Curriculum Vitae

Academic Positions

Associate Professor of Operations and Technology Management, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (since 08/2018)
Assistant Professor of Operations Management, University of Mannheim (02/2015-07/2018)

Professional Activities

Vice Chair Membership, INFORMS Technology, Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship Section (TIMES)
Academic Director, B.Sc. in Computational Business Analytics, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
Editorial Board Member for a Special Issue on Analytical Creativity, Information Systems Research
Reviewer for Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Operations Research, and Production and Operations Management

Awards & Honors

Recognition as INFORMS Senior Member (09/2024)
Second Place, INFORMS BOM Best Working Paper Competition 2024 with the paper "Delegated Innovation Scouting when Success is Rare: A Behavioral Investigation"
Winner, INFORMS TIMES Best Paper Award 2024 with the paper "Sourcing Innovation: On Feedback in Contests"
Management Science Distinguished Service Award 2021, 2o22, 2024
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Meritorious Service Award 2022, 2023
Winner, INFORMS TIMES Best Working Paper Award 2021 with the paper "Delegated Concept Testing in New Product Development"
Runner-Up, POMS PITM Best Student Paper Award 2015 with the paper "Resource Allocation Decisions under Imperfect Evaluation and Organizational Dynamics"
Third Prize, Best Paper Award Innovation Management 2015 (awarded by the Strascheg Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship) with the paper "Resource Allocation Decisions under Imperfect Evaluation and Organizational Dynamics"

Education