Our team

Please direct general questions to:

Email: info@max-planck-innovation.de

Phone: (089) 290919-0

Departments

Management

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 19-24
Email:
mahr@max-planck-innovation.de

Patent & License Management Life Sciences
  • 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. Matthias Stein-Gerlach

Biologist

Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-18
Email:
stein-gerlach@max-planck-innovation.de

Patent- & License Manager

Ingrid Kapser-Fischer

Nutritionist, M.Sc.

Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-19
Email:
kapser-fischer@max-planck-innovation.de

Patent- & License Manager

Dr. Leonie Mönkemeyer

Biochemist

Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-38
Email:
moenkemeyer@max-planck-innovation.de

Patent & License Management Chemistry, Physics, Technology & Software
  • 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. Huong Schmidtke-Tran

Chemist

Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-36
Email:
schmidtke-tran@max-planck-innovation.de

Start-up & Portfolio Management
  • 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 19-24
Email:
mahr@max-planck-innovation.de

Senior Start-up & Portfolio Manager

Astrid Giegold

Diplom-Kauffrau

Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-11
Email:
giegold@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

Dipom-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

Patents
  • 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

Kattrin Gnielka

Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-30
Email:
gnielka@max-planck-innovation.de

Patent Administration

Bettina Huber

Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-14
Email:
bettina.huber@max-planck-innovation.de

Patent Administration

Veronika Schauer

Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-40
Email:
schauer@max-planck-innovation.de

Agreements, Legal and Finance
  • 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

Dr. Karsten Bräuker

Inhouse Lawyer

Telefon: +49 89 / 29 09 19-15
Email:
braeuker@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

Benjamin Raves

Inhouse Lawyer

Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-34
Email:
raves@max-planck-innovation.de

Finance

Maria Pasecky

Business Economist (VWA)

Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-22
Email:
pasecky@max-planck-innovation.de

Administration

Assistance and Administration

Elke Heller

Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-25
Email:
heller@max-planck-innovation.de

Assistance and Administration

Petra Huber

Phone: +49 89 / 29 09 19-37
Email:
huber@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

Marketing and Public Relations
  • 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