STaR Team

Kateřina Krebsová

From 2021 to 2023, Kateřina, WU CEMS Master's alumna, led the STaR SDG-Videos project, interviewing WU researchers and business leaders. In 2026, she returned to STaR to work on the Sustainable Work Lab, designed to serve as a go-to hub for showcasing WU’s latest research on the future of sustainable work. See her LinkedIn profile.

Felix Ambros

Felix, an alumnus of WU’s Bachelor of Science in Economics, is the Co-Founder of Thinkubator, a Circular Economy think-tank based in Vienna. His work is driven by the vision of closing the knowledge-action gap on climate change and helping Europe achieve a net-zero circular economy by 2050. He also co-lectures at WU alongside our team. See his LinkedIn profile.

Alexandra Kick

Alexandra co-founded Thinkubator back in 2021. What began as a circular economy fellowship has grown into a think-tank that now hosts Climate Launchpad in Austria, the world’s largest green business idea competition, with STaR as a key partner in Austria. In collaboration with our team, Thinkubator also delivered various Third Mission Projects. Alexandra's LinkedIn.

Imani Faber

Imani, a SEEP Master’s alumna, supports STaR with various research and dissemination activities. Her work includes data collection for our research and outreach projects, curating resources for STaR’s Sustainable Work Lab, and contributing to other external engagement activities. You can find her on LinkedIn and watch a creative YouTube video based on her Master’s thesis.

Aljaz Kuncic

Development Coordination Officer with the United Nations; STaR Visiting Scholar, Spring-Summer 2023. See Aljaz's LinkedIn profile. We also recommend his book SDG Haikus (with all profits donated to charitable causes related to the SDGs).

Audacia Alicia Machado Ngunza

[2025–2026] As a STaR Assistant, Audacia (a PhD candidate at the University of Vienna), was closely involved in many of our daily activities, including event organization, website management, and social media presence. In summer 2026, she was awarded a scholarship to attend the European Forum Alpbach. See Audacia's LinkedIn profile and read here reflections on Forum Albach.

Srilaxmi

[2025 - 2026] Srilaxmi (SEEP Master's) helped us with data collection on migration and sustainable development, and several of our events in 2026. Here’s her LinkedIn profile.

Eva Basantpreet

[2021 - 2025] Eva supported STaR with numerous activities, including event promotion, social media support, external outreach, and cross-campus engagement through the Green Buddies initiative. Here’s her LinkedIn profile.

Marlene Gruber

[2019 - 2025] Marlene (PhD in International Business) was involved in various STaR activities during her PhD, from supporting various events to co-developing sustainability curricula with Tomorrow’s University. 

Rohan Simon

[Summer, 2022 - Winter, 2025] As a STaR Assistant, Rohan (WU MBA, Finance) supported the team by maintaining the STaR website and LinkedIn page, and organizing events. He also created the informational page STaR intro to ESG Rohan's LinkedIn profile.

Luca Ali

[2023 Spring - 2024 Winter] As temporary substitute to STaR manager, Luca (SEEP Master's) supported operational processes and events. She also helped to raise the visibility of the cross-campus Green Buddies initiative and contributed to the dissemination of the Refugee Talents brochure. Here's Luca's LinkedIn profile.

María Díaz Macías

[Spring, 2021-Summer, 2022] María (CEMS Master’s) helped us improve STaR’s social media strategy, contributed new website content, and was indispensable for the NBS SCC 2021 Workshop. Here's Maria's LinkedIn profile.

Teresa Riosa

[Spring-Summer, 2022] Teresa supported us with several aspects of the STaR Humanitarian Aid Hub initiative, including research for and compilation of relevant resources and materials. Here's Teresa's LinkedIn profile.

Marius Brand

[2019-2021] Marius (PhD in International Management) supported us with various activities during the foundational years of our center, including creating and managing an event website for the global Network for Business Sustainability conference.

Viktoriia Babii

[Spring-Summer, 2022] Viktoria supported us with the ViaGerman initiative. Founded and run by WU (CEMS) alumnus Lukas Pichler, the project helped Ukrainian children in Vienna learn German. Free lessons were offered by student, faculty, and alumni volunteers. Here's Victoria's LinkedIn profile.

Alisa Tkash

[Spring-Summer, 2022] Alisa supported us with the ViaGerman Initiative. Founded and run by WU (CEMS) alumnus Lukas Pichler, the project helped Ukrainian children in Vienna to learn German. Free lessons were offered by student, faculty, and alumni volunteers.

Susan Üstün

[Fall 2020] As a STaR Assistant, Susan (SEEP Master's) helped us enhance the Sustainability@WU and For Students pages, initiate the collection of STaR Resources, and produce a special series on “Sustainability Meets Entrepreneurship” within the Inside Impact podcast. Here is her LinkedIn.

Dorian Aigner

[Summer 2020] As a STaR Assistant, Dorian (CEMS Master’s) collected the first round of Thesis Writing for Impact topics, conducted student interviews, and helped us launch the Sustainability@WU page. Dorian's LinkedIn profile.