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
Managing Director
Bram Wijlands
Master of Arts, RTTP
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-0
Email:
wijlands@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. Julia Hirschmann
Biochemist, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-15
Email:
hirschmann@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. Franz Gadelmeier
Physicist
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-13
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
Katharina Thien
Chemist, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-36
Email:
thien@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
Head of Start-up & Portfolio Management, Authorized Representative
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
Senior 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
Clemens Frick
Master in Management
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-45
Email:
frick@max-planck-innovation.de
Senior 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
Start-up Manager
Dr. Dieter Treichel
Biologist
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-50
Email:
treichel@max-planck-innovation.de
Start-up & Portfolio Manager
Francesco Grillo
Medicinal Chemist
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-47
Email:
grillo@max-planck-innovation.de
Project Manager EMI
Jillian Mayer
MBA
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-39
Email:
mayer@max-planck-innovation.de
MAX!mize Incubation Program
Head of Start-up Incubation Program
Kathrin Schelbaum
Master of Arts in Business
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-52
Email:
schelbaum@max-planck-innovation.de
Program Manager Incubation Program
Reynaldo Nina Garcia
Master of Arts Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-33
Email:
garcia@max-planck-innovation.de
Event & Operations Manager Incubation Program
Caroline Sandow
Bachelor of Business Administration
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-48
Email:
sandow@max-planck-innovation.de
Marketing & Communications Manager Incubation Program
Sarah Oppenländer
B.A. Textile Design
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-46
Email:
oppenlaender@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
Patent Administration
Bettina Huber
(on maternity leave)
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-14
Email:
bettina.huber@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
Finance
Astrid Giegold
Diplom-Kauffrau
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-11
Email:
giegold@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
Albert Kunowski
Inhouse Lawyer
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-34
Email:
kunowski@max-planck-innovation.de
Agreements and Legal
Katrin Ploch
Inhouse Lawyer
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-22
Email:
ploch@max-planck-innovation.de
Assistance and Administration
Elke Heller
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-25
Email:
heller@max-planck-innovation.de
Assistance and Administration
Doris Waltinger
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-12
Email:
waltinger@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
- 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