Christoph Meinel

Christoph Meinel
Born (1954-04-14) 14 April 1954 (age 70)
Alma materHumboldt-University, Berlin
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsHasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam

Christoph Meinel (born April 14, 1954 in Meißen, Germany) is a German computer scientist and professor of Internet technologies and systems at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) of the University of Potsdam. In the years 2004 to 2023 he was the scientific director and CEO of the HPI and has developed the openHPI learning platform with more than 1 million enrolled learners. In 2019, he was appointed to the New Internet IPv6 Hall of Fame.