Programmes and initiatives I led or co-led. Publications and patents are listed separately under Publications; essays under Writing.
Research and innovation programmes
- DATIpilot – BioBlock · Director · 2025–2026 · €5M BMBF
Blockchain-based infrastructure for valorising FAIR biotech data. Coordination across academic and industry partners, governance, and funding compliance. - T!Raum Berlin – greenCHEM (SuperFlexEl) · Co-PI · 2021–2026 · €9M BMBF, €560K share
Innovation ecosystem for green chemistry across Berlin’s academic institutions and SMEs. - Biotechnology Accelerator (BioAcc) · Coordinator · 2025–2026 · €260K BMWE
ZIM innovation network. See the archive for the network description. - Energy Materials Accelerator (EnerMAC) · Coordinator · 2022–2023 · €250K BMWK
Ventures
- MANA.energy · Founder · 2024–2026
Battery-technology spin-off built on the silicon and sulfur chemistry and two Humboldt patents. Now run by the team that developed it.
Policy and public service
- Science in policy · Advisor · World Economic Forum, Genshagener Kreis, Frontiers Policy Lab
See The missing link of science in policy. - Ukraine Digital / Scholars at Risk · Academic Ambassador · 2022–2023
Practical guidance on hosting displaced researchers, at Scholars at Risk. - Emergency hand-sanitiser initiative · Co-initiator and coordinator · March–April 2020
Five of us produced up to 1,100 litres a day for the Charité, to a WHO formulation meeting the European surgical-prep standard, when the commercial supply collapsed.