Team
The team of the Max Planck Foundation’s start-up initiative combines start-up and industry experience as well as know-how from the field of start-up support in science. With the passion for innovation of the Max Planck Society, we combine our competencies and skills to help your start-up succeed!
He co-founded a deep technology startup based on research during his PhD at MIT and built the company over 5 years as CTO and CEO respectively. Since early 2019, he has been advising other startups and founders on strategy, funding, team building, and technology development.
He holds a PhD in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA and a Diploma in Chemistry from Goethe University Frankfurt. Between his diploma and PhD, he did research at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz.
Jan Schnorr has been working as a consultant for Startup Scouting for the Max Planck Foundation since 2020.
He co-founded a deep technology startup based on research during his PhD at MIT and built the company over 5 years as CTO and CEO respectively. Since early 2019, he has been advising other startups and founders on strategy, funding, team building, and technology development.
He holds a PhD in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA and a Diploma in Chemistry from Goethe University Frankfurt. Between his diploma and PhD, he did research at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz.
He has 20 years of experience with technology-based spin-offs from science. In addition to leading activities in university incubators and in corporate spin-offs, he has experience as a founder, coach, trainer and consultant of both start-ups and large German companies.
He holds an MBA in Innovation and Business Creation from TU-Munich and a degree in Media Studies from Bauhaus-Uni Weimar.
Mark Möbius has been working for the Max Planck Foundation as a technology scout since 2020.
He has 20 years of experience with technology-based spin-offs from science. In addition to leading activities in university incubators and in corporate spin-offs, he has experience as a founder, coach, trainer and consultant of both start-ups and large German companies.
He holds an MBA in Innovation and Business Creation from TU-Munich and a degree in Media Studies from Bauhaus-Uni Weimar.
Since 2018, she has been advising potential start-ups and SMEs in the areas of technical and business model validation of innovative products, the generation of public funding, team building and management, and partner acquisition.
In addition to various further training courses on all aspects of the start-up process, she is a Certified Project Manager of the IAPM and in the area of agile project management.
In addition to her work for the foundation, she manages FOUNDress, a project to promote start-ups by women in Saxony, and is doing her doctorate in the field of business model innovations for trend technologies.
Isabel Schulze has been working as a Technology Scout for the Max Planck Foundation since 2021.
Since 2018, she has been advising potential start-ups and SMEs in the areas of technical and business model validation of innovative products, the generation of public funding, team building and management, and partner acquisition.
In addition to various further training courses on all aspects of the start-up process, she is a Certified Project Manager of the IAPM and in the area of agile project management.
In addition to her work for the foundation, she manages FOUNDress, a project to promote start-ups by women in Saxony, and is doing her doctorate in the field of business model innovations for trend technologies.
The engineer has been passionately committed to innovation from the very beginning. For over 15 years, he has successfully supported corporations and hidden champions in developing new products and business models. He knows how to build a company from the ground up as the founder of his own start-ups.
Andreas Reiser studied mechanical engineering in Hamburg and industrial engineering in Karlsruhe.
Andreas Reiser has been working as a Technology Scout for the Max Planck Foundation since 2022.
The engineer has been passionately committed to innovation from the very beginning. For over 15 years, he has successfully supported corporations and hidden champions in developing new products and business models. He knows how to build a company from the ground up as the founder of his own start-ups.
Andreas Reiser studied mechanical engineering in Hamburg and industrial engineering in Karlsruhe.