Find Academic Supervisors

Niels AgatzView profile

Professor

• Last-Mile Logistics
• Supply Chain Management
• Transportation Analytics
• +5 more

Niels Agatz is a Full Professor of last-mile supply chain analytics at Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam, within the Department of Technology and Operations Management. He serves as the scientific director of TKI Dinalog, the Dutch national institute for collaborative logistics research, and as an area editor for Transportation Science . His academic career includes a Ph.D. from RSM and an M.Sc. in industrial engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology, with visiting positions at Georgia Tech and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Professor Agatz's research focuses on developing innovative and sustainable last-mile supply chains through advanced analytics, with particular expertise in transportation-enabled services, urban delivery systems, and demand management. His work bridges theoretical operations research with practical applications in logistics and transportation. The breadth of his research is evident in his publications spanning topics from drone delivery optimization to sustainable time slot management and truck platooning. His publications demonstrate significant impact in the field of transportation and logistics, with several highly cited papers on ride-sharing systems, drone delivery optimization, and sustainable logistics practices. The research consistently addresses practical industry challenges while advancing methodological approaches in operations research. NWO Rubicon Grant INFORMS TSL Stella Dafermos Achievement Award Professor Agatz teaches courses on distribution networks and management science at RSM. His research has been widely featured in leading academic journals and international media outlets, reflecting the practical relevance of his work to industry challenges in last-mile delivery and sustainable logistics. He collaborates extensively with industry partners to translate academic insights into practical solutions for complex logistics problems.

Krishnendu ChakrabartyView profile

Professor

• Testing and Design-for-Testability of Integrated Circuits
• Digital Microfluidics
• Biochips
• +3 more

Krishnendu Chakrabarty is the John Cocke Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Professor of Computer Science at Duke University, chairing the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research focuses on integrated circuits testing, microfluidics, biochips, and cyberphysical systems. He holds honorary titles from institutions globally and has received over a dozen best-paper awards. Education: B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur (1990), M.S.E. and Ph.D. from University of Michigan (1992, 1995). Awards include Humboldt Research Award (2013), IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award (2015), and AAAS Fellowship (2018). Research explores fault diagnosis in hardware, smart manufacturing, and biochip automation. His cyberphysical systems work includes hybrid microfluidic platforms for single-cell analysis and droplet-based bioassays. Collaborations with TUM-IAS focus on Microfluidic Design Automation (MDA). Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems and former Editor of ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies. Active in academic leadership and interdisciplinary projects, emphasizing sustainability and advanced manufacturing.

Stefan SchulteView profile

Professor

• Data Engineering
• Blockchain Technologies
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• +4 more

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Schulte is a Full Professor at Hamburg University of Technology, leading the Institute for Data Engineering and the Christian Doppler Laboratory Blockchain Technologies for the Internet of Things (CDL-BOT). He holds a diploma in Economics and a Bachelor's in Computer Science from the University of Oldenburg, followed by a Master's in Information Technology (with Merit) from the University of Newcastle. After completing his PhD at TU Darmstadt in 2010, he held roles as Postdoctoral Researcher at TU Wien, Assistant Professor (tenure-track), and eventually Associate Professor before joining TU Hamburg in 2021. His research focuses on data engineering, blockchain technologies applied to IoT, elastic computing, and quality-of-service (QoS) aspects in smart systems. Notable contributions include work on fog computing, federated learning, and cross-blockchain interoperability. He has published over 140 papers in top-tier venues like IEEE Transactions on Services Computing and ACM Computing Surveys. Key awards include Best Paper Awards at the IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (2020) and the European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing (2023). Prof. Schulte chairs major conferences such as the IEEE International Conference on Fog and Edge Computing (ICFEC 2025) and serves on editorial boards for journals like IEEE Transactions on Services Computing. He leads CDL-BOT, a lab exploring blockchain applications in IoT and manufacturing. His industrial collaborations include projects like SIMPLI-CITY (smart mobility) and CREMA (cloud-based manufacturing). Current research emphasizes blockchain interoperability, federated learning frameworks, and edge-AI systems. He actively reviews proposals for the German Research Foundation, EU programs, and industry initiatives.

