Office of Personnel Development and Leadership

Professional career path

• 12.2020 - today | ETH Zurich, Switzerland | Chief of Staff to the Vice President for Personnel Development and Leadership
• 1.2021 - today | DPOcrates UG (limited liability), Germany | Managing Director and Shareholder
• 2019 - 11.2020 | Manres GmbH, K?ln und Manres AG, Z¨¹rich | Data Protection Officer
• 2011 - 11.2020 | Manres GmbH, K?ln | Principal and member of the extended Executive Board
• 2011 - 2017 | Manres GmbH, K?ln | Consultant, later Senior Consultant
• 2011 - 2016 | Justus-Liebig-Universit?t Giessen, Germany | Scientific Assistant in Research and Teaching

Training and further education

• 11.2019 - 5.2022 | University St. Gallen, Switzerland | Executive School of Management, Technology and Law | CAS Business Law for Manager (data protection, contract law, compliance-oriented law, corporate law, labour law)
• 6.2020 - 11.2020 | Haufe Academy, Germany | Certified Expert in Labour and Personnel Law
• 2015 - 2016 | Dorothee B¨¹rgi | Coaching Training: Existential Coaching
• 2004 - 2010 | Philipps-Universit?t Marburg, Germany | Diploma: Psychology, specialisation: Industrial and Organisational Psychology

Publications

• Buyken, M., Sch¨¹rmann, M., & Herre, C. (2021). Pers?nlichkeitsentwicklung mit Tiefgang gestalten ¨C der Beitrag der Existenzanalyse im Coaching f¨¹r eine nachhaltige Wirkung. In T. Brandenburg, P. Mehlich, & M. T. Thielsch (Eds.), Praxis der Wirtschaftspsychologie, Band 2: Fragen, F¨¹hren und Ver?ndern (pp. 96-111). Lengerich/Westfalen, Germany: Pabst.
• Buyken, M. B., Klehe, U. C., Zikic, J., & Van Vianen, A. E. (2015). Merits and challenges of career adaptability as a tool towards sustainable careers. In A. De Vos, B. I. J. M. Van der Heijden (Eds.), Handbook of research on sustainable careers (35-49). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Buyken, M., Klehe, U. C., & Baum, M. (2013, August 9-13). Career exploration as a stepping stone towards vocational identity: A meta-analysis [Paper presentation]. Academy of Management 2013 Annual Meeting: Capitalism in Question, Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States.

About me

In my work as a consultant at Manres GmbH, I supported clients (e.g., from the health and energy sectors, the automotive industry, financial service providers and software developers) in transformation processes and in their holistic organisational culture and leadership development. I have led transformation projects, facilitated workshops, coached executives and, as an assessor, conducted assessment and development centres with executives, business managers and board members. The management and implementation of internal projects and improvements were also part of my responsibilities. Examples include the development and introduction of a mobile app to support the transformation processes in the daily lives of customers and a comprehensive project to implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the company. Most recently, as a member of the extended management board, I was able to make a strategic contribution in addition to operational responsibilities.

In order to keep my now extensive knowledge of data protection up to date and continue to apply it, I founded the limited liability company DPOcrates UG (limited liability). Within this framework, I offer data protection services to selected clients on a small scale in addition to my work at ETH Zurich - and of course in accordance with the relevant guidelines for outside activity / secondary employment at ETH Zurich.

I am enthusiastic about constantly learning and expanding my horizons. Our modern world offers so many big and small, formal and informal, often even freely available opportunities and chances to learn that it has never been so easy to develop professionally and privately. I am also magically drawn to engineering and technology. The combination of these two passions opens up a whole new field. One more reason why ETH Zurich, with its diversity, variety of topics and drive for research and development, offers such a fantastic and exciting environment for me.

With all the tasks, challenges and often experienced stressors that come with working in research and teaching (with additional tasks such as outreach and knowledge transfer), but also in the central bodies at this world-class institution, I stand for a mindful approach to oneself and others. This is the basis for the "how" of our interaction, which acts as a catalyst for the expertise gathered at ETH Zurich. A mindful approach is also the basis for much of what I understand by good (self-) leadership: personal responsibility, empathy, respect and appreciation - based on this, for example, an inclusive environment - and much more. What seems to be self-evident comes with uncertainties that have to be endured. For example: personal responsibility means standing up and also dealing with the consequences; empathy means not simply wiping the concerns of others off the table; appreciation means taking ideas equally seriously and taking them into account, no matter from which level of the hierarchy they come. On the surface, this does not make our living and working together any less complex, but in the end, it actually makes it clearer, more rewarding and more worth living. If you want to be convinced of this even more, I invite you to listen to the voices of those who work with those nominated for the ALEA Award.

