Logistics & Operations Analytics Professor
Pirmin Fontaine
Pirmin is Full Professor of Logistics & Operations Analytics at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany. His research focuses on operations research, mathematical optimization, and data-driven decision support.
About Pirmin Fontaine
Pirmin is Full Professor of Logistics & Operations Analytics at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany. His research focuses on operations research, mathematical optimization, and data-driven decision support. His methodological expertise spans exact optimization methods, heuristic approaches, machine learning, and decision support systems, combining rigorous analytical methods with practical business applications.
He has extensive experience collaborating with industry partners and public organizations to develop innovative solutions for complex planning and decision-making problems. His application areas include supply chain analytics, transportation and logistics, supply chain resilience, network design, pricing, inventory management, and last-mile logistics. Alongside his academic career, he co-founded and served as CEO of SchoolOpt GmbH, has taught in Executive MBA programs, and is a collaborative member of CIRRELT in Montreal, Canada.
Pirmin has published extensively in the leading international journals, including Operations Research, Transportation Science, and the European Journal of Operational Research. He has repeatedly been recognized among the leading business researchers in the German-speaking countries in the WirtschaftsWoche research ranking.