Hello, my name is Jens and I was born in Bad Honnef am Rhein in 1996. After my Abitur in Jena and an internship in England I decided to study business administration at the University of Bayreuth. Motivated by several elective courses in the field of business informatics, I came to the FIM Research Center in May 2019, as part of my bachelor thesis. Since then I have been working there as a research assistant in the Blockchain lab. The team of the Blockchain Lab works on public as well as private projects and writes numerous publications. The interdisciplinary exchange in the Blockchain Lab enables me to find my enthusiasm as a businessman for emerging technologies in my work, to gain exciting insights and to acquire sought-after expertise. Furthermore, as part of the 'MIT' team, I am responsible for IT support in the organization. There I was also able to work on a project in the area of process optimization. For me, the work at FIM is characterized by the close connection between teaching, practice and research. As a research assistant, I can already participate in the regularly held research seminars and exchange information about research projects with other employees. This has motivated me to work on my own research projects together with experienced research assistants already during my master studies.

Hello, my name is Katharina Kneissel and I am 20 years old. After graduating from high school in 2017, I started studying business administration at the University of Bayreuth. Since August 2018 I am a research assistant at the FIM Research Center. Since then, I have already been allowed to take on a variety of different tasks. For example, I was a tutor for the bachelor course "Information Processing for 'Wiwis'" and taught basic knowledge in the programming language Java. In addition, I took over general administrative tasks in the secretariat as well as the coordination of appointments and travel planning for the professors. Additionally I was allowed to supervise acquisition processes in the Digital Innovation Lab. Currently I am responsible for the applications of research assistants and doctoral candidates in the human resources team. I organize application rounds and, together with other team members, conduct the job interviews of student applicants. Within the scope of my tasks I have already been able to learn an incredible amount and also develop personally. In addition, you are given a lot of trust from the very beginning and are allowed to take on responsibility. I also particularly like the flat hierarchies and the cooperation in a young and motivated team.

My name is Chiara Müller, I was born in 1995 and grew up in Kempten in Allgäu. After my Abitur and a Work & Travel stay in Australia, I started my studies in October 2014 in Industrial Engineering and Management at the University of Augsburg. During my bachelor's degree and through my work at the FIM, I gained a lot of insights into business & information systems engineering and found great pleasure in it, so that I am now doing my master's degree in finance and information management.
I have been working as a student assistant since my 2nd bachelor semester and have already helped with various tasks or taken responsibility myself. As a member of the ESG FIM team, which is responsible for the coordination of the FIM study program, I was able to gain a lot of insight into my current Master's degree. As a trainer and tutor of the lectures it@bwl and EBWL I shared my experiences with students and helped with problems with the teaching content. In my current role in the human resources team, I take responsibility for the student applications. In addition to organizing application deadlines, I take part in job interviews and accompany new students as they join the research center. The motivating environment, the helpful and young colleagues and the carrying of responsible tasks characterize my work at FIM. In addition, I have experienced numerous tasks which have strengthened and promoted me both professionally and personally in various ways.

My name is Alexander Dautzenberg and I was born in Dortmund in 1997. After my Abitur at the Gymnasium Füssen I started to study industrial engineering and management at the University of Augsburg in the winter semester 2016/2017.
Since October 2017 I have been working as a research assistant at the FIM Research Center and am part of the finance team. I draw up the contracts for all the research assistants in Augsburg and make sure that everyone receives the correct salary on time. So I am the contact person for my student colleagues in Augsburg for topics concerning their contracts. A further task is the external communication of the WIN team, which is responsible for the coordination of the study course Business & Information Systems Engineering (WIN). I send out newsletters, manage the Facebook page of the course and organize events for WIN students.

Through my work at the FIM Research Center, I have become familiar with many different types of tasks that can be accomplished by working independently or in a team. I have always been supported by our mentoring concept, through which my coach, an experienced assistant, assists me with questions. Here at FIM, great care is taken to ensure that, despite the work, my studies are not impaired and that team cohesion is strengthened through events.