After Professor Pötters was already employed at Professor Beckmann's GEMIT institute during his studies and successfully completed his studies in 2012, he has been teaching education as a contract lecturer at FB09 in SCM in the master's program since 2019.

"In the faculty 09, I was able to learn a lot, especially about research topics in the field of production. In the process, I then also discovered my interest in a professorship. Therefore, it is a nice opportunity for me to return to my old faculty and actively develop FB09 in teaching education and research in my main topics."

With Professor Pötters, the faculty gains reinforcement in the specialisation of human-technology interaction and can thus further expand the already successful activities in the human-technology laboratory. In particular, topics related to the digitalized world of work drive his research. Particularly attractive for students is the offer of Lean Six Sigma training by Professor Pötters.

Even during his doctoral studies at RWTH Aachen University's Machine Tool Laboratory, the 36-year-old from the Lower Rhine region was concerned with the use of optimization methods and their effectiveness on people in production. Before returning to HSNR, Professor Pötters already held a professorship at HS Koblenz and was a partner at a medium-sized consulting firm for lean management and industrial transformation. In 2020, he was then appointed professor in the field of production at the OWL University of Applied Sciences.