Constantin GrigoView profile

Researcher

• Machine Learning
• Uncertainty Quantification
• Stochastic Differential Equ://grigo.userweb.mwn.de/ueber-mich/
• +2 more

Constantin Grigo is a PhD researcher at the Technical University of Munich (TU Munich), actively engaged in the Continuum Mechanics group. His work focuses on Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) and Machine Learning (ML), particularly for applications in maritime safety, bicycle traffic modeling, and stochastic systems. He has presented his research at major conferences like SIAM UQ and WCCM, and has been recognized with Student Travel Awards from SIAM UQ 2018 and SIAM CSE 2019. Education: Master of Science in Physics, LMU Munich (2015) Bachelor of Science in Physics, LMU Munich (2012) Year abroad at Grenoble INP (2010-2011) Research Interests: Probabilistic machine learning for coarse-graining high-dimensional systems Bayesian model and dimension reduction Stochastic differential equations in heterogeneous media Microscopic traffic simulation for bicycles and autonomous vehicles Digital twin applications for maritime and urban mobility Reduced-order modeling of random materials Selected Awards: SIAM UQ 2018: Student Travel Award Winner SIAM CSE 2019: Student Travel Award Winner His publications span topics such as data-driven scenario specification for autonomous vehicles, bicycle maneuver prediction using neural networks, and physics-constrained surrogates for UQ. He also contributes to open-source simulation tools like SUMO for traffic modeling.

Ablet SemetView profile

Researcher

• General Turkology
• Turkish-Chinese and Turkish-Mongolian language contacts
• Linguistic and cultural contacts among the Islamic Turkic peoples
• +3 more

Dr. Ablet Semet is a researcher at the University of Göttingen specializing in Turkology with expertise in Old Turkic language and cultural contacts among Turkic peoples. His institutional affiliation centers on Central Asian linguistic studies within the university's research framework, focusing on historical interactions between Turkic communities and neighboring civilizations. His research spans General Turkology, Turkish-Chinese and Turkish-Mongolian language contacts, and Islamic Turkic cultural exchanges. Semet's work emphasizes philological analysis of primary sources including the Xuanzang biography, Buddhist texts, and folklore traditions. His methodological approach combines textual criticism with historical linguistics to reconstruct cultural transmission routes across Eurasia. Analysis of Semet's 15 most recent publications reveals consistent focus on Old Turkic manuscripts (particularly Xuanzang-related texts), Buddhist narrative traditions, and comparative studies of measurement systems in Turkic cultures. His research demonstrates interdisciplinary integration of linguistics, religious studies, and historical anthropology with strong emphasis on manuscript evidence from Turfan and Central Asian collections. No scientific awards were documented in the available information. While no student advising or grant information appears in the provided materials, Semet's extensive collaborative work with scholars like Simone-Christiane Raschmann and Jens Wilkens indicates active participation in international research networks focused on Turkic manuscript studies.

• Immunology
• Infection Immunology
• Respiratory Viral Infections
• +6 more

Prof. Dunja Bruder is a university professor of infection immunology at the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene at Otto von Guericke University (OVGU) and Head of the Immune Regulation Research Group at the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI). She obtained her PhD in immunology from TU Braunschweig and completed postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School and Yale University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on immune regulation in respiratory viral infections, chronic inflammatory lung diseases, and mucosal immunity. She leads two research groups and holds leadership roles in the Research Focus on Respiratory Viral Infections (HZI), the CRC 854, and the Otto-von-Guericke Graduate Academy. Her work integrates innate and adaptive immunity, with particular emphasis on T-cell responses, microbiota interactions, and vaccine development. She also contributes to teaching in master's programs and human medicine. Education Bachelor/Master: Biotechnology, Technical University of Braunschweig PhD (1996–1999): Immunodominance and T-cell responses to bacterial toxins, HZI Habilitation (2009): Immunology, Hannover Medical School Research Interests Bruder’s work examines immune responses to respiratory pathogens like influenza and SARS-CoV-2, the role of epithelial-T-cell interactions in asthma, and the modulation of immune defenses by microbiota. She investigates vaccine strategies using defective interfering particles and antigen-targeting approaches. Her studies also address antitumor immune training via viral infections and metabolic control of T-cell function in asthma endotypes. Key Contributions She pioneered the analysis of alveolar macrophage dysfunction in chronic lung diseases and demonstrated the protective role of IL-33 in microbiota-mediated antibacterial defenses. Her team developed predictive models for influenza infection using hematological data and identified CD47 as a critical regulator of antiviral macrophage activity. Labs/Teams Leads the Immune Regulation Group at HZI and collaborates with the Institute of Medical Microbiology at OVGU. Active in the HZI’s Respiratory Viral Infections Research Focus and the CRC 854.

