Board

Professor Dr.-Ing. Klaus Genuit
Founder and Chairman of the Board of Management – Department of Psychoacoustics

In 1986, Professor Dr.-Ing. Klaus Genuit founded HEAD acoustics GmbH, one of the world´s leading companies in NVH-binaural signal processing and analysis, auralization of virtual environments and telecommunications-analysis and optimization of speech communication quality.

In 2008, the HEAD-Genuit Foundation was founded to use his passion for acoustics for the common good and to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life through Soundscape research.

He also has a strong interest in enabling chronic pain patients to live a better life through direct financial support and through research into pain therapy.

Professor Dr.-Ing. Klaus Genuit is a member of various acoustic societies, such as AES, ASA (Fellow), ASJ, SAE, DEGA and VDI, as well as an active member of working groups of the DIN and ISO for the standardization of measurement specifications in psychoacoustics.

Professor Dr. André Fiebig
Member of the Board of Directors- Department of Psychoacoustics

Professor Dr. André Fiebig has been working in the “Engineering Acoustics” department at the Technical University of Berlin since 2019. There he is responsible for teaching and research in the areas of psychoacoustics and noise effects. From 2005 to 2018 he worked at HEAD acoustics GmbH, where he worked on various research topics in the scope of psychoacoustics and the optimization of product sound quality.
 
He is currently an elected member of the board of the German Acoustical Society (DEGA), is active in the campaign management for the “Noise Awareness Day” as a DEGA campaign, and holds the position of vice president of the European Acoustics Association. His research focuses on applied psychoacoustics, research on extra-aural noise effects and soundscapes.

Lena Mondry
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors- Department of Finance and Law

Lena Mondry earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from RWTH Aachen University in 2016 and dealt in depth with business and labor law. She then studied law at the University of Münster with a focus on international and European law.

After graduating, she worked for the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization of the United Nations in Turin, dealing with issues related to social protection in developing countries. Since June 2022, she has been employed as a trainee lawyer in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Cologne. As part of her legal clerkship, she spends one stage at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin in Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid Department and at an  international law firm DLA Piper in the field of energy law.

Dr. med. Paul Wagner
Member of the Board of Directors – Department of Arachnopathy

Dr. Paul Wagner was born in Luxembourg and received his licence to practise medicine in 1980 after studying in Freiburg i.Br., Vienna, Paris and Edinburgh.

In addition to his qualification as a specialist in general medicine and a specialist in anesthesiology/intensive medicine, Dr. Wagner has further specializations. These include Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, Neural Therapy, Chirotherapy, Transaction Analysis, Psychosomatic Primary Care, Osteopathy, Balneophysical Medicine and focus training in Interventional Pain Therapy.

In addition to his activity as a practicing pain therapist in the joint practice Pain Center Hochrhein, Bad Säckingen he is teaching Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture and osteopathic medicine at the German Society for Osteopathic Medicine (DGOM).