Graduated in chemistry and biochemistry at the Universities of München and Freiburg
Dr. rer. nat.
Post-doctoral training in France and the USA
Research scientist at Henkel KGaA in Düsseldorf
Head of Biotechnology R&D
Head of the Enzyme Technology Division of the Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung
Full Professor for Enzyme Technology at Braunschweig Technical University
Full Professor and Director of the Institute of Technical Biochemistry at the University of Stuttgart
MBA International Marketing from Reutlingen University
Honorary Professor of Nanjing University of Technology
2007 Foundation of Bio4Business
Visiting researcher at:
National Institute for Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Anthropology, Leipzig
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
Scientific standing:
380 publications, 5 books, about 80 patents or patent applications
3 books and over 50 publications on biotechnology in Japan and China
member of various scientific organizations in Germany, the USA and Japan
past chairman of the IUPAC Committee on Biotechnology
various chairman functions in Germany and France
2003 Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Oil Chemists’ Society, Biotechnology Division
Company links:
past member and chairman of the Supervisory Board, past chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of Eppendorf AG, Hamburg
honorary member of CLIB2021 advisory board
adviser to companies in Germany, Switzerland and France
Government links:
coordinator for the bilateral cooperation in the field of biotechnology with Jiangsu Province, Shanghai and Kanagawa Prefecture, Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Wuerttemberg/Germany (2009-2019)
Dept. of Science and Technology, Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government, China: Science and Technology Development Advisor (since 2008)
Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the Shandong Energy Institute (2020 – )
