Our chair team warmly congratulates Dr. Dominik Sobania on his new position as Junior Professor (W1 t.t. W3) for “Generative Artificial Intelligence in Software Engineering” at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Dominik has held the new professorship at the University of Duisburg-Essen since January 1, 2026.

Dr. Sobania worked at our chair as an academic staff member as well as a habilitation candidate from April 2017 to December 2025. During this time, he significantly shaped and advanced the research and teaching activities of the chair.

He defended his doctoral dissertation in December 2022 with outstanding success. Since then, he made extremely valuable contributions to research and teaching. His work was particularly distinguished by high scientific quality, methodological depth, and a strong application orientation. Furthermore, he was continuously engaged in the supervision of students, final theses, and in the development of courses.

With his appointment, the University of Duisburg-Essen gains a scholar with excellent scientific achievements and a forward-looking research profile in the field of generative AI and software engineering.

We sincerely thank him for the many years of successful collaboration and wish Dominik much success, joy, and the very best in his new academic role.