Professor of Management and Logistics at the Technische Universität. He has extensive experiences in transportation logistics, intermodal freight transport, and intralogistics as an academic researcher and consultant to both the public and private sectors. He is Chair of the WCTRS special interest group on intermodal freight transport. Christian Friedrich is a Research Associate at the Chair of Management and Logistics at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. His research focus is on urban freight consolidation concepts and applications of simulation modeling and analysis in logistics, transportation, and supply chains. Head of the Institute of Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering at the Technische Universität. His research focuses on traffic, transport management, and Intelligent Transport Systems. He has been an Editorial Board member of several journals, including the Journal of International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences. He serves as a Member of the Scientific Committee and Steering Committee for the WCTRS. is Professor Emeritus at the Technische Universität and Professor of Management and Logistics at the Tongji-University. The result of his management, logistics and supply chain research is documented in an extensive list of books, articles and reports. He held numerous offices in science, associations and industry. He is Head of the European Logistics Association Committee for Research, and is a member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journals Logistics Research, Logistique & Management and the International Journal of Logistics Management.
