Prof. Kerstin Molter and Prof. Gregor Ade have been elected Vice-President for Studies and Teaching and Vice-President for Communications and Transfer at Mainz University of Applied Sciences by the Senate on January 27, 2021. Their respective terms of office begin on March 1 and run for four years.
Kerstin Molter studied architecture at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern and started her own architectural firm there in 2003. She has been a professor of Construction and Design at Mainz University of Applied Sciences since 2013. She regularly takes on advisory roles such as serving as a member of the Design Advisory Board of the City of Mainz from 2011-2017 and as a juror in architectural competitions. She has been a member of the German Association of Craftsmen (Deutscher Werkbund), Rhineland-Palatinate and the Association of German Architects (Bund Deutscher Architektinnen und Architekten), Rhineland-Palatinate, since 2009.
After graduating with a degree in Communication Design from Offenbach University of Art and Design, Gregor Ade worked as a designer at MetaDesign in Berlin starting in 1999 and then founded the design firm ade hauser lacour kommunikationsgestaltung in Frankfurt one year later. In 2008, he joined the Peter Schmidt Group as Managing Partner and in 2015 accepted a temporary professorship for Corporate Identity and Corporate Design at Mainz University of Applied Sciences. In 2017, he took on a permanent professorship for Corporate Identity, Corporate Design and Typography in Mainz. Gregor Ade is a member of the German Designer Club (Deutschen Designer Club (DDC)), the Art Directors Club (ADC) and the Board of Trustees of the Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt..
"We are delighted that the university leadership team is additionally supported by two new members with a wealth of expertise," said Prof. Dr. Susanne Weissman, President of Mainz University of Applied Sciences. "By establishing a third vice-president position for the Communications and Transfer Department, we are sending a clear signal that we view communications as a strategic task that is of paramount importance for the future of the university. Gregor Ade, who will head the newly created department, is a proven expert in the field of corporate identity and communications strategy and will decisively promote the university's development in this area. Kerstin Molter, a dedicated colleague with many new ideas and now Vice-President for Studies and Teaching, will develop and support a number of innovative projects in this area as soon as she takes office. At the same time, I would like to thank outgoing Vice-President Prof. Dr. Regina Stephan, who, after four years in university leadership, will once again devote herself to research and teaching."