Gisela Lanza is Chairman-Production Systems & Quality Management at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Member of Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften eV, Associate Member at The International Academy For Production Engineering and Member of Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Für Produktionstechnik and on the board of 6 other companies.

In the past Gisela Lanza occupied the position of Head-Production Systems at the University of Karlsruhe.

She received an undergraduate degree from the University of Karlsruhe.