• Spanish colonialism
• early modern Philippines
• normative regimes in Iberian colonial contexts
• +3 more

Dr. Natalie Cobo is an active Affiliate Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory since July 2025, previously serving as an External Researcher from 2016 to 2021. She co-founded a Colombian non-profit foundation (2015–present) dedicated to digitizing endangered archives and promoting digital humanities in Latin America. Her academic credentials include: DPhil in History, University of Oxford (2016–2024), supervised by Prof. Alan Strathern; thesis: Conversion, ethnology, and law in the conquest of the Philippines MPhil in Classics, University of Cambridge (2013–2014), supervised by Prof. Carrie Vout; thesis: Infanticide in Ancient Art BA in Classics, University of Cambridge (2010–2013) Cobo's research critically examines Spanish colonial legal frameworks through the lens of normative regime development, with specialized focus on early modern Philippines and Iberian colonial translation practices. Her work reveals how religious institutions like the Synod of Manila (1581–82) engineered moral authority through confession protocols and restitution systems, while her analysis of trans-Pacific trade routes demonstrates the Philippines' pivotal role in global colonial networks. She bridges legal anthropology with textual scholarship to expose how Latin legal traditions were adapted across Asian and American contexts. Her publication trajectory shows consistent engagement with Pacific colonial dynamics, evolving from foundational archival work on Philippine legislation (2018) to contemporary analyses of maritime piracy's legal dimensions (2025). Recent outputs increasingly emphasize cross-cultural legal translation and the material production of normative behavior in mission contexts. No scientific awards are documented in available records. Her research is sustained through institutional affiliation with the Max Planck Institute and leadership of the non-profit neogranadina.org , which executes large-scale digitization projects across Latin American archives. While formal advisees aren't listed, her collaborative publications with scholars like Thomas Duve and Tatiana Seijas indicate active mentorship within transnational research networks. Cobo operates at the intersection of the Max Planck Institute's legal history research division and her non-profit's field operations, directing teams that combine digital humanities methodologies with traditional archival preservation. Current projects include All Translate Solórzano Iberian Worlds , which decodes early modern Latin legal manuscripts through comparative colonial frameworks.

• History of Science
• Material Culture
• Embodied Knowledge
• +6 more

Pamela H. Smith serves as the Seth Low Professor of History at Columbia University and founded the Center for Science and Society, directing its flagship Making and Knowing Project. Her academic leadership centers on reconstructing historical craft practices through interdisciplinary collaboration. Her research investigates craft and practice as foundational ways of knowing, focusing on material culture, embodied knowledge, and the transmission of practical techniques across early modern Europe and Eurasia. Smith pioneers hands-on historical reconstruction methods to analyze how artisans generated, recorded, and transformed knowledge, bridging history of science with material studies. Smith's recent publications reveal consistent patterns in trans-regional knowledge exchange, emphasizing material complexes and socio-technical networks. Her 2022 monograph and 2019 edited volume demonstrate how craft practices operated within global systems, with recurring themes in reconstruction methodology, material agency, and the epistemological value of making. As director of the Making and Knowing Project, Smith secured major collaborative funding to produce open-access resources including 'Secrets of Craft and Nature in Renaissance France' (2020), the Research and Teaching Companion, and the EditionCrafter digital publishing platform. She currently leads longue durée investigations into pre-industrial industry's socio-natural environments.

• Network Routing
• Segment Routing
• Software Defined Networking
• +6 more

Marco Polverini is an active computer networking researcher with a prolific publication record spanning over a decade, with 59 publications documented from 2012 to 2025. His work primarily focuses on advanced networking technologies including Segment Routing, Software Defined Networking, and Network Function Virtualization. His research interests center around network routing optimization, traffic engineering, and network monitoring. He has made significant contributions to Segment Routing technology, developing novel behaviors for low-latency communication, black hole detection mechanisms, and traffic matrix assessment techniques. His recent work integrates artificial intelligence approaches, particularly reinforcement learning, with traditional networking protocols to create more adaptive and efficient network systems. He has also been exploring the application of Digital Twin technology for network management and optimization. Analysis of his publication trends shows a clear evolution from foundational work on energy-efficient networking and traffic engineering to more recent innovations in Segment Routing, in-band network telemetry, and AI-driven network optimization. His publications consistently appear in top networking venues including IEEE JSAC, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, INFOCOM, and NOMS, demonstrating his standing within the networking research community. Throughout his career, Polverini has maintained strong collaborative relationships, particularly with Antonio Cianfrani (54 joint publications), Marco Listanti (33 publications), and Francesco Giacinto Lavacca (16 publications), suggesting he works within a well-established research group focused on next-generation networking technologies.

