Experience

CrystalsFirst

• Germany
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • Mar 2018 - 5 years 10 months

  Marburg, Germany CrystalsFirst is specialized to deliver rapid insights into protein-ligand interactions for accelerated drug discovery. Structural information is one of the key factors that determine success in drug discovery projects. With the focus on solving bottlenecks in structure determination using proprietary technologies, we are determined to accelerate the rational drug discovery process.



DEEP Ecosystems

• Germany
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Dec 2020 - 3 years 1 month

  Putting entrepreneurs in the driver-seat to create world-class startup ecosystems in their home regions and democratize innovation worldwide.



founders in biotech

• Germany
• Biotechnology Research

• Podcast Host

  • Jun 2022 - 1 year 7 months

  Sharing the founder’s journey and scientific achievements to inspire the leaders of tomorrow. On each episode we meet unconventional founders to talk about science, entrepreneurship, fundraising, and leadership. The shared lessons of the founder’s journey show a clear path how to take action and activate talents to start their own journey as founders. We also discuss practical perspectives and tools to motivate the scientific community to turn science into tangible impact.



Startup Grind

• United States
• Events Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Marburg Chapter Director

  • Apr 2021 - 2 years 9 months

  Marburg an der Lahn, Hesse, Germany Startup Grind is a 600-city community hosted in 200-countries that mentors entrepreneurs. Rooted in the heart of Silicon Valley, Startup Grind brings the world's greatest founders and investors to tell their stories on stage and share it with our global community. There are brilliant entrepreneurs everywhere so start learning and networking with them at your local Startup Grind community.



Max-Planck-Innovation GmbH

• Germany
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Startup Mentor

  • Oct 2021 - 2 years 3 months



StartupLife

• Online Audio and Video Media

• Documenting the Startup Journey

  • Feb 2017 - 6 years 11 months



The Philipp University of Marburg

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Startup Entrepreneur

  • Oct 2016 - Feb 2018

  Germany



Self-Emloyed

• Pharmacist and Freelance Consultant

  • Jun 2015 - Feb 2018

  D-CH



Galenica

• Switzerland
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Managing Director of Wettstein-Pharmacy

  • Nov 2012 - May 2015

  Schweiz - Communication with regulatory agencies esp. Swissmedic - Qualified Person 05.2013-07.2014 - Improved purchasing cost of generics and raw materials for production - Integration of an automated medicines dispensing system, warehouse optimization - Profitability assessment and excecution of restructuring of the in-house GMP production - Leading an amazing and highly diverse team over 15 people - Introduced gene tests for health counselling



The Philipp University of Marburg

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Thesis @ Klebe Lab

  • Aug 2009 - Oct 2012

  Deutschland - multiple interdisciplinary scientific collaborations: - virtual screening and MedChem for novel antimalarials - validation of new algorithms for comparison of protein binding sites - molecular dynamics simulations and correlations with ITC data of polymers - classification of proteases and detection of sequence-indepentent cross-reactivity using protein binding sites - Member of the SYNMIKRO (synthetic microbiology) graduate school - Chief Assistant: leading a… Show more - multiple interdisciplinary scientific collaborations: - virtual screening and MedChem for novel antimalarials - validation of new algorithms for comparison of protein binding sites - molecular dynamics simulations and correlations with ITC data of polymers - classification of proteases and detection of sequence-indepentent cross-reactivity using protein binding sites - Member of the SYNMIKRO (synthetic microbiology) graduate school - Chief Assistant: leading a team over 15 members and over 100 lab interns / students Applied Tools and Programming Skills: Programming: Python, R, LaTeX Molecular modelling: GOLD, LeadIT, AMBER, Relibase+, PyMOL, Coot Chemoinformatics: RDKit, MOE OS: Linux, MacOS, Windows Show less



CCDC - The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Associate

  • Sep 2010 - Sep 2010

  Cambridge, United Kingdom



Novartis

• Switzerland
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jul 2009 - Aug 2009

  Basel Area, Switzerland Technology and knowledge transfer Data mining



The Philipp University of Marburg

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Dec 2008 - May 2009

  Deutschland Classification of protein binding sites using CavBase



Engel Apotheke Am Rathaus

• Germany
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pharmacy trainee

  • May 2008 - Oct 2008



The Philipp University of Marburg

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Research Assistant

  • Jan 2007 - Apr 2007