Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Ruckdäschel
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Ruckdäschel
Chair of Polymer Engineering
University of Bayreuth | KeyLab coordinator
Job History
| from 01/2021 | Full professor, Chair of Polymer Engineering, University of Bayreuth |
| 07/2020 – 12/2020 | Head of Digital Strategy, Performance Materials, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen |
| 03/2018 – 06/2020 | Head of Digital Innovations, Performance Materials, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen |
| 03/2016 – 03/2018 | Senior Technology Manager Plastic Additives, Performance Chemicals, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen |
| 01/2012 – 02/2016 | Head of Wind Energy Research, Material and System Research, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen |
| 01/2008 – 12/2012 | Lab Manager Polymer Technology, Polymer Research, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen |
| 11/2006 – 12/2007 | Chief Engineer, Chair of Polymer Engineering, University of Bayreuth |
| 04/2004 – 10/2006 | PhD Student, Chair of Polymer Engineering, University of Bayreuth |
Education
| 2021 | cand. MicroMaster Data Science, University of California, San Diego |
| 2020 | MicroMaster Digital Product Management, Boston University, Boston |
| 2020 | MicroMaster Supply Chain Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge |
| 2019 | MicroMaster Digital Leadership, Boston University, Boston |
| 2009 | PhD in Material Science with distinction ‚summa cum laude‘ (Dr.-Ing.), University of Bayreuth |
| 2004 | Diploma in Material Science with distinction (Dipl.-Ing.), University of Bayreuth |
10/1999 – 03/2004 | Studies in Material Science, University of Bayreuth |
Awards and other responsibilities
| 2020 | Guest lecturer ‚Digitalization of supply chain ‘, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW), Karlsruhe |
| 2018 | BASF Supply Chain Award |
| 2016 – 2018 | Guest lecturer ‚Technology of wind turbines‘, TU Kaiserslautern |
| 2013 | White Innovation Award, Polymer Processing Society (PPS) |
| 2009 | Wilfried-Ensinger-Award for PhD thesis, Scientific Alliance of the University Professors of Plastics Technology (WAK) |
| 10/2005 – 10/2007 | Member of the Faculty Board as Representative of the Scientists, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Bayreuth |
| 2004 | VDI Award for diploma thesis, German Association of Engineers |