Prof. Dr. Lukas Hollenstein

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Co-Head Centre for Digital Labs & Production
• Head Simulation & Optimization Research Group

Focus

Modelling, simulation and optimization of complex systems. Core topics include production and logistics systems with complex interdependences and control strategies; application of simulation based optimization methods.

Teaching

• BSc Applied Digital Life Sciences: Lecturer in Mathematics, Modelling & Simulation
• MSc Computational Life Sciences: Supervision of Master theses in Digital Labs & Production
• BSc Biotechnology: Lecturer in Mathematics

Professional development teaching

CAS in Digital Life Sciences

Experience

• Co-Head Digital Labs & Production, ICLS, ZHAW
  ICLS Institute of Computational Life Sciences, ZHAW
  01 / 2022 - today
• Head Simulation & Optimization
  ICLS Institute of Computational Life Sciences, ZHAW
  05 / 2019 - today
• Senior Lecturer
  ICLS Institute of Computational Life Sciences, ZHAW
  09 / 2013 - today
• Postdoc
  Institute of Theoretical Physics, CEA Saclay, France
  2012 - 2013
• Visiting Postdoc
  Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Norway
  2012 - 2013
• Postdoc
  Postdoc, Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  2009 - 2012

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD / Theoretical Cosmology
  University of Portsmouth, UK
  2006 - 2009
• Diploma / Theoretical Physics
  University of Zurich
  2000 - 2005

Continuing Education

• CAS Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
  Zurich University of Teacher Education (PHZH)
  2017
• Project Management for Researchers
  ZHAW
  2015

Network

Membership of networks

• ASIM Simulation Working Group - Specialist Group Simulation in Production and Logistics - Member of the Board, contact person for members in Switzerland
• VNL Verein Netzwerk Logistik - Swiss Logistics Faculty

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2317-6071

Social media

• LinkedId
• ResearchGate
• Loop Frontiers
• ORCID
• Google Scholar

Projects

• Digital Twin: supporting the optimization of bioreactor operation and automation / Project leader / ongoing
• Breeding Wheat for High Baking Quality Under Reduced Nitrogen Input / Co-project leader / ongoing
• Space sufficiency in office buildings / Team member / ongoing
• Reinforcement Learning Analysis Framework / Deputy project leader / completed
• Smart Hospital – Integrated Framework, Tools & Solutions (SHIFT) / Team member / completed
• Simulation-based comparison of an end-to-end and a platform configuration for injection molding line / Deputy project leader / completed
• PE(K)O Sustain – Physically modified oils as sustainable alternative to tropical fats for the baking and sweet goods industry / Team member / completed
• Designing Business Models for the IoT / Project leader / completed
• A top-down indicator of lean-green alignment in small and medium-sized enterprises / Project leader / completed
• Digital Simulation of the Swiss Vaccination Center Winterthur / Team member / completed
• Predicitve Waste Management for SBB Train Stations / Project leader / completed
• Data-driven decision support for intracranial aneurysms and hospital catering using Bayesian networks / Team member / completed
• Simulation of pedestrian and traffic flows / Team member / completed
• Simulation & Optimization needs HPC / Project leader / completed
• Complexity 4.0 / Team member / completed
• Generic Simulation and Scheduling Tool for Powder Spray Coating Facilities / Project leader / completed
• Scheduling & Simulation USM / Project leader / completed
• Cooperational platform for urban logictis / Team member / completed

Publications

• Husmann, Cyrill; Schmid, Tamara; Waser, Chiara; Kaelin, Ivo; Hollenstein, Lukas; Müller, Nadina,

  2025.

  Crystallized pickering emulsions from plant oil as a local alternative to palm oil.

  Foods.

  14(1), pp. 104.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14010104

• Schmid, Tamara; Kinner, Mathias; Stäheli, Luca; Steinegger, Stefanie; Hollenstein, Lukas; De la Gala, David; Müller, Nadina,

  2024.

  Effect of press cake-based particles on quality and stability of plant oil emulsions.

  Foods.

  13(18), pp. 2969.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13182969

• Rüegg, Ramona; Schmid, Tamara; Hollenstein, Lukas; Müller, Nadina,

  2022.

  Effect of particle characteristics and foaming parameters on resulting foam quality and stability.

  LWT - Food Science and Technology.

  167(113859).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2022.113859

• Heim, Edgar; Stadler, Michael; Scherrer, Maike; Hollenstein, Lukas,

  2021.

  Coopetition : Kooperationen unter Mitbewerbern am Beispiel der Logistikbranche.

  Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation.

  2021(1), pp. 4-9.

• Hollenstein, Lukas; Lötscher, Adrian; Luccarini, Fabian,

  2019.

  SimLack : simulation-based optimization and scheduling of generic powder coating lines.

  Simulation Notes Europe.

  29(3), pp. 127-132.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.11128/sne.29.tn.10483

• Cardona, Wilmar; Hollenstein, Lukas; Kunz, Martin,

  2014.

  The traces of anisotropic dark energy in light of Planck.

  Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics.

  2014(7), pp. 032.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/07/032

• Hollenstein, Lukas; Lichtensteiger, Lukas; Stadelmann, Thilo; Amirian, Mohammadreza; Budde, Lukas; Meierhofer, Jürg; Füchslin, Rudolf Marcel; Friedli, Thomas,

  2019.

