Hanno Friedrich

Prof. Dr. Hanno Friedrich is an Associate Professor of Freight Transportation - Modelling and Policy at Kühne Logistics University (KLU) in Hamburg, Germany. He holds a Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and a Ph.D. in Economics from KIT (2010), focusing on logistics simulation in food retailing. Prior to academia, he worked at McKinsey & Company (2004-2010) and served as a Junior Professor at TU Darmstadt (2011).

• Affiliations: Kühne Logistics University, World Conference on Transport Research Society (SIG B5), European Transport Conference (Freight & Logistics Committee)
• Education: PhD in Economics (KIT, 2010), Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur (KIT, 2003), ERASMUS exchange at EM Lyon (2001-2003)

Research Interests: His work focuses on freight transport demand modelling, food logistics resilience, risk management in supply chains, and intermodal transport networks. Notable projects include FoodDecide (digital food safety tools), HeGeL (German logistics hypernetworks), and SEAK (food supply chain disruptions).

Recent Trends: Articles emphasize spatial analysis of organic food demand, machine learning for ETA predictions in intermodal transport, and computational methods for tracing foodborne outbreaks. Recent work explores regional food self-sufficiency and electric mobility in commercial transport.

• Grants/Projects: Over 15 projects funded by BMBF, BMVI, and EU, including NutriSafe (blockchain in food logistics) and SMECS (ETA forecasting for seaports).
• Labs/Teams: Leads research groups in food supply chain resilience, freight transport policy, and intermodal logistics innovation at KLU.