• Research foci

    • Technology and Innovation management, organization theory, strategic management

  • Education

    10/2016- 02/2021
    Habilitation in Management (Venia Legendi in Business Administration), School of Business and Economics, University of Münster
    04/2013- 09/2016
    Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) at the Technology and Innovation Management Institute of the RWTH Aachen University (Visiting Scholar at University of Cambridge, UK)
    10/2010- 03/2013
    M.Sc. in Management & Economics with emphasis on Econometrics, Innovation Management and Mircoeconomics, Ruhr-University Bochum (Visiting Position at University of Utrecht, NL)
    10/2007- 09/2010
    B.Sc. in Management & Economics, Major in Management, Information, and Decision Making, Ruhr-University Bochum

  • Positions

    since 10/2024
    Professor for Management and Director of the Institute for Innovation, Strategy, and Organisation, School of Business and Economics, University of Münster
    12/2020- 09/2024
    Professor for Management and Head of the Professorship for Innovation Management, School of Economics and Management, Leibniz University Hannover
    10/2016- 11/2020
    Assistant Professor (akademischer Rat) and Senior Research Associate, Business Management Group, School Business and Economics, University of Münster
    04/2013- 09/2016
    Research Associate, Technology and Innovation Management Institute, School of Business and Economics, RWTH Aachen University
    10/2012- 03/2013
    Research Assistant, Management and Organization Group, Mercator School of Management, University of Duisburg-Essen

  • Appointments

    07/2024
    Offer to a Professorship for Management, (accepted)
    06/2024
    Offer to a Professorship for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research, University of Wuppertal (rejected)
    06/2020
    Offer to a Professorship for Innovation Management, University of Hannover (accepted)