Katja Windt is a researcher and professor of global production logistics who served as president of Jacobs University Bremen from 2014 until 2018.Jacobs Uni stellt sich neu auf - Bremen Vermischtes - WESER-KURIER„Profil schärfen heißt weglassen“. Taz.
Education Windt received her doctorate in 2000 from the Institut für Fabrikanlagen und Logistik IFA (Institute of Production Systems and Logistics). During her studies she attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, for one semester.
Academic career
Windt held a position as departmental manager at the Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik BIBA, (Bremen Institute for Production and Logistics) of the University of Bremen, where she worked in the field of autonomous cooperating logistic processes funded by the German Research Foundation.
On the staff of Jacobs University since 2008, Windt founded the university's Global Production Logistics Workgroup. In 2008 she won the Alfried Krupp Prize, a grant for young lecturers. She was named "Professor of the year 2008" by the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers."Eine Frau, ein Plan". (translation:'Katja Windt is a professor of production logistics and is the first woman awarded the title of "professor of the year".') article by Nicolas rifle in the German weekly Die Zeit, Nr. 15, 2 April 2009 (accessed 16 May 2009)."Mutter, Hausfrau, Professorin - ein Leben als Balance-Akt". Hamburger Abendblatt 5 December 2008
In 2012, Windt was appointed as provost and vice-president of Jacobs University.New academic leadership: Katja Windt is appointed as Provost and Vice President of Jacobs University | Jacobs University In 2014 she became president of the same institution,Katja Windt elected President of Jacobs University | Jacobs University and oversaw a financial restructuring of the institution.Wie attraktiv ist die Jacobs-Uni?" Weser Kurier. She resigned from this position in 2018.
Associations Windt was a member and later a spokesperson of the Young Academy, a joint project of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina.
Other activities Corporate boards Deutsche Post, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2011)Supervisory Board Deutsche Post. Fraport, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2012)Supervisory Board Fraport. BLG Logistics, Member of the Advisory BoardAdvisory Board BLG Logistics. Ford Otosan, Member of the BoardBoard of Directors Ford Otosan.
Non-profit organizations German Logistics Association (BVL), Member of the Executive Board
References
External links Profile at Jacobs University „Alfried Krupp-Förderpreis 2008 für Katja Windt“, Pressemitteilung der Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung vom 2. Juli 2008; retrieved, 5 February 2009Press release of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung of 2 July 2008 (accessed 5 February 2009)