CAROLINA MADELEINE

PROJECT COORDINATOR, UA

Carolina Madeleine has dedicated her professional career to the management of international projects in the areas of higher education, international cooperation and public diplomacy. Since 2005, she has implemented projects in over 45 countries in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe for HEIs, Ministries, International Organizations and Civil Society.
Having studied in France, the Netherlands and Spain, she received a BA in history and literature from the University of Montpellier, a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam and a Master’s degree in Human Rights from the University of Barcelona.

EVA NOSSEM

PROJECT COORDINATOR, UDS

Eva Nossem serves as the institutional coordinator of the DIES IDC LA project at Saarland University. She holds a degree in translation studies and applied linguistics from Saarland University and is a sworn-in translator for German, English, and Italian. As the scientific coordinator of the UniGR-Center for Border Studies at Saarland University, she has acquired experience in managing, coordinating, and cooperating in multilingual international research settings. She is an active member in several DAAD Eastpartnership projects, particularly with Ukraine, and she is collaborating as a researcher in both of Saarland University’s large university alliances, the University of the Greater Region and Transform4Europe. Her teaching and research interests include border studies, gender/queer studies, cultural studies, discourse studies, and linguistics. Eva joined the DIES IDC LA team as an expert in Gender and Diversity Management in 2023-24 and as an institutional coordinator in 2024.

MARIO GUILLO

PROJECT COORDINATOR, UA

Dr. Mario Guillo is Senior Project Manager at OGPI and Lecturer at the Department of Sociology at the University of Alicante. Since 2008 he has been working in more than 40 international cooperation projects in the field of higher education, combining his role as project manager with an academic role as expert in Foresight, Social Innovation and Communication. He has an International PhD in Sociology, Degree in Communication and Master’s degree in Business Management. He is author of different scientific articles and book chapters on Foresight, Innovation and Strategic Communication.

NATALIA VILLALBA

INTERNATIONAL PROJECT COORDINATOR, UDS

Natalia Villalba is a Colombian professional with a background in languages and digital marketing. She studied Philology at Universidad Nacional de Colombia and earned a Bachelor's degree in English and Spanish from Saarland University. Her career includes ESL teaching in Colombia, working as an executive assistant in Germany, and gaining marketing experience through internships in Dublin and Seville. She also holds a degree in Digital Marketing from the ASW in Germany. As of September 2024 , she has joined our team as International Project Coordinator for the DIES IDC LA project at Saarland University

EVA SÁNCHEZ

PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR, UA

Eva Sánchez has experience in Project Management, Education and IT. She has a master's degree in Marketing from the ICADE - Comillas Pontifical University in Madrid (Spain) as well as a bachelor's degree in English Philology and a certificate in Teaching, both from the University of Alicante. Eva has coordinated and worked in EU capacity building projects such as FP5, 6 & 7, ACP, Tempus, Edulink, ALFA, LLP, CIP, COSME, H2020 and ERAMUS+ on topics related to IT Transfer, Internationalisation, Quality Assurance and Accreditation, Innovation and Research, and HEIs management. She joined the DIES IDC LA Team in 2011.

MYRIAM RUMLER

FINANCIAL ADVISOR, UDS

Myriam Rumler began her professional career with an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at Saarbrücker Zeitung Verlag und Druckerei GmbH, where she worked for 17 years in various departments. During this time, she pursued an evening degree program at the Administrative and Business Academy of Saarland (Verwaltungs- und Wirtschaftsakademie des Saarlandes), successfully earning the title of Business Economist (VWA).

Since April 2023, she has been working as a secretary in Protestant Theology at Saarland University. In January 2025, she joined the DIES IDC LA team.