President of BASt
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Markus Oeser, born: 4 February 1974 in Werdau (Picture: Daniel Carreño, hat&cap)
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Markus Oeser studied Civil Engineering at the TU Dresden with a focus on structural engineering. In 2004, he completed his doctorate in Dresden with the topic "Numerical simulation of the non-linear behavior of multi-layered flexible transport pathways". This was followed in 2010 by his habilitation with the topic "Nonlinear numerical simulation models for traffic pathways with regard to mechanical, thermal and hydraulic effects“. In 2006, Markus Oeser was a Research Member of the Technical University of Delft University, the Netherlands, and from 2007 to 2011 he was a University Lecturer at the Institute of Geotechnics, Road Construction and Traffic Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia. In 2011, he became Head of the Chair of Highway Engineering and Director of the Institute of Highway Engineering, and in 2016, Dean at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH). He took up a visiting professorship at the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), in Harbin, Heilongjang, China in 2015, which ended as per contract in 2022. In 2021, he was appointed to the professorship of Pavement Engineering and Construction, TU Dresden. He has been President of the Federal Highway Research Institute since November 2021.
Career
10/1993-09/1998 | Studies and diploma in civil engineering, TU Dresden |
10/1998-04/1999 | Researcher, FH Anhalt, Department of Road Construction |
06/1999-12/2005 | Researcher, TU Dresden, Institute for Statics and Dynamics of Structures |
10/2004 | Doctorate at the TU Dresden |
01/2006-12/2006 | Postdoctoral researcher at TU Delft/Netherlands |
01/2007-03/2007 | Postdoctoral researcher, TU Dresden, Institute of Urban Engineering and Road Construction |
04/2007-08/2011 | University Lecturer at UNSW, Sydney/Australia, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Road Construction and Traffic Engineering |
03/2008 | Qualification course Laboratory Safety: Laboratory Safety Awareness Course at UNSW, Sydney/Australia |
05/2009 | Qualification course in University Didactics: Foundations of University Learning & Teaching (FULT program) at UNSW, Sydney/Australia |
01/2010 | Habilitation at the TU Dresden |
09/2011-10/2021 | University Professor, RWTH Aachen Institute of Highway Engineering |
05/2016-10/2021 | Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at RWTH Aachen University |
05/2017-02/2019 | Head of the Institute for Highway Engineering at RWTH Aachen University |
since 11/2021 | President and Professor of the Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) |
Current Memberships
since 2022 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of DEKRA e.V. |
since 2021 | Permenant guest of the Board of German Road Safety Council (DVR) |
since 2021 | Member of the Board of the Research Association for Roads and Traffic (FGSV) e.V. |
since 2018 | Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) |
since 2011 | IJPE Editorial Board membership |
since 2011 | Member of the Research Association for Roads, Earthworks and Tunnels - Aachen (SETAC) |