Dr. Patrick Lorenz

• Born in 1962
• Diploma in Biology from Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
• PhD at the University of Basel (group of Dr. Bruno Betschart, Zoology, Swiss Tropical Institute)
• Research as Senior Research Scientist in the multinational research group of Prof. Clayton at the Center for Molecular Biology of the University of Heidelberg; topics included biogenesis of organelles in the parasite Trypanosoma brucei
• 1998 to 2007: Unit Head “Enzyme Technology” at BRAIN: development of the metagenomics platform / supervision of industrial collaborations and BMBF-funded R&D projects
• 2007 to 2018: Department Head Molecular Biology at AB Enzymes, Darmstadt
• 2018: MBA Essentials at the London School of Economics and self-employed Industrial Biotechnology Consultant
• 2019: New Business Development Manager for the Enzymes division of the Business Unit “Nutrition & Health” at BRAIN
• Since 2020 at BRAIN responsible for the area “Strategic Initiatives BioScience”
• Since October 2023: Director Strategic Initiatives
  

Expertise:

• Over 20 years of experience in the industry, especially in the area of biotechnology and molecular biology
• Microbial expression (Bacillus, Trichoderma, Aspergillus)
• Gene mining
• Enzymes

Contact me via business@brain-biotech.com
or feel free to contact me via LinkedIn.