10/01/2026 | New appointee

New Professors

From the research portal to tips for executives—the New Professors’ Orientation Days help new professors get started at the University of Kassel. On Tuesday and Wednesday, 16 new professors were “welcomed on board.”

Group photo.Image: Nicolas Wefers
The new professors with (in the back row) members of the Executive Board.

They were welcomed by the Executive Board and briefed on relevant topics by numerous subject matter experts from the administration. 

The new professors are: Viviane Adam (Department 14), Susanne Benzel, Matthias Martens (both Dept. 01), Jeremy Couillard, Vika Kirchenbauer, Leonie Hunter (all KHK), Margit Ernst-Habib, Johanna Pitetti-Heil, Sören Stumpf (all Dept. 02), Peggy Freudenberg, Markus Lager, Kristin Ludewig (all Department 06), Josua Oll, Anne Otto, Bärbel Wesselborg (all Department 07), Kathrin Theißinger-Theobald (Department 10).  

Detailed profiles of the newly appointed faculty members can be found in issues of the university magazine *publik* (the next issue will be published on October 8).