• *January, 1942
• Graduated in chemistry and biochemistry at the Universities of München (LMU) 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
• 2015 – 2018 Steinbeis-Beratungszentrum Asia Technology Consulting

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
• 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
• past chairman of the Scientifc Advisory Board of Toulouse White Biotech
• honorary member of CLIB2021
• scientific advisor to companies in Germany, Switzerland and France

Government links:

• Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Wuerttemberg/Germany: Coordinator for the bilateral cooperation in the field of biotechnology with Jiangsu Province, Shanghai and Kanagawa Prefecture (2009 – 2019)
• Science and Technology Agency, Japan: Adviser ERATO projects (2014)
• Dept. of Science and Technology, Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government, China: Science and Technology Development Advisor (since 2008)
• Dept. of Science and Technology of Qingdao Municipality, China: Honorary Adviser (2016 – 2019)
• Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, China: Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board (2020 –   )