Thorsten Quandt is the Professor of Online Communication at the University of Münster, Germany, and a leading expert on disinformation in online environments. Quandt's recent research includes studies on “dark participation”, online propaganda, dysfunctional online use and challenges to democratic societies. His research group’s approaches and methods operate at the intersection of communication studies, psychology, and data science. Previous academic stations include the University of Hohenheim, the Free University Berlin and LMU Munich, and he was a visiting professor at leading academic institutions such as Stanford University, the University of Oxford and the University of British Columbia (Vancouver). Quandt is recipient of numerous research awards, a fellow of the International Communication Association, and author to more than two hundred articles in leading academic journals.