The Rector

Since December 15, 2023, University Professor Dr. Stefanie Reese has served as Rector of the University of Siegen. The Rector represents the University of Siegen both internally and externally. She is responsible for the university’s overall strategic and structural development, as well as its day-to-day management. The Rector exercises authority over the university premises and serves as chair of the Rectorate. The Rector is the supervisor of the academic staff and is responsible for appointments.

Prof. Dr. Stefanie Reese, Ph.D.

Biographical Information

After earning her Ph.D. with honors in 1994 from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Stefanie Reese continued her academic career and completed her habilitation in mechanics in 2002. Her habilitation thesis focused on the thermomechanical modeling of rubber-like polymer structures.

In 2000, she was appointed professor at Ruhr University Bochum, where she worked in the field of numerical mechanics and simulation technology until 2005. She then moved to the Technical University of Braunschweig, where she held a professorship at the Institute for Solid Mechanics until 2009. That same year, she accepted a position at RWTH Aachen University, where she served as a professor of Applied Mechanics.

Throughout her career, Stefanie Reese received several international offers, including one in 2009 from ETH Zurich and another in 2015 from the University of Birmingham for a professorship in “Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems.”

On August 8, 2023, she was elected Rector of the University of Siegen. Her term of office began on December 15, 2023.

Contact

AR-NA 518/519
2a Adolf-Reichwein Street
57076 Siegen
Phone: +49 271 740-4858
Email: rektorin@uni-siegen.de

Awards and Memberships

Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation (1987–1990)
Research grant from the German Research Foundation (1995)
Award from the Association of Friends of the Technical University of Darmstadt for outstanding scientific achievements (1995)
Walter Kalkhof-Rose Memorial Prize from the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz for outstanding scientific achievements (1999)
Prize from the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (2006)
Selected as one of Germany’s 25 most influential female engineers (selection conducted by the German Association of Women Engineers, 2011)
Corresponding Member of the Braunschweig Scientific Society (since 2019)
Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM, since 2010)
Full Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts (since 2013)
Full member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (since 2014)

DH.NRW KI AG – seconded by the LRK
University Alliance (UA) 11+
A network of medium-sized universities in Germany with strong research and technology transfer capabilities that play a distinctive role in their regional communities.
Society of Friends and Supporters of the University of Siegen e.V. – Member
Advisory Board of REGIONALE
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Peter.Paul.Rubens.Foundation
Member of the^HumboldtNAdvisory Board
The Sustainability Initiative of the Universities of North Rhine-Westphalia
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Apollo Theater Foundation
Member of the Friends of the Museum of Contemporary Art e.V.
Member of the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation in the Siegerland e.V.
Member of the Rotary Club of Siegen