Hermann Heßling studied Physics at the Universities of Münster, Göttingen, and Hamburg. He received the Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in Theoretical Physics and was appointed a postdoctoral research fellow at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) Hamburg. In 2000, he became Professor of Applied Computer Science at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences (HTW). He is a co-applicant for the German Centre for Astrophysics (DZA).