Since June 2017 Markus Gandorfer is leading the Digital Farming Group at the Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture. He was a group leader at the Chair Group Economics of Horticulture and Landscaping at Technische Universität München (TUM) 2012-17. Prior he conducted his research for 10 years at the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management (also at TUM). During this time, he gathered international experience through research visits at the University of Guelph (Canada), at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, and at the University of Western Australia.
Markus Gandorfer holds a degree in horticultural sciences at (TUM). His PhD thesis addressed the economic and environmental evaluation of precision farming technologies. He received his habilitation, also at TUM, in agricultural economics.