Professor Benjamin Risse
Vice‑Rector for Digitalisation and Transfer of the University of Münster
Curriculum vitae
Personal data
born 1983 in Haltern am See
Career (summary)
| since 2026 | Vice‑Rector for Digitalisation and Transfer of the University of Münster |
| since 2026 | Co‑opted professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Münster |
| since 2025 | Executive director of the Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Münster |
| since 2024 | Executive director of the Institute for Applied Computer Science, affiliated institute of the University of Münster |
| since 2022 | Co‑opted professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Münster |
| since 2022 | Professor (W2), Institute of Geoinformatics, University of Münster |
| 2017 – 2022 | Assistant professor (W1), Institute of Computer Science, University of Münster |
| 2015 – 2017 | Post-doctorate, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| 2015 | Doctorate (Dr rer nat) |
University administrative experience | Academic administrative duties
| since 2025 | Faculty board member in the Faculty of Geosciences (FB 14) |
| since 2024 | Executive director of the "Friends of Applied Computer Science" industrial network |
| since 2019 | Involvement in university-wide infrastructure initiatives in the field of AI and digitalisation |
| since 2019 | Strategic consultant on AI and technology |
| since 2018 | Membership and involvement in the governing boards of various university and interdisciplinary centres and graduate schools |
| since 2018 | Principal investigator (PI) in various interdisciplinary collaborative research centres |