  Unsupervised learning and simulation for complexity management in business operations.

  In:

  Braschler, Martin; Stadelmann, Thilo; Stockinger, Kurt, eds.,

  Applied data science : lessons learned for the data-driven business.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 313-331.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11821-1_17

• Scherrer, Maike; Hollenstein, Lukas; Stadler, Michael; Heim, Edgar,

  2021.

  Towards a symbiotic mutualism through external supply chain integration[paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the 28th EurOMA Conference.

  28th International Annual EurOMA Conference, Berlin, Germany (online), 5-7 July 2021.

  European Operations Management Association.

• Hollenstein, Lukas; Lötscher, Adrian; Luccarini, Fabian,

  2018.

  SimLack: simulation-based optimization and scheduling of generic powder coating lines[paper].

  In:

  Deatcu, Christina; Schramm, Thomas; Zobel, Kay, eds.,

  Tagungsband ASIM 2018, 24. Symposium Simulationstechnik.

  24. Symposium Simulationstechnik (ASIM 2018), Hamburg, Deutschland, 4.-5. Oktober 2018.

  Wien:

  Argesim.

  pp. 45-50.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4956

• Derman, Melih; Hollenstein, Lukas,

  2024.

  Reduktion potenzieller Schadensmengen entlang der Kakao-Supply-Chain.

  Transfer.

  2024(1), pp. 5.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30613

• Gerber, Nicole; Hollenstein, Lukas,

  2022.

  Wie die Digitalisierung den Food Service im Care Bereich erreicht.

  Clinicum.

  2022(4), pp. 79-80.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25448

• Vorburger, Robert; Hollenstein, Lukas,

  2021.

  Neue Verrechnungsmodelle für die Maschinenindustrie.

  Transfer.

  2021(2), pp. 5.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23748

• Krähenbühl, Andrea; Gerber, Nicole; Höhener, Rebecca; Hollenstein, Lukas,

  2021.

  Simulationen von Verpflegungsprozessen : auf Knopfdruck zur richtigen Entscheidung.

  fmpro service.

  2021(4), pp. 22-24.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23063

• Hollenstein, Lukas; Busin, Adrian; Derman, Melih,

  2020.

  Simulation & optimization needs high performance.

  Transfer.

  2020(2), pp. 5.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-21455

• Brunschwiler, Marco; Hollenstein, Lukas; Müller, Julia,

  2020.

  Automatisierte Modellierung der mikrobiologischen Sicherheit von Rezepturen.

  Lebensmittel-Industrie: Fachmagazin für das Management der Nahrungsmittel- und Getränkeindustrie.

  2020(5/6), pp. 18-19.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20194

• Hollenstein, Lukas; Rinkel, Andreas,

  2020.

  Komplexe Dynamik mit Data Science und Simulation beherrschen.

  Logistics Innovation.

  2020(2), pp. 42-44.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-21453

• Vorburger, Robert; Hollenstein, Lukas,

  2019.

  Virtuell Schäumen : Simulieren und Visualisieren.

  Transfer.

  2019(2), pp. 6.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18853

• Starostina, Tatiana; Hollenstein, Lukas,

  2019.

  Logistik mit Simulation sicher planen und optimieren.

  Lebensmittel-Industrie: Fachmagazin für das Management der Nahrungsmittel- und Getränkeindustrie.

  2019(11/12), pp. 14-15.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20245

• Hollenstein, Lukas,

  2018.

  Komplexität in Industrie 4.0 beherrschen mit Simulation.

  Transfer.

  2018(1), pp. 9.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1445

• Schmelzer, Helene; Hollenstein, Lukas; Bütikofer, Stephan; Steiner, Albert; Wüst, Raimond Matthias; Zuberbühler, Ivo,

  2017.

  Kooperationsplattform für die urbane Güterlogistik : Schlussbericht.

• Schmelzer, Helene; Bütikofer, Stephan; Hollenstein, Lukas,

  2016.

  Kooperieren? Ja! Aber wie? : Chancen und Herausforderungen bei der Entwicklung einer Kooperationsplattform für urbane Güterlogistik in der Stadt Zürich.

  Logistics Innovation.

  2016(1), pp. 16-19.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3864

• Hollenstein, Lukas; Derman, Melih; Lötscher, Adrian,

  2016.

  Simulationsgestützte Optimierung der Produktionsreihenfolge.

  Transfer.

  2016(2), pp. 6.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2050

• Lötscher, Adrian; Hollenstein, Lukas,

  2015.

  Komplexe Anlagen einfach simuliert : Past, Present, Future.

  Transfer.

  2015(3), pp. 4.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2052

• Gerber, Nicole; Hollenstein, Lukas; Krähenbühl, Andrea,

  2021.

  Was wäre wenn?! Unsichtbares sichtbar machen mit Simulationen im Verpflegungsprozess.

  In:

  FM Perspektiven: FM Innovationen in HC digital, Wädenswil, 26. November 2021.

• Hollenstein, Lukas,

  2016.

  Mit Advanced Dynamic Planning Energiebedarf, Betriebskosten und Investitionsrisiken reduzieren : am Beispiel von Lackieranlagen.

  In:

  16. Thurgauer Technologietag, Kreuzlingen, 18. März 2016.

  Available from: http://www.technologieforum.ch/documents/technologietag/hollensteinl_thurtechtag_2016-03-18.pdf

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