Benjamin Nast, born in 1996, completed his Bachelor's and Master's degree in business informatics at the University of Rostock. He wrote his bachelor's thesis on "Efficient shortage management as a contribution to digitalisation in the housing industry" in cooperation with the WIRO. A prototype for IT-supported shortage management was developed and evaluated. During his master's thesis, Benjamin worked on the architecture and prototypical realisation of Internet-of-Things applications. As part of this work, a metamodel for IoT applications for ventilation and air conditioning systems was developed.

From 2019 to 2020, Benjamin already worked as a student assistant at the Chair of Business Informatics in the area of digitalisation in the housing industry. Since November 2021, he has been a research assistant and is supporting the development of an AI for energy optimisation as part of the KIDIRA project. The current research focus is the model-driven development of IoT platforms.