Allister LoderView profile

Professor

• Mobility Policy
• Transportation Engineering
• Urban Planning
• +3 more

Prof. Allister Loder is a Professor of Mobility Policy at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), affiliated with the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology . His research focuses on mobility policy analysis, evaluation of policy measures, and urban transportation innovations. He holds a doctorate in Transportation from ETH Zurich (2019) and has held roles at Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and TUM's Chair of Transportation Engineering and Technology. Since 2023, he leads a DFG-funded Emmy Noether Research Group. Education: Mechatronics Engineering, Hamburg University of Technology Energy Science and Technology, ETH Zurich PhD in Transportation Engineering, ETH Zurich (2019) Research emphasizes macroscopic fundamental diagrams (MFD) for urban traffic modeling, analysis of Germany's 9-Euro-Ticket and Deutschlandticket policies, and tradable mobility credit schemes. Recent work explores cycling infrastructure in metropolises and accessibility-based road pricing mechanisms. Key Awards : Recipient of the DFG Emmy Noether Research Group Fellowship (2023). Grants and Projects: Founded the Emmy Noether Research Group focused on mobility policy innovation. Active in large-scale empirical studies like the Mobilität. Leben panel tracking mobility behavior across Germany. Labs/Teams: Leads the Emmy Noether Research Group at TUM, collaborating on mobility policy design and evaluation tools.

• Logistics Optimization
• Transportation Planning
• Operations Research
• +3 more

Prof. Michael Schneider is Universitätsprofessor and Chair of Computational Logistics at RWTH Aachen University since 2016. Previously, he held positions at TU Darmstadt (2013-2016) and earned his doctoral degree from TU Kaiserslautern (2012). His research focuses on logistics optimization, including transportation routing, warehouse management, and metaheuristic methods for solving complex operational challenges. He leads the Global Challenges Lab and serves as communication chair of VeRoLog (EURO's vehicle routing group). Research interests include: quantitative modeling for supply chains, heuristic/exact optimization methods, electric vehicle routing, territory design, and production planning. Notable achievements include the INFORMS Journal on Computing Meritorious Paper Award (2021) and editorial roles in journals like Applied Mathematical Modelling. Publications span topics like vehicle routing with time windows, electric logistics networks, and warehouse automation strategies. His work integrates advanced algorithms with real-world industry applications (e.g., DHL, Picnic). The Computational Logistics group collaborates on projects addressing sustainability, autonomous systems, and modern warehousing challenges. Education: Business Admin & Computer Science (University of Mannheim), PhD (TU Kaiserslautern) Professional Roles: VeRoLog Communication Chair, EURO Working Group Key Projects: Electric vehicle routing optimization, warehouse automation, and sustainable logistics networks

• Animal Migration
• Behavioral Ecology
• Collective Decision-Making
• +3 more

Dr. Andrea Flack is an Independent Emmy Noether Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany, and a Junior Group Leader at the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz. Her research focuses on understanding how ecological, environmental, and genetic factors shape migratory behaviors in birds, particularly white storks, and their evolutionary consequences. Current Positions: Independent Emmy Noether Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (2022–present) Junior Group Leader, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour (2020–present) Education: DPhil in Zoology (2009), University of Oxford Diploma in Biology (2009), Freie Universität Berlin Her work integrates cutting-edge technologies such as high-resolution GPS, accelerometers, and on-board cameras with experimental approaches like delayed-releases and cross-fostering to explore behavioral variation and its implications. Recent research highlights include social learning in migration and the impact of anthropogenic habitats on stork movement patterns. Key trends across her publications emphasize collective decision-making, environmental adaptation, and technological innovations in tracking. Notable contributions appear in journals like PNAS , Current Biology , and Journal of Applied Ecology . Scientific Awards: Emmy Noether Fellowship Dr. Flack collaborates extensively, utilizing Movebank for data integration and leading studies on avian collision risks and migration phenology. Her lab team includes researchers like William Fiedler and Emily Aikens , focusing on experimental designs and ecological modeling.

