Curriculum vitae
About Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel
Christoph Meinel (Univ.-Prof., Dr.rer.nat., Dr.sc.nat., 1954) is one of the two founders of the fully digital German University of Digital Science.
From 2004 to 2023, he was executive director and CEO of the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering (HPI) at the University of Potsdam.
He is a member of the Academy of Science and Engineering acatech, Member of the Board of Governors of the Technion and Chairman of the MINT Initiative “MINT Zukunft schaffen“. From 2007 to 23 he was program director of the HPI-Stanford Design Thinking Program.
Books, Studies, Papers
Christoph Meinel is the author or co-author of numerous books, anthologies, studies and scientific publications in numerous scientific conferences and journals.
His most recent books are “Understanding the New Digital World“, “Design Thinking in Education” and “Blockchain – Hype or Innovation“.
Many years of research activity
In the course of his longstanding research activity in the field of Digital Science and Engineering, Christoph Meinel has achieved significant results and published in the areas of: Complexity Theory – Internet and Web Technology – Cybersecurity – Artificial Intelligence and Digital Education.
Teaching assignments
Christoph Meinel has held teaching positions at HU Berlin, TU Berlin, TU Beijing, HPI and the universities of Paderborn, Trier, Luxembourg, Dalian, Shanghai and Potsdam.
