Prof. Dr.-Ing. Maren Petersen
Vice President for Teaching and Studies
Maren Petersen studied chemical engineering in Clausthal-Zellerfeld and earned her doctorate at the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH). In addition to her work as a research assistant and then senior engineer at the TUHH in the Institute of Laser and System Technologies, she oversaw the founding and development of the LZN Laser Zentrum Nord GmbH (now Fraunhofer IAPT). At the same time, the engineering scientist taught at HAW Hamburg. From 2013 to 2015, she went to the Bergische Universität Wuppertal as a substitute professor of didactics of technology. Since 2015, Maren Petersen has been a professor of vocational metal engineering and related didactics within the Faculty of Production Engineering and part of the Institute of Technology and Education at the University of Bremen. From 2017 to 2022, she was dean of studies in the faculty . Since October 2022, Maren Petersen has been Vice President for Teaching and Studies.