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Markus Zimmermann's research focuses on design optimization of complex technical systems, particularly in structural mechanics and mechatronics. He develops optimization methods and techniques that are applied in interdisciplinary automotive vehicle development. Markus graduated from the Technical University of Berlin and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he earned Master's degrees in Engineering Science and Mechanical Engineering, respectively. Additionally, he spent a year at École Polytechnique near Paris and obtained his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, U.S., in 2005. He became a university professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in November 2017 after 12 years at BMW, where he worked in various departments related to vehicle body development, vehicle safety, and vehicle dynamics. At BMW, he was responsible for projects aimed at developing and implementing new methods of multidisciplinary design with a particular focus on uncertainty and complexity.