The Current Team

Researchers currently engaged in GLORAD research or management, or in collaboration projects with GLORAD directors.

Directors		Position	GLORAD Role	Research Focus	Contact / Web
	Dr. Max von Zedtwitz	Professor at Beijing University Vice President, PRTM Management Consultants	Managing Director and Founder, GLORAD	Global R&D China Innovation Incubation	www.glorad.org/zedtwitz
	Dr. Oliver Gassmann	Professor at University of St. Gallen Director of the Institute of Technology Management	Managing Director and Founder, GLORAD	Global R&D Innovation Strategy Open Innovation	www.item.unisg.ch
Senior Researchers
	Dr. Marcus Keupp	PostDoc and Head of Research Lab at University of St. Gallen	Senior Researcher	Global R&D	www.item.unisg.ch
	Dr. Serena Rovai	Director, Uni-Italia Government Academic Centre Visiting Professor at UIBE, Beijing	Senior Research	HRM in China	cn.linkedin.com/in/serenarovai
Research Associates
	Dr. des. Dirk M. Iffland	Graduate student at RWTH Aachen	Research Associate	Product Safety and Product Development	www.item.unisg.ch
	Puja Abbassi	Graduate Student at Cologne University	Research Associate	Globalization of Journals	cn.linkedin.com/in/pujaabbassi
	Johanna Rickne	Ph.D. Student at Uppsala University	Research Associate	Management Localization in China R&D	www.ifn.se/web/Johanna_Rickne.aspx
	Wei Yang	Ph.D. Student at Magdeburg University	Research Associate	R&D and Corruption
External Ph.D. Students
	Ralf Martin Ester	Partner at Droege & Comp.	External Ph.D./DBA Researcher	Indigenous Chinese Innovation	www.droege-international.com/en/
	Andy Zhu	Group Vice President, Quality, at Goodbaby Group	External Ph.D./DBA Researcher	Product Safety and Product Development	www.goodbaby.com
	Leif Goeritz	Consultant at BCG, Berlin	External Ph.D./DBA Researcher	Overseas Start-Up Support	www.bcg.com
	Alex Jalalian	DBA Student at ESC Grenoble	External Ph.D./DBA Researcher	Building S&T Capability in the Middle East
	Romeo Frega	Consultant at BCG, Zurich	External Ph.D./DBA Researcher	Reverse Internationalization of Innovation	www.bcg.com