Welcome!

I am a full professor in Business Administration/ Logistics Management at HSU Hamburg.

Brief biography

After being born November 1973 in Ellwangen an der Jagst , I grew up in Aalen , Germany, where I also earned my "Abitur" (A-levels) at the Schubart-Gymnasium .

My formal qualifications are based on my studies in "Wirtschaftswissenschaften" (Economics and Business Administration) at the Universität Hohenheim at Stuttgart, Germany, which I completed 1999 with a Diploma ranking 4th of all graduating students. I am also "Doktor der Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Dr. oec.)" (summa cum laude) and hold the academic degree of Master of Philosophy in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham , UK.

Prior to joining the faculty of the Helmut Schmidt University in July 2009, I held a position as a tenured Associate Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management at the University of Southern Denmark , Odense campus, Denmark. Before, I was an "Akademischer Rat" (translates to something like a non-tenured Assistant Professor) at the Lehrstuhl für Industriebetriebslehre (Production and Logistics Management Department) of the Universität Hohenheim at Stuttgart, Germany. There, I also successfully completed a postdoctoral "Habilitation" , earning the "Venia Legendi" in "Betriebswirtschaftslehre" (Business Administration).

In 2008, I ranked first for a W3 (full) professor position at the Mercator School of Management of the Universität Duisburg-Essen , Germany, an offer I declined.

From 2003 to 2005, I was member of the Automated Scheduling, Optimisation and Planning Research Group at the University of Nottingham , UK, conducting research on a project involving an industrial partner from the printing industry. Other industrial experiences I gained during my times as a business consultant at "Bauder Management Partner" (now called averi ) in Stuttgart, Germany.

Research interests and activities

Publications

Selected scientific awards and honors

• Finalist of the International Timetabling Competition ITC 2007, held August 2008 in Montréal, Canada.
• Winner of the Südwestmetall Prize 2005 (5k €).
• Winner of the European Academic Software Award 2002 (EASA 2002) in Ronneby, Sweden.
• Laureate of the German Operations Research Society GOR at the EURO Summer Institute on Decision Analysis and Artificial Intelligence in Toulouse, France.
• Winner of the Rudi Häussler Award 2001 (~2k €).
• Finalist of the European Academic Software Award 98 (EASA 98) in Oxford, UK.

Fun stuff

• My Erdös number is at most 4.