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 President of Programs, 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
- Habilitation in Business Administration, University of Mannheim (05/2018)
- Dr. rer. pol. in Business Administration, University of Mannheim (07/2014)
- M.Phil. in Management Science and Operations, University of Cambridge (09/2010)
- B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, Technical University of Darmstadt (09/2009)