Anisa Rizvanolli leads the team 'Maritime Scientific Computing and Optimization' at Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services in Hamburg. The design, development, customization and roll out of decision support systems for efficient crew management in shipping is the main focus of her work. As scientific advisor she is involved in various research projects dealing with innovative information management concepts and systems for ports and logistics. Her special field of interest is the development of appropriate mathematical models and methods for solving challenging real-world problems from the maritime domain. She holds a degree in Computational Science and Engineering with special focus in applied mathematics from Hamburg University of Technology.