Karsten Lemmer is the DLR Executive Board Member responsible for ‘Innovation, Transfer and Research Infrastructure’. The development of innovations from research, the transfer of expertise and technologies, and the large-scale research facilities for exceptional research results and greater technological maturity are essential areas of action to strengthen DLR as a partner for a competitive industrial sector.
A graduate in electrical engineering, he was an academic researcher and worked in the rail industry before joining DLR as an Institute Director in 2001. Until February 2021, he was the Executive Board Member for Energy and Transport.

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