Marcus Hartmann
Cilian AG, Germany
Biography
Marcus Hartmann has spent his scientific career investigating protozoan organisms, particularly Ciliates. He worked for the central research department of Aventis, Frankfurt (Germany) and was a postdoc in an academic working group at the University of Münster. His postdoctoral study dealt with research in the field of commercial applications of protozoan organisms. Based on his extensive scientific experience in the field Ciliate biotechnology, he founded Cilian, and since then he has headed the Company’s R&D team. Marcus Hartmann is the author of numerous scientific publications, recitations and patents in the area of Ciliate biotechnology. One of the main breakthrough of his team was the first-ever production of therapeutically usable proteins in Ciliates.