Gero Niemann started as a PhD candidate at Kühne Logistics University in September 2022. His research is supervised by Prof. Dr. J. Rod Franklin, P.E. and Prof. Dr. Kai Hoberg and focusses on Physical Internet (PI) inspired urbane logistics operations and the therewith related development, integration and deployment of smart contracts fostering collaboration. With his research, he contributes to the "URBANE" project which is funded by the EU to uptake and scale innovative solutions in line with the EU Green Deal.

Gero received his Bachelor of Engineering from the Hochschule Weserbergland in combination with a three-year trainee program at an industrial enterprise including an international stay at a production site in China. During his Master of Science in Management at Kühne Logistics University, Gero spent one semester at the Central European University in Budapest and enhanced his practical experience through working student jobs in process optimization and consulting as well as writing his master thesis in collaboration with Infront Consulting & Management GmbH on Digital Innovation Units of large corporates.