Contacts
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Verena Braun (Media Officer)Verena Braun (+49 30 22667 315, room 256) is Media Officer at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. She manages the Institute’s audiovisual media productions, including developing new formats, producing and editing material, and managing the online presentation of multimedia projects.
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Stephanie Hood (Deputy Head of Communications)Stephanie Hood (+49 30 22667 315, room 256) is Deputy Head of the Communications Team at the Institute. She is responsible for the press and media relations, website and social media, public engagement, and digital and print communication.
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Lucy Ruth Salmon (Research Assistant)Lucy Ruth Salmon (room 255) supports the Head of Cooperation and Communication and the Deputy Head of the Communications Team with the Institute's press and communications. This includes media relations, writing, editing, and translation for the website and social media, as well as print and communication design. Lucy is also responsible for the curation of the Center for the History of Knowledge website and the production of the centers joint Berlin course catalog (the KVV, or Kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis).
Lucy is currently completing her Masters degree in art and visual history at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Her research traces the cultural history of the body, clothing, and medicine through its representation in visual media. She places a focus on transcultural perspectives of visual history.
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Jun Zhang (Research Assistant)Jun Zhang (room 255) supports the Communications Team at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. This includes recording, editing, and maintaining the Institute’s audiovisual media productions. Jun is also responsible for website editing, databases, and archive work.
Jun Zhang is currently completing his master's degree in film studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. For his master's thesis, he is dealing with the aesthetics of films that are written and shot by artificial intelligence. He studied journalism and communication science and film studies for his bachelor's degree. His research interests lie in the sociology of film, gender studies and culture in advertising and film, the aesthetics of Korean films and artificial intelligence in media. He occasionally works as a photographer and videographer.
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Hansjakob Ziemer (Head of Cooperation and Communication)Hansjakob Ziemer (+49 30 22667 242, room 254) is Head of Cooperations and Communications at the Institute. He is responsible for creating and maintaining cooperations with Institutes worldwide. Hansjakob also coordinates teaching exchanges with other institutions.
