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Christoph Glock is Professor and Head of the Production and Supply Chain Management field at the Department of Law and Economics, Technical University of Darmstadt, a position held since 2018. He previously served as Dean (2020-2022) and Pro-Dean (2018-2020) of the department and maintains an Adjunct Professorship at Toronto Metropolitan University. His academic foundation includes a PhD (2009) and habilitation (2011) from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, where his doctoral research focused on supply chain coordination models.
Glock's research program centers on mathematical optimization of global supply chains, with six core pillars: Supply Chain Management, Production Planning and Control, Warehouse Management, Environmentally Oriented Production Management, Management of Trading Companies, and Human Factors in Logistics. His work uniquely integrates human behavioral elements into operational decision models while addressing sustainability constraints in production systems, often developing novel algorithms for inventory routing and warehouse automation under real-world uncertainties.
His exceptional scholarly impact is evidenced by consistent top rankings in German business research evaluations, including 5th place overall and 1st among professors under 40 in the 2020 Wirtschaftswoche ranking. Key honors include the Bernard J. LaLonde Best Paper Award (2022) from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and the International Journal of Production Research Best Paper Award (2018). Editorial leadership includes Subject Editor roles at Applied Mathematical Modelling and Area Editor for Logistics at Computers & Industrial Engineering.
- Ranked 5th in 2020 Wirtschaftswoche Business Research Ranking (1st under 40)
- Bernard J. LaLonde Best Paper Award (2022)
- Athene Award for Teaching Excellence (2020)
- Three MIM Conference Commended Paper Awards (2019, 2022)
- Multiple Best Reviewer Awards from top journals
As a highly active academic citizen, Glock serves on 6 editorial boards and has reviewed for over 30 journals including European Journal of Operational Research and Journal of Operations Management, earning recognition as an Outstanding Reviewer. His research group at TU Darmstadt collaborates with industry partners on human-centric warehouse automation projects while advising doctoral candidates in supply chain optimization, though specific student names aren't documented in source materials.
