Marvin Wersel joined the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge, in January 2026 as a Visiting PhD Student under the supervision of Dr Mukesh Kumar in the Industrial Resilience Research Group. He is an external doctoral researcher at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, where his doctoral work examines how organisations build and sustain supply chain resilience under prolonged disruption pressure. His research develops a dynamic view of resilience that highlights trade-offs and “right-sized” response strategies, with a current emphasis on critical minerals traceability. Alongside his academic work, Marvin has gained consulting experience in operations and supply chain management, working on practical transformation and performance-improvement topics across logistics, procurement, and production contexts. He holds graduate degrees in management and global logistics and supply chain management.