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"description": "Guido Kanschat received his PhD from Heidelberg University. After an appointment as visiting assistant professor in Minnesota, he became assistant, associate, and full professor at Texas A&M University. He holds the chair for Mathematical Methods of Simulation at the IWR since 2012 and serves as the Founding Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences.",
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