Prior to founding MF BIOTECH, Michael worked in different international program management positions related to drug development and manufacturing within Fresenius Healthcare Group. He also worked as a Senior Consultant at Biopharma Excellence (now Pharmalex) where he contributed to numerous projects for innovative biotech products and significantly contributed to the company’s growth. Michael started his career in the area of clinical research as Clinical Project Manager and Clinical Research Associate at Sanofi-Aventis and Dr. Kade.

Michael received his Master’s degree in Biochemistry from the Freie Universität in Berlin. During his studies, he did research internships at the Max Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine (Berlin), the Centre for Molecular Neurobiology (Hamburg), the Harvard University Medical School (Boston), and the Institut Químic de Sarrià (Barcelona). Michael wrote his Master’s thesis on the project “Mechanism of chromatin remodelling by ATP-dependent complexes” at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (Barcelona). After his studies, Michael was trained as a Clinical Research Associate/Clinical Data Manager at Parexel. Michael also holds an MBA in General Management from the Wissenschaftliche Hochschule, Lahr. He graduated with the MBA Master Thesis “The Management of Ideas in the Front End of Innovation – a Case Study about the Creation of Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry“. Michael is a certified Project Management Professional and member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) as well as a core member of the PMI Community of Practice Life Science.