CONTACT THE NEW YORK OFFICE:
Priya S. Nayar
Executive Director UA Ruhr
E-mail: priya.nayar@uaruhr.de
Priya has been leading the New York office since the summer of 2021, supporting and facilitating academic collaborations between the three Ruhr Universities and a steadily growing network of partners in the United States and Canada. Prior to joining UA Ruhr, Priya was the Director of Fresenius University of Applied Sciences where she opened the first New York City based German Study Center and built a robust network of academia-industry stakeholders. Before that, she worked for the North American liaison offices of Freie Universitaet Berlin and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Munich. For more details, see her LinkedIn profile.
Helen König
Intern UA Ruhr
E-mail: intern@uaruhr.de
Helen is the current intern at the UA Ruhr Liason Office in New York. She supports the Transatlantic Ruhr Fellowship Program as well as assists the UA Ruhr team with administrative tasks such as press releases, social media content, and other relevant presswork. Helen herself has spent several years abroad, and most recently wrote her master thesis at the Ono Academic College in Tel Aviv. Due to her multiple extended professional and academic stays abroad, she is very passionate about helping other exchange students starting their adventure in a new country.