Portrait of Alexandra-Gwyn Paetz

Head of Division

Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space

Alexandra-Gwyn Paetz

  • 2023
  • Participant
  • Female Science Talents
  • 2022
  • Participant
  • Female Science Talents
  • 2025
  • Speaker
  • Circle
  • 2025
  • Attendee

Dr. Alexandra-Gwyn Paetz leads strategic initiatives within Germany’s Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), focusing on the nation’s high-tech agenda and innovation policy. Before joining the ministry, she served as Managing Director of the Berlin University Alliance (BUA), where she helped shape Germany’s Excellence Strategy and fostered new collaborative research and innovation frameworks. Earlier in her career, she headed Strategic Development and Communication at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), contributing to its renewed status as an Excellence University. Dr. Paetz holds a doctorate in energy research and has extensive experience in science management, strategy, and transformation processes in the energy sector.

Alexandra-Gwyn Paetz participated at the Female Science Talents International Fall Gathering 2023 and the Female Science Talents 20Meets20 2022.