Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
With a dual background in Life Sciences and Information Technology, I thrive at the intersection of disciplines -- connecting people, ideas, and technologies across domains. I bring a customer-focused mindset and a strong drive to uncover and address real, underlying needs. As a trained biologist specializing in bioinformatics for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), I’ve spent over a decade analyzing and interpreting genomic, transcriptomic, and microbiome data in both academic and industrial settings. This hands-on scientific experience laid the foundation for my transition into product management, where I shaped NGS analytics software to better serve researchers and clinicians. Today, I lead business development for life science software products and services -- translating complex technologies into meaningful value for customers and partners. I have a strong publication record, international work experience, and fluency in both English and German. And yes -- limited working proficiency in Swabian. :-)
As Chief Business Development Officer, I drive growth strategy, market positioning, and strategic partnerships. We design and deliver bespoke software solutions for the Life Sciences industry, enabling digital transformation, scalability, and regulatory-ready innovation.
Planning, quality control and bioinformatics support for the next phase of the 1001 Genomes Project (http://1001genomes.org) which will add high-quality genome assemblies from the PacBio platform. The 1001 Genomes Project is aimed at describing whole-genome sequence variation in at least 1001 strains (accessions) of the reference plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Developing Bioinformatics methods for the Pathodopsis project (www.pathodopsis.org), a large-scale plant disease project aimed at describing the diversity of Arabidopsis thaliana together with two of its natural pathogens, the oomycete Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis, and Pseudomonas bacteria.
I look after Product Management, Sales and Marketing of Computomics' Metagenomics products: -MEGAN6 Ultimate Edition: the interactive Metagenomics analysis and visualization tool: https://computomics.com/megan.html -MORPHEUS: the app-based metagenomics platform -Custom Metagenomics projects tailored to individual customers' needs
The Center for Metagenomics (CeMeT GmbH) is a Biotechnology startup that leverages its expertise in the field of Metagenomics to support customers through the whole life-circle of a study. CeMeT also leads the Tübiom project (www.tuebiom.de) aimed at characterising the full spectrum of a "normal" human gut microbiome based on 10,000 volunteers. - Head of bioinformatics department with 3 members - Scientific evaluation of methods for Metagenomics analytics - Design, execution and reporting of customer projects and clinical studies - Development, implementation and quality control of bioinformatics pipelines - Leading projects with external bioinformatics service provider
Bioinformatician at the Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition, the global fundamental science site for Mars Petcare (brands such as Whiskas and Pedigree). - Responsible for the establishment of a Bioinformatics capability for high throughput Life Sciences data - Cross-disciplinary cooperation with 60 scientists from a wide range of areas and backgrounds - Analyse NGS data on internal cluster and the cloud: Microbiome, Genomics and RNA-Seq - Provide Bioinformatics support from trial design to reporting and interpretation - Lead and support peer-reviewed publications - Analyse and visualize various -omics data - Evaluate new DNA sequencing technologies (e.g. Oxford Nanopore MinION) - Present results and achievements to internal and external stakeholders - Conduct site tours for external and internal stakeholders - Elected member of site involvement team