Stefan Menzel is a Chief Scientist with the Optimization and Creativity Group at the Honda Research Institute Europe, Offenbach, Germany. He received a Dipl.-Ing. degree in civil engineering from RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, and a Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany. His current research interests include evolutionary optimization with special focus on adaptive representations, machine learning for knowledge transfer, and multidisciplinary optimization for real-world applications.