Organisation

Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Edmund Wascher
Scientific Director (Speaker of the Board), Department: Ergonomics

Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Michael Nitsche
Scientific Director (Deputy Speaker of the Board), Department: Psychology and Neurosciences

Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Jan G. Hengstler
Scientific Director, Department: Toxicology

Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Carsten Watzl
Scientific Director, Department: Immunology

Brigitta Thiel
Commercial Director

Scientific Assistance of the Board / Co-ordinator for Research Affairs
Dr. rer. nat. Birgit Arnold-Schulz-Gahmen

Press Office
Anne Gregory and Verena Kemmler

Research Data Management
Dipl.-Math. Peter Bröde

Transfer Officer
Dr. rer. nat. Dietmar Gude

EU Affairs Officer
Dipl.-Math. Peter Bröde

As of Oct 2025

Personnel: 230 employees

IfADo has more than 230 employees by basic & third-party funds who work in the fields of science, technology and administration.

Finance:

• Base funding by Federal ministry for Labour & Social affairs and Ministry for Culture and Science of North-Rhine Westphalia: 13.12 Mio €
• Third-party funding: 2,83 Mio €

Form of organisation: incorporated society

Forschungsgesellschaft für Arbeitsphysiologie und Arbeitsschutz e.V.

(December 2022)