{"id":1129,"date":"2021-10-29T08:59:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T06:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isse.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/?page_id=1129"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:48:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:48:04","slug":"ahlfeld","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.isse.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/english\/team\/ahlfeld\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Ahlfeld"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazyblock-rub-team-profil-english-ZoTTh8 wp-block-lazyblock-rub-team-profil-english\"><div class=\"teaser-d mensa\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img-wrapper-team\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.isse.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/ahlfeld-scaled-1.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1771px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1771\/1771;\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n    \n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-info-wrapper\">\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-info-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding: 1.5em 0em 0em 1.5em;\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teasertext\" style=\"font-size: 1.8em;line-height: 1.5em;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight:bold\">Christian Ahlfeld<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-top: 0.5em\">Phone: +49 234 32-26394<br\/>\n\t\t\t\t\tE-Mail: <a href=\"mailto:christian.ahlfeld@isse.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\">christian.ahlfeld@isse.ruhr-uni-bochum.de<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"social-media-profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"social-link-profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9237-5146\" title=\"Profile at ORCID\" target=\"_blank\"> <!-- ORCID -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\" width=\"1.8em\" height=\"1.8em\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#17365c\" d=\"M256,128c0,70.7-57.3,128-128,128C57.3,256,0,198.7,0,128C0,57.3,57.3,0,128,0C198.7,0,256,57.3,256,128z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#e6e4e4\" d=\"M86.3,186.2H70.9V79.1h15.4v48.4V186.2z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#e6e4e4\" d=\"M108.9,79.1h41.6c39.6,0,57,28.3,57,53.6c0,27.5-21.5,53.6-56.8,53.6h-41.8V79.1z M124.3,172.4h24.5   c34.9,0,42.9-26.5,42.9-39.7c0-21.5-13.7-39.7-43.7-39.7h-23.7V172.4z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#e6e4e4\" d=\"M88.7,56.8c0,5.5-4.5,10.1-10.1,10.1c-5.6,0-10.1-4.6-10.1-10.1c0-5.6,4.5-10.1,10.1-10.1   C84.2,46.7,88.7,51.3,88.7,56.8z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"social-link-profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/christian-ahlfeld-5847741a2\/\" title=\"Profile at LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\"> <!-- LinkedIn -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"1.8em\" height=\"1.8em\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#17365c\" d=\"M19 0h-14c-2.761 0-5 2.239-5 5v14c0 2.761 2.239 5 5 5h14c2.762 0 5-2.239 5-5v-14c0-2.761-2.238-5-5-5zm-11 19h-3v-11h3v11zm-1.5-12.268c-.966 0-1.75-.79-1.75-1.764s.784-1.764 1.75-1.764 1.75.79 1.75 1.764-.783 1.764-1.75 1.764zm13.5 12.268h-3v-5.604c0-3.368-4-3.113-4 0v5.604h-3v-11h3v1.765c1.396-2.586 7-2.777 7 2.476v6.759z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"social-link-profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xing.com\/profile\/Christian_Ahlfeld\/cv\" title=\"Profile at XING\" target=\"_blank\"> <!-- XING -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"1.8em\" height=\"1.8em\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#17365c\" d=\"M14.887 24l-5.324-9.667 8.07-14.333h4.933l-8.069 14.333 5.27 9.667h-4.88zm-7.291-19h-4.939l2.768 4.744-4.115 7.256h4.914l4.117-7.271-2.745-4.729z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t\t\t<\/div>\n    \t\t\t<\/div>\n      \t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n    \t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"rub-text wp-block-paragraph\">Christian Ahlfeld is a post-doctoral researcher at the Chair of Industrial Sales and Service Engineering (ISSE) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Ruhr-University Bochum. He studied &#8220;Sales Engineering and Product Management&#8221; at the Ruhr-University Bochum from 2005 to 2011 before he received his doctorate in 2017. 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