He holds a Ph. D. in Information Sys¬tems from the University of Münster. Michael was the coordinator of several research projects, funded by national and international funding organizations, especially on the topics of Conceptual Modeling, Domain Specific Business Process Modeling and Semantic Business Process Modeling in the Public Sector Domain. He teaches, among others, Information Modeling, Business Process Management, Project Management and e-Government at the University of Münster and the Universities of Applied Sciences in Nordhausen and Münster. His work comprises more than 50 scientific papers which have appeared in high ranked international proceedings and journals. His main research interests are Semantic Business Process Management, Domain Specific Business Process Management, and Model Analysis.