Board of Directors
The EPIS Board of Directors steers the think tank for foreign and security policy. It bridges academic insight with real-world practice — fostering student engagement through publications, conferences, and direct connections with practitioners.
Theodor Himmel
Board Leader
Theodor Himmel connects students with experts in diplomatic and economic affairs. Together with his colleagues, he built EPIS Think Tank into one of the largest student-led think tanks in Europe and also initiated the EPIS Network. He currently serves as Chairman of EPIS. Alongside this, after completing an LL.M. at Leiden University, he is finalizing his legal training as a law clerk at the Regional Court of Baden-Baden. Currently, he works as a consultant in a Munich-based family office.
Abdullah Chaudhary
Design Affairs
Abdullah is a Top Rated data engineer who builds industrial-grade web scraping, ETL pipelines, and automation systems that scale to millions of records. Over 3+ years, he has delivered 300+ custom solutions for startups and enterprises, maintaining a 100% Job Success Score. He specializes in bypassing advanced anti-bot protections (Cloudflare, Imperva, reCAPTCHA), reverse-engineering private APIs, and deploying AWS data infrastructure across major platforms like Zillow, Amazon, and Instagram.
Camila Mejia Quintero
Internal Affairs
Camila Mejía Quintero is a Master’s student in International Relations at the University of Salerno, with a background in International Business. Her research interests focus on political risk, foreign direct investment, and economic development in Latin America. She works as a freelance language teacher and is interested in global governance and policy analysis.
Daniel Gerjets
Legal Affairs
Daniel Gerjets is an expert in bioengineering. He is the founder of MaDeCa.
Johannes Hollunder
Administrative Affairs
Johannes Hollunder is pursuing an M.A. in International Studies at Korea University in Seoul, South Korea. His research focuses on international security, East Asian geopolitics, and comparative political systems. At EPIS, he is responsible for administrative tasks, and social media activities.
Teoman Yetim
Technical Affairs
Teoman Yetim is responsible for the website and the content management system. He makes the distribution of independent publications simpler.
Questions for the Board? We're always open to dialogue.
For strategic enquiries, partnership discussions, or media requests, reach the Board of Directors through the EPIS contact page.