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
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. Anindita Chakraborty
Molecular biologist, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-49
Email:
chakraborty@max-planck-innovation.de
Patent- & License Manager
Dr. Marianne Schwarz
Biochemist, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-15
Email:
schwarz@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. Andreas Vogler
Physicist
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-36
Email:
vogler@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
- 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
Senior Start-up & Portfolio Manager
Dr. Dieter Treichel
Biologist
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-26
Email:
treichel@max-planck-innovation.de
Project Manager EMI
Carolin Wichmann
Industrial engineer
Phone: +49 7558 / 93 82-572
Email:
wichmann@max-planck-innovation.de
Head of Start-up Incubation Program
Dr. Philipp Topic
Master of Economic Sciences
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-50
Email:
topic@max-planck-innovation.de
Manager Program Design Incubation Program
Antonia Lang
Bachelor Bioprocess Engineering
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-33
Email:
lang@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. Leonie Erhard
Biochemist
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-38
Email:
erhard@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
Elisabeth van Dijk
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-13
Email:
vandijk@max-planck-innovation.de
Patent Administration
Bettina Huber
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-14
Email:
bettina.huber@max-planck-innovation.de
Assistance and Administration
Petra Huber
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-41
Email:
petra.huber@max-planck-innovation.de
Patent Administration
Laura Mück
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-40
Email:
mueck@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
Elke Heller
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-25
Email:
heller@max-planck-innovation.de
Assistance and Administration
Vera Hetfleisch
Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-37
Email:
hetfleisch@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