Marie Aster has been a research associate and doctoral candidate at the Chair of Business Administration with a focus on Organization, Technology Management, and Entrepreneurship since December 2025. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Cultural Economics (B.A.) as well as the Master’s programs in Cultural Economics (M.A.) and Business Administration (M.Sc.) at the University of Passau. During her studies, she spent one year at Musashi University and a semester abroad at Meiji University in Tokyo. She also completed an internship in marketing and communications at V-Label in Barcelona. From June 2024 to November 2025, she worked as a student research assistant at the chair, where she supported the BMFTR-funded project “Mapping the Pathways of Knowledge between Science and Innovation."