Guido Moerkotte is full professor of computer science at the University of Mannheim and known for his research on query optimization within database systems.
[2] Moerkotte started studying computer science at the University of Dortmund in 1981[3] and finished his doctoral studies under the supervision of Peter Lockemann at the Universität Karlsruhe in 1990.
[1] After positions as guest researcher at IBM and visiting researcher at Microsoft,[4] he joined the University of Aachen as associate professor in January 1994.
[3] Since January 1996, he holds the chair of Practical Computer Science III as a full professor at the University of Mannheim.
[5] With more than 200 publications including three books, Moerkotte's research focuses on database systems, especially query optimization.