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Would you still do a doctorate at 73? Hermann Merkel did, and five years later he can officially call himself “Doctor.”🎓 The former freight forwarder conducted research on e-highways 🛣️ at the KIT Institute for Material Handling and Logistics, often doubting himself in the process. It was by no means a sure thing that he would return to university for this. There were around 50 years between his engineering degree and his doctorate. "Luckily, my colleagues welcomed me with open arms", he says. In clicKIT, #KITKarlsruhe's student magazine, he explains what kept him going during this special chapter in his life and why this period had such a profound impact on him.