Bergmann, Felix, Dr.

Short Bio

Felix Bergmann was a research associate and PhD candidate at the Chair of Logistics Management. He holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering and business administration from RWTH Aachen, Germany. During his studies, Felix spent an exchange year at Imperial College London, UK (2013) and worked as a graduate researcher at the Megacity Logistics Lab (MLL) within the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Transportation and Logistics (MIT CTL), USA, where he also wrote his master’s thesis (2017). In his research at MLL, Felix focused on the use of data-driven methods of statistical learning and mathematical optimization to assess the suitability of various competing urban delivery models for the efficient distribution of e-commerce shipments in large cities in emerging markets.

During his studies, Felix gained practical experience within the Supply Chain Consulting group of Bayer in Singapore (2014) and within a project management team at FrieslandCampina in Vietnam (2015). Moreover, he worked as a student assistant at FIR research institute at RWTH primarily focusing on the industrialization of services (2016). After having finished his studies, Felix joined McKinsey & Company for a three-month assignment on a digitization project at an Italian plant manufacturer (2018).

Felix is a recipient of a scholarship by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation and he was honored with the European Master Thesis Award by the Organization for European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management (ESTIEM, 2017).