Last week, Dr.-Ing. Paul Marker, currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Computational Physics in Engineering at the Rhineland-Palatinate University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern-Landau, received his letter of appointment as a professor at htw saar at the Ministry of Finance and Science.
At his new workplace, he will be responsible for teaching and research in the field of structural engineering. A particular focus of his work will be on the application and further development of digital methods in structural engineering and bridge construction.
As part of his current work, Dr.-Ing. Paul Marker is engaged in research questions in the fields of robotics and 3D printing of sandstone.
Paul Marker began his professional career with an apprenticeship as a stonemason and stone sculptor. He then studied civil engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt from 2007 to 2011, graduating with a bachelor’s degree. This was followed by a master’s degree in civil engineering with a specialization in structural engineering at the University of Kassel from 2011 to 2013. Toward the end of his studies, he was already working at the structural engineering and testing firm Eisfeld Ingenieure in Kassel.
From 2013 to 2016, Paul Marker worked at DB Netz AG in Würzburg. There, he worked in both construction supervision and district management.
In 2016, he moved to the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, where he served as a research assistant until 2024. During this time, he taught courses on topics related to heavy-frame construction and artificial intelligence in engineering. His research focused on the application and further development of digital methods in structural engineering, particularly on techniques in the fields of optimization and artificial intelligence.
While working in Cottbus, he also completed his dissertation titled “Generalized method for an efficient design of active hybrid structures – in the stress field between stiffness and compliance.” Additionally, from 2022 to 2023, he gained teaching experience in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Oberstufenzentrum Cottbus.
From 2023 to early 2026, Paul Marker worked at DB InfraGO AG in Berlin as the technical lead for bridge load-bearing capacity in the Eastern Region.