The most important stages of the career
since 2018
Director Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB, Stuttgart
2013-2017
Head of Global Product Line Biotechnology Plants and Senior Manager Public Funding at Linde AG, Engineering Division & Linde Gas, Dresden/Pullach
2011-2012
Head of Business Development Biotechnology Plants at Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH, Dresden
2006-2010
Head of location management and strategic development industrial biotechnology at InfraLeuna GmbH, Leuna
2000-2006
Managing Director of Munich Innovative Biomaterials GmbH, Marburg/Leuna
1995-2000
Director of Product Development, Head of Research, Innovative Lasers Corporation, Tucson, USA
1991-1995
Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Institute for Physical Chemistry
1985-1991
Study of Chemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
1979-1982
Training as a state-certified chemical laboratory assistant at Wacker Chemie, Munich
Activities and Memberships
Member of the Bioeconomy Council of the Federal Government
Member of several politically and industrially active advisory boards regarding bioeconomy, e.g. co-chairman of the Advisory Board »Nachhaltige Bioökonomie« of the state of Baden-Württemberg
Chair of various committees for bioeconomy within Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, e.g. Founding member and design Spokesperson of the Resource Efficiency and Bioeconomy Network, Co-Spokesperson of the Strategic Research Field (SFF) "Bioeconomy" and the Innovation Platform "Biological Transformation" of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Member of a number of commissions and committees of the Federal Ministries of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and of Education and Research (BMBF)
Founding member and member of the board of BioEconomy e.V. for the implementation of the strategy of the national cluster of excellence "BioEconomy" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Member of the joint expert group "Bioeconomy" of ProcessNet and the advisory board of the DECHEMA expert group Biotechnology of Renewable Resources
Member of the "Industrial Advisory Group of AERTO Bio-based Economy Project", EARTOs - European Association of Research and Technology Organizations
Jury member for the awarding of state and industry prizes and reviewer in business plan competitions
