We Make the Connections

At ZWIFLY® we make the connections. Our global experiences inspired us to redefine the future of education and industry collaboration. We bridge the gap between students, academic institutions, and companies, delivering strategic solutions that drive success.

MIND the GAP℠ We equip high school and college students with real-world strategic research experience and connections. By incorporating strategic micro-experiential learning students gain meaningful exposure to diverse industries, careers, and cultures.

About the Founders

Dr. Tricia Striano is an award winning scientists and entrepreneur. She published over 150 research papers on cognitive development and neuroscience, including Doing Developmental Research (Guilford Press) and Social Cognition: Development, Neuroscience, Autism. (Wiley Press). She was research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the recipient of the prestigious Sofja Kovalevskaja Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. With this prize, she founded the Neuro-cognition & Development Research Division at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and University of Leipzig, Center for Advanced Studies. As a college professor, she noticed that students were not making connections outside of the classroom. Colleges cared more about credits than connections. Together with Markus Lemmens she founded ZWIFLY® to solve this pressing problem.

Dr. Markus Lemmens is a serial entrepreneur, CEO and co-owner of Lemmens GmbH Education. He is founder of Edutron, an algorithm-based matching tool for higher and continuous education, and Atlantik Trading, dedicated to helping scientists and researchers commercialize their work. Lemmens served as the North American liaison officer for several European Universities including Karlsruhe Institute of Techology, University of Freiburg and University Basal.