Prof. Heinzel has been a scientist at Leibniz-IWT and the University of Bremen for more than 25 years. After his habilitation in 2009, he was awarded the title of professor and the membership rights of a full professor at the University of Bremen for the field of manufacturing processes/manufacturing technology at the University of Bremen in 2012. At the same time, Prof. Heinzel took over the tasks of the deputy head of the main department of Manufacturing Technologies at Leibniz-IWT as well as of the Manufacturing Processes group in the faculty of Production Technology at the University of Bremen, which he still holds today. Prof. Heinzel was elected to the board of the scientific-technical committee on Abrasive Processes (STC G) of the CIRP Academy in 2017 and performed the duties of the secretary for 4 years and currently serves as vice-chair of the STC G. In 2022 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) appointed him as member for the Review Board 401 on Production Technology.