Fellow 2025
Laila Roxina Moliterno Abi Cheble
MESH Junior Research Fellow 2025
Former Fellows
Former MESH Fellows and MESH Junior Fellows
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