Elias Strehle leads the project „Circular Economy and Sustainability“, where he is responsible for the publicly funded research project DIBICHAIN. In the project, he studies how supply chains can be made more sustainable through blockchain technology. Another research focus of his is the usage and market efficiency of existing blockchains and cryptocurrencies.

Elias studied Business Administration at the University of Mannheim and Financial Mathematics at Kiel University. He obtained his doctoral dissertation in Mathematics at the University of Mannheim, studying how game theory can contribute to our understanding of financial markets. Afterwards, he worked as a data scientist and software engineer for one and a half years.