Organic Chemist, Ph.D. from University of Bielefeld, Title: “New Silanes: Development, synthesis and applications” in 1996, started his career at Mehler, a company producing textile reinforcements for the rubber industry as a developer, 5 years’ experience as plant manager, then 7 years as global director for R&D before he joined Evonik as head of Applied Technology Tire & Rubber in 2014. Special interest in rubber reinforcement, new methods, rheology, fatigue.