Lecturers / Faculty / adjunct Faculty


Lecturers in the Master program

In alphabetical order


Priv.-Doz. Dr. rer. medic. Rene Franzen

  • Scientific Director of AALZ Aachen Dental Laser Center,
  • Visiting Scientist at Department of Conservative Dentistry, Periodontology and Preventive Dentistry, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
  • Visiting Professor at MIU Misr International University, Cairo, Egypt
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board DGL Deutsche Gesellschaft für Laserzahnheilkunde e.V. (German Society for Laser Dentistry)

Prof. Dr. med. dent. Norbert Gutknecht (1954-2021)

  • Founder of AALZ

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. R. D. Hilgers

  • Department of Medical Statistics, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany

Dr. Ilay Maden, PhD, M.Sc.

  • SeeSaw Clinic, U.K.

DDr. Wolfgang Manschiebel

  • Director Dental Clinic, SFU Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria

Prof. Dr. Márcia Martins Marques DDS; PhD

  • Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Dr. Miguel Martins M.Sc., PhD

  • Endodontic clinic MECK in Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Dr. Dimitris Strakas, DDS, M.Sc., PhD

  • Scientific Director at AALZ Aachen Dental Laser Center, Aachen, Germany
  • Head Dental Laser Clinic in Aristotle University of Thessalonik, Greece
  • Visiting Professor at MIU Misr International University, Cairo, Egypt
  • University Scholar at the Operative Dentistry Department in Aristorle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Vice-President Hellenic Laser Dentistry Society (HALD), Greece
  • General Secretary International Society for Laser Dentistry (ISLD)

Dr. med. dent. Gabriele Schindler-Hultzsch, M.Sc.

  • Dental practitioner, Aichach, Germany
  • Member of the Executive Board DGL Deutsche Gesellschaft für Laserzahnheilkunde e.V. (German Society for Laser Dentistry)

Dipl.-Bibl. Leon Vanweersch, MBA

  • Executive Director AALZ and WALED
  • Academic Coordinator & Business Development Management
  • Department of Conservative Dentistry, Periodontology and Preventive Dentistry, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany
  • Managing Office Editor of the journal “Lasers in Dental Science” (LIDS)

Dr. Anna-Maria Yiannikou DDS, M.Sc., MBA

Dental practitioner, Nicosia, Cyprus