Prof. Dr. Christoph Gehlen currently works as the founding Dean of the new TUM School of Engineering and Design (ED). He graduated in civil engineering from RWTH Aachen University in 1995. Subsequently, he obtained his doctorate at the RWTH Aachen (2000). He then founded an internationally active engineering firm in Munich, together with two partners. After being appointed to a chair at the University of Stuttgart (spring 2006, chair "Materials in Civil Engineering"), he moved to the TUM chair "Materials Science and Testing" in the fall of 2008. From 2012 to 2016, Professor Gehlen was Dean of Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering from 2016 to 2021 at Bau Geo Umwelt (BGU). His research interests mainly include concrete technology, corrosion (fatigue) of steel, 3D-printing of concrete, durability of concrete, and service life design.