Lancaster University visiting professor mentioned 3,475 times in the Epstein files

A visiting professor at the University of Lancaster was named 3,474 times in the Epstein files.

According to files released by the US Department of Justice, Nicole Junkermann apparently engaged in extensive email communication with the convicted sex offender.

Nicole Junkermann is a German investor and entrepreneur, founder of NJF Holdings investment company. She was appointed by Lancaster University as visiting professor in Practice for Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in September 2025.

The pair’s communications continued long after Epstein’s first conviction for procuring a child for prostitution in 2008, and continued until the year of his death in 2019.

A spokesperson for Nicole Junkermann has since confirmed she was “deceived and misled” by Epstein, and that she was “manipulated into trusting him”, calling his crimes “appalling.”  It is important to note being mentioned in the Epstein files does not imply wrongdoing.

Epstein was instructed to register as a sex offender in New York City in 2011. There continued to be correspondence between Junkerman and Epstein’s accounts after this period. In November 2013, an email addressed from Junkermann to Epstein said: “You make me smile, you are in my heart :)”.

Epstein also asked Junkermann for help with finding employees in January 2014 and offered her work, though there is nothing to suggest that Junkermann accepted this offer. Epstein emailed: “Paris on the 29th, coming to interview for chief of staff. Hope to see you. Don’t you know any girl in their 20s good family, trustworthy, multilingual?.”

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Nicole Junkermann married her husband in 2017. Emails addressed to Jeffrey Epstein from the same year read: “I am so happy to see you, Ferdinando says always when I speak about you I have a smile on my face”.

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In other correspondence found by the Lancashire Telegraph, Epstein is reminded of multiple gifts Junkermann bought him, including a cashmere bathrobe and jewellery.

When she was appointed, Junkermann said: “I look forward to working with students, faculty and the wider university community to explore how entrepreneurial thinking can turn bold ideas into impact – and to help put Lancaster, Lancashire and the North West firmly on the global innovation map.

A spokesperson for Lancaster University said: “Lancaster University is a values-led institution, committed to acting with responsibility and integrity.

“Nicole Junkermann is not an employee of Lancaster University and our connection with her is currently being reviewed.

“Lancaster University stands in solidarity with all victims of gender-based violence.”

A spokesperson for Nicole Junkermann told The Lancaster Tab: “The scale Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes is appalling. As a woman and a mother, Nicole was completely deceived and misled by him and deeply regrets their conversations regarding personal and professional matters.

“These conversations took place at a time in her life when she was vulnerable, and she was manipulated into trusting him and consulting him with the most personal of matters. Nicole has been absolutely horrified to come to understand his true nature and the suffering he inflicted on women and girls through his abuse of trust, power and manipulation.

“Her thoughts today are completely with his victims, and she looks forward to the day the real predators face justice.”

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