Fabian Hansmann is a graduate of Graz University of Technology in Austria, where he obtained a degree in civil engineering, specialising in environmental and transportation engineering. Between 2011 and 2015, he worked as a research associate at the Institute of Railway Engineering and Transport Economy. After he finished his PhD thesis on railway track asset management, he joined Plasser & Theurer as Senior Expert Track Technology. In August 2019, he moved to the United States to work as a scientific advisor for Railroad Engineering and Applied Technology at Plasser American. After two years he returned to Europe, where he currently holds the position of Head of Marketing at Plasser & Theurer.