Ms. Kathrin Meyer
Head of Division "Cooperation with Asia and Oceania"
Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Ms Meyer was born in Berlin. She completed her Diploma in "Science theory and Science organisation" in 1990 from the Humboldt-University in Berlin. Subsequently she joined the Fraunhofer Institute for Innovation and System Research (ISI) in Karlsruhe. A year later she took up a position in the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Within BMBF she has held several positions with a focus on innovation policy, including a deputation to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). In July 2019 Ms Meyer was assigned the position as Head of Division "Cooperation with Asia and Oceania" in BMBF. Within that responsibility she is also Co-Chair of IGSTC´s Governing Board.