• Digitalization
• Multi-Agent Systems
• Semantic Web
• +5 more

Prof. Dr. Thomas Farrenkopf is a full-time Professor in the Department of Business Informatics at the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen , serving as Dean of Studies . He leads the Business Informatics Bachelor program and specializes in digitalization, multi-agent systems, and AI-driven decision support. Expertise Areas : Industry 4.0, Smart Factory, Semantic Web, full-stack software development Contact : thomas.farrenkopf@mnd.thm.de Research Focus : His work bridges knowledge-based methods with practical applications in artificial intelligence, particularly through multi-agent systems for traffic modeling and business simulations. He developed AGADE Traffic (a knowledge-based traffic simulator) and ATHOS (a domain-specific language for multi-agent simulations), focusing on scalability and complexity reduction. Recent studies explore individual preferences' impact on traffic policies and agent-based feedback mechanisms in business contexts. Academic Contributions : With over 15 publications since 2013, his research spans agent-based modeling, semantic web applications, and smart manufacturing - notably improving throughput times in toolmaking by 90% through Industry 4.0 implementations. Teaching & Supervision : Actively supervises Bachelor's Practical Projects (BPP), providing guidance for internship-related academic work through structured evaluation processes and electronic reporting systems. Collaborations : Works with international researchers like Johannes Nguyen, Simon T. Powers, and Michael Guckert, publishing in venues such as SN Computer Science , Lecture Notes in Computer Science , and Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation .

Marika KarbsteinView profile

Researcher

• Operations Research
• Mathematical Optimization
• Public Transport Planning
• +3 more

Dr. Marika Karbstein is a Researcher at the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB), where she has been employed since April 2006. Affiliated with the DFG Research Center Matheon "Mathematics for key technologies" from 2006-2014, she earned her doctoral degree in Mathematics from Technische Universität Berlin in 2013. Her work bridges theoretical optimization and practical public transport applications. Her academic background includes: 1999-2005: Studies of Applied Mathematics (Wirtschaftsmathematik) at Technische Universität Berlin 2003-2006: Student assistant at Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum Berlin 2013: Doctoral degree in Mathematics (Dr. rer. nat), Technische Universität Berlin Dr. Karbstein specializes in mathematical optimization for public transport systems, focusing on strategic planning, service design, and passenger behavior modeling. Her research integrates timetabling, line planning, and passenger routing through advanced integer programming and network optimization techniques. She develops practical solutions for infrastructure design, crew scheduling, and fare planning, emphasizing real-world applicability in urban transport networks. Her methodology combines theoretical rigor with implementation-focused approaches to improve system efficiency and user experience. Her publication record shows consistent innovation in periodic timetable optimization and integrated transport modeling. Early work established foundations in Steiner tree problems for transport networks, evolving into sophisticated frameworks for passenger routing and line planning. Recent contributions emphasize direct connections and transfer minimization, reflecting industry needs for seamless passenger journeys. The research demonstrates strong interdisciplinary connections between operations research, computer science, and transportation engineering. Her scientific recognition includes: Diploma Thesis Award of the German Operations Research Society (2006) Runner-Up for Richard-Rado-Prize (2014) Dissertation Award of German Operations Research Society (2014) VBKI Wissenschaftspreis (2014) Tucker Prize Finalist (2015) Best Paper Award at ATMOS 2013 As a core member of the DFG Research Center Matheon, Dr. Karbstein contributed to major collaborative projects funded by the German Research Foundation. Her work with Ralf Borndörfer at ZIB has led to practical implementations including Potsdam's 2010 line plan optimization. While specific grants aren't detailed, her research has been sustained through institutional support at ZIB and Matheon's interdisciplinary framework. She actively collaborates with transport operators to translate theoretical advances into operational improvements. Dr. Karbstein operates within ZIB's renowned applied mathematics environment, leveraging its high-performance computing resources. Her work extends through Matheon's consortium connecting Berlin's mathematics community. Current research focuses on integrating passenger behavior models with real-time scheduling systems, advancing the frontier of data-driven transport optimization.

• Optimization under Uncertainty
• Robust Optimization
• Combinatorial Optimization
• +7 more

Christina Büsing is a Professor in Combinatorial Optimization at RWTH Aachen University. She leads the Teaching and Research Group on Combinatorial Optimization and is a principal investigator in the UnRAVeL Graduate College. Her research focuses on optimization under uncertainty , robust optimization , and combinatorial optimization , with applications to healthcare , energy systems , and transportation logistics . Alumni of TU Berlin, WWU Münster, and Universidad Complutense de Madrid Junior Professor for Robust Planning in Medical Care at RWTH Aachen (2016-2021) Her methodological expertise spans exact algorithms , heuristics , and complexity theory , with recent publications addressing network flows, facility location, and healthcare scheduling. She has received awards for teaching excellence and gender equality advocacy. 2022 Brigitte Gilles Award for women in science 2019 FAMOS Award for family-friendly leadership 2018 Best Teaching Award at RWTH Aachen Her work combines theoretical rigor with practical applications in urban railway traffic management , solar power systems , and agent-based pandemic response modeling .