Current notice
To support the measures to contain the coronavirus, our office is currently closed. Visits are therefore not possible at this time. However, our employees can be reached by phone and e-mail.
Our team
Please direct general questions to:
Email: info@max-planck-innovation.de
Phone: (089) 290919-0
Departments
Managing Director
Dr. Jörn Erselius
Biologist, MBA
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-0
Email:
erselius@max-planck-innovation.de
Member General Mangement
Ulrich Mahr
Diplom-Kaufmann
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-0
Email:
mahr@max-planck-innovation.de
- Evaluation of inventions from the Max Planck Institutes in the fields of biology and medicine
- Examination of patentability and economic viability
- Patent application
- Marketing of inventions
- Who looks after my Institute: Overview
Senior Patent- & License Manager
Dr. Mareike Göritz
Chemist
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-32
Email:
goeritz@max-planck-innovation.de
Senior Patent- & License Manager
Dr. Dieter Link
Biologist
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-28
Email:
dieter.link@max-planck-innovation.de
Senior Patent- & License Manager
Dr. Ingrid Kapser-Fischer
Nutritionist, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-19
Email:
kapser-fischer@max-planck-innovation.de
Patent- & License Manager
Dr. Sophia Hergenhan
Biomedical scientist, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-15
Email:
hergenhan@max-planck-innovation.de
Patent- & License Manager
Dr. Katja Zic
Biochemist
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-49
Email:
zic@max-planck-innovation.de
- Evaluation of inventions from the Max Planck Institutes in the fields of chemistry, physics, technology & software
- Examination of patentability and economic viability
- Patent application
- Marketing of inventions
- Who looks after my Institute: Overview
Senior Patent- & License Manager
Dr. Bernd Ctortecka, M. Phil.
Physicist
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-20
Email:
ctortecka@max-planck-innovation.de
Senior Patent- & License Manager
Dr. Lars Cuypers
Chemist
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-21
Email:
cuypers@max-planck-innovation.de
Senior Patent- & License Manager
PD Dr. Wolfgang Tröger
Physicist
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-27
Email:
troeger@max-planck-innovation.de
Patent- & License Manager
Dr. Florian Erbesdobler
Engineer (Ph.D. Material Science)
Phone: +49 89 / 290919-36
Email:
erbesdobler@max-planck-innovation.de
Patent- & License Manager
Dr. Franz Gadelmeier
Physicist
Phone: +49 171 656-9140
Email:
gadelmeier@max-planck-innovation.de
Patent- & License Manager
Gökçe Özyurt
Electronics Engineer (M.Sc. Econ.)
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-18
Email:
oezyurt@max-planck-innovation.de
Patent- & License Manager
Dr. Andreas Vogler
Physicist
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-36
Email:
vogler@max-planck-innovation.de
- Support for MPG spin-offs from the initial idea through to the business plan
- Selection of potential support and funding instruments
- Fundraising
- Portfolio management of MPG participations
Member of General Management
Ulrich Mahr
Diplom-Kaufmann
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-0
Email:
mahr@max-planck-innovation.de
Senior Start-up & Portfolio Manager
Dr. Florian Kirschenhofer
Diplom-Kaufmann, MBA
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-31
Email:
kirschenhofer@max-planck-innovation.de
Start-up & Portfolio Manager
Sebastian Meyer-Borchert
Diplom-Kaufmann
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-42
Email:
meyer-borchert@max-planck-innovation.de
Start-up & Portfolio Manager
Dr. Elzbieta Maria Piatkowska
Biochemist, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 171 / 65691436
Email:
piatkowska@max-planck-innovation.de
Start-up & Portfolio Manager
Dr. Achim E. H. Wolf
Master of Business Research
Master of Arts Economics
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-26
Email:
wolf@max-planck-innovation.de
Project Manager EMI
Jillian Mayer
MBA
Phone: +49 163 / 8899904
Email:
mayer@max-planck-innovation.de
MAX!mize Incubation Program
Head of Start-up Incubation Program
Dr. Elzbieta Maria Piatkowska
Biochemist, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 171 / 65691436
Email:
piatkowska@max-planck-innovation.de
Operations Manager Incubation Program
Laura Carstensen
Master of Business Administration
Phone: +49 171 / 6563163
Email:
carstensen@max-planck-innovation.de
Marketing Manager Incubation Program
Timo Sohr
B.A. Social Sciences
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-0
Email:
sohr@max-planck-innovation.de
Junior Program Manager
Reynaldo Nina Garcia
Master of Arts Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Phone: +49 171 / 656 3162
Email:
garcia@max-planck-innovation.de
- Advice on the "GO-Bio initial" funding program
- The goal of GO-Bio initial is the identification and development of life science research approaches with recognizable innovation potential
Project Manager GO-Bio initial
Dr. Masin Abo-Rady
Molecular biologist, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-38
Email:
abo-rady@max-planck-innovation.de
- Processing invention disclosures
- Patent administration
- Patent law
Patent Law
Carsten Daleman
Inhouse Lawyer
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-35
Email:
daleman@max-planck-innovation.de
Patent Administration
Laura Mück
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-40
Email:
mueck@max-planck-innovation.de
Patent Administration
Petra Huber
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-41
Email:
petra.huber@max-planck-innovation.de
Patent Administration
Marcel Schönmann
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-14
Email:
schoenmann@max-planck-innovation.de
- Contractual arrangements
- Finance administration
Agreements and Legal
Florian Beilhack
Inhouse Lawyer
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-23
Email:
beilhack@max-planck-innovation.de
Agreements and Legal
Rolf Herrlinger
Inhouse Lawyer
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-29
Email:
herrlinger@max-planck-innovation.de
Agreements and Legal
Katrin Ploch
Inhouse Lawyer
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-22
Email:
ploch@max-planck-innovation.de
Agreements and Legal
Benjamin Raves
Inhouse Lawyer
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-34
Email:
raves@max-planck-innovation.de
Finance
Astrid Giegold
Diplom-Kauffrau
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-11
Email:
giegold@max-planck-innovation.de
Assistance and Administration
Esther Beier
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-37
Email:
beier@max-planck-innovation.de
Assistance and Administration
Elke Heller
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-25
Email:
heller@max-planck-innovation.de
IT Administration
Evelin Kaiser
Informatics Business Economist (VWA)
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-16
Email:
kaiser@max-planck-innovation.de
Assistance and Administration
Doris Waltinger
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-12
Email:
waltinger@max-planck-innovation.de
- Press contact
- Newsletter
- Website
Marketing & Public Relations
Markus Berninger
Diplom-Kaufmann, certified graphic designer
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-30
Email:
berninger@max-planck-innovation.de