Kai Velten is a mathematician and modeling and simulation consultant focusing on data analysis and differential equations. He held scientific positions at Braunschweig and Erlangen Universities and the Fraunhofer-ITWM in Kaiserslautern between 1990-2000, works as professor of mathematics at Hochschule Geisenheim University since 2000 and was offered another professorship at Lüneburg University in 2012. Dominik M. Schmidt holds MSc (Beverage Technology) and PhD (Agriculture) degrees obtained from Hochschule Geisenheim University and University of Gießen. Working in the Department of Modeling and Systems Analysis of Hochschule Geisenheim University since 2013, he performed a broad range of research projects in the fields of data science, mathematical modeling and computational fluid dynamics. Katrin Kahlen is a mathematician working at Hochschule Geisenheim University since 2011. She holds PhD (Mathematics) and habilitation (Agronomy) degrees obtained from University of Hannover and became Adjunct Professor at Hochschule Geisenheim University in 2021. She is particularly interested in modeling and simulation of plant–environment interactions, and the development and use of virtual plants.