With my work at ETH Zurich, I would like to contribute to this successful "how" in dealing with each other in the context of lifelong learning.

Professional career path

• 1.2022 - today | ETH Zurich, Switzerland | Staff member Office of Personnel Development and Leadership
• 11.2021 - today | ETH Zurich, Switzerland | Staff member Programm Management Office "Barrier-Free at ETH Zurich"
• 7.2019 - 12.2022 | ETH Zurich, Switzerland | Staff member Rector's Staff
• 2014 - 2019 | ETH Zurich, Switzerland | Scientific Assistant / Doctoral Student

Training and further education

• 2014 - 2018 | ETH Zurich, Switzerland | Doktorin der Wissenschaften | Systems Biology
• 2011 - 2013 | Technische Universit?t Dresden, Germany| Master of Science | Regenerative Biology and Medicine

Publications

• F. Lottspeich, K. Joo?, N.L. Kelleher, M. G?tze, B. Friedrich, R. Aebersold (2022). Proteomanalyse. Bioanalytik, 1013-1063
• S.N. Thomas, B. Friedrich, M. Schnaubelt, D.W. Chan, H. Zhang, R. Aebersold (2020). Orthogonal proteomic platforms and their implications for the stable classification of high-grade serous ovarian cancer subtypes. Iscience, 23 (6)
• S.-Y. Liu, C. Selck, B. Friedrich, R. Lutz, M. Vila-Farr¨¦, A. Dahl, H. Brandl, N. Lakshmanaperumal, I. Henry, J.C. Rink (2013). Reactivating head regrowth in a regeneration-deficient planarian species. Nature, 500 (7460)

About me

During my doctorate in the field of systems biology, I was very involved in the Academic Association of Scientific Staff of ETH Zurich, where I got know both exciting topics and interesting people.

The desire to actively shape and further develop life at ETH in the future became more and more vivid during this time and I was able to realise this after my doctorate at the Rector's Staff.

It is particularly close to my heart to build bridges between different areas of ETH and to develop coordinated and joint solutions for efficient cooperation.

Professional career path

• 2021 - today | ETH Zurich, Switzerland | Staff member Office of Personnel Development and Leadership
• 2019 - 2020 | Hyatt Corporate, Switzerland | Director of Talent Management EAME & Southwest Asia
• 2014 - 2019 | Hyatt International, Switzerland | Area Director of Human Resources Western Europe & North Africa
• 2011 - 2014 | Park Hyatt Zurich, Switzerland | Head of Human Resources
• 2007 - 2010 | Park Hyatt Zurich, Switzerland | Learning & Development Manager

Training and further education

• 2020 - 2021 | UC Berkeley Extension | Transformation & Agile Change Management in Organisations
• 2020 | HR Pioneers, Germany | Agile HR Manager
• 2011 - 2013 | University of Applied Psychology, Switzerland | Master of Advanced Studies, Business Psychology
• 2003 - 2007 | Swiss Hotel Management School Lucerne, Switzerland | Hospitality Management

About me

"Connecting people successfully requires technology paired with the appropriate mindset." - Frederic Laloux

I grew up in a family business and was able to gain international experience at the same time. I find it exciting to accompany the technological change of our time and at the same time to meaningfully combine values, transformation and growth into a lifelong learning culture excites me. Especially in an environment where quality and innovation coincide. In my work at ETH, I value the collaboration with exceptional people as much as the unique culture of innovation.

I was interested in psychology from an early age. That's why I studied Business Psychology after my degree in Hospitality Management. Connecting people and their motivation with organisations and their structures in such a way that they strengthen each other was my focus early on. This is also my aspiration for our work and for "Future of Work". HR is my passion. HR is much more than just an internal interface in the company. We design new forms of work, shape the corporate culture, and give strategic impulses. We drive economic efficiency, promote emotional ties, create a sense of purpose, etc.

In order to continue to create an environment for ETH employees in which the culture of lifelong learning is lived, it is necessary to fine-tune structures so that maximum freedom for individual action is created within them. A clear orientation and common focus strengthen autonomy and consolidate the decentralised enabling culture. In other words: decisions can be made where the competence lies. In this way, we support the long-term success of ETH.

Professional career path

• 12.2020 - today | ETH Zurich, Schweiz | Staff member Office of Personnel Development and Leadership
• 2019 - 11.2020 | Freelance Consultant
• 2019 - 12.2019 | Landesamt f¨¹r Besoldung und Versorgung, BW, Germany | Head of Psychological Counselling Centre
• 2013 - 2.2019 | Manres GmbH, Germany | Consultant, later Principal and part of the extended leadership 
• 2012 - 12.2012 | SThree - Huxley Associates, Germany | Personnel consultant in the field of banking
• 2008 - 2011 | Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany | Scientific assistant
• 2006 - 2008 | Hospital of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Neurology, Germany | Scientific assistant 

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Training and further education

• 3.2020 - 8.2020 | Institute for Learning Systems, Germany | Practical knowledge of labour law
• 2014 - 2015 | Dorothee B¨¹rgi | Coaching Training: Existential Coaching
• 2006 - 2012 | Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany | Dr. phil. nat: Psychology, Specialisation: Neurosciences
• 2001 - 2005 | University of Maastricht | Master: Psychology, Specialisation: Neurosciences

Publications

• L. Melloni, S. van Leeuwen, A. Alink & N.G. M¨¹ller (2012). Interaction between bottom-up saliency and top-down control: How saliency maps are created in the human brain. Cerebral Cortex, 22(12)
• S. van Leeuwen, W. Singer & L. Melloni (2012). Meditation increases the depth of information processing and improves the allocation of attention in space. Frontiers Neuroscience, 15(16)
• D. Radeloff, K. Willmann, L. Otto, M. Lindner, K. Putnam, S. van Leeuwen, W. H. Kaye, F. Poustka & A. Wagner (2012). High-fat taste challenge reveals altered striatal response in women recovered from bulimia nervosa - a pilot study. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 15(4)
• S. van Leeuwen, N.G. M¨¹ller, & L. Melloni (2009). Age effects on attentional blink performance in meditation. Consciousness & Cognition, 18(3)

About me

I always wanted to become a psychologist. For as long as I can remember, I have had a great interest in people, behaviour and interpersonal relationships. The question of whether people can change also occupied me a lot as a child. 

During my doctorate, I was allowed to investigate this question, at least in the context of whether training in the form of meditation can influence attention and lead to functional changes in the brain. Although I was passionate about the subject, I wanted to work more directly with people, which is why I started my career as a consultant.

As a consultant, I supported people in their personal change and led larger cultural change processes in international companies. I discovered that change is a process and that this process requires determination, patience and kindness - kindness towards ourselves as well as towards others. 

At ETH I have the honour of working with brilliant people on various fascinating processes and projects. All these projects are directly or indirectly related to the topics and issues I love: namely people, culture and change.

Professional career path

• 11.2022 - today | ETH Zurich, Switzerland | Communication, Web & Content Specialist
• 01.2022 - 09.2022 | Walo Bertschinger AG, Switzerland | Project Manager Marketing & Communication
• 11.2019 - 08.2021 | Various Projects, Switzerland | Project Manager Online Communication & Marketing
• 03.2018 - 08.2019 | Waid and Triemli Hospital, Switzerland | Project Manager Marketing & Communication
• 07.2015 - 02.2018 | City of Zurich Municipal Administration, Switzerland | Communication Specialist
  
  
  

Education

• 2012 - 2015 | University of Lucerne, Switzerland | Master: Social and Communication Sciences
• 2008 - 2012 | University of Lucerne, Switzerland | Bachelor: Scandinavian Studies, Journalism and Communication Sciences, Psychology

Professional career path

• 08.2023 - today | ETH Zurich, Switzerland | Communication Specialist Office of Personnel Development and Leadership  
• 07.2020 - 07.2023 | ETH Zurich, Switzerland | Communication & PR Manager Competence Cente RESC
  
  Prior to joining ETH Zurich, I worked in various private companies and in the public sector in Switzerland and in South Africa.

Education

University of Applied Sciences Bern, Switzerland | Bachelor: Business Administration