Team

Dr. Marc Lehmann was already successfully involved as managing director and development manager in the establishment of two companies. He has many years of experience in the development of infectious diagnostics, in particular in the field of sepsis, and has a track record in CE-compliant product development and manufacturing. Within the scope of development, CE-marking and later marketing, he was significantly involved in the planning and execution of several clinical studies, including multi-centre studies. Dr. Lehmann is an inventor in several patents, has raised several million Euros in grants and won several innovation awards with his multinational teams.

Prof. Dr. Ulrich S. Schubert ist Lehrstuhlinhaber für Organische und Makromolekulare Chemie an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Direktor des „Jena Center for Soft Matter“ (JCSM) und einer der weltweit führenden Materialwissenschaftler und Chemiker.

• >1,000 publications
• Citations: 46,000 (Web of Science); 61,500 (Google Scholar)
• h-Index: 98 (Web of Sciences); 114 (Google Scholar)
• ISI Thomson Reuter “Highly cited researcher” in “Materials Science”
• Spokesman of the DFG Collaborative Research Centre 1278 „PolyTarget“
• External scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam
• Thuringian Research Award for Applied Research
• Fellow National Academy of Inventors (NAI), USA
• Elected Member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
• Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• "University teacher of the year 2019“, German Association of University Professors and Lecturers / ZEIT

Prof. Dr. Michael Bauer is Director of the Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care at the Friedrich Schiller University Hospital in Jena,

Head of the Integrated Research and Treatment Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), funded by the German government and the Free State of Thuringia; and

Group leader for the translational development of adjuvant therapy options for septic organ failure.

• 180 publications; 25 reviews/ book contributions
• Citations: 5,078 (Web of Science), 8,279 (Google Scholar)
• h-Index: 44 (Web of Science), 56 (Google Scholar)

Dr. Anja Träger is working group leader at the chair of Prof. Dr. Ulrich S. Schubert and member of the Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM).

Her main interest lies in the characterization and biological application of polymers and their formulations. Through her studies of biochemistry, her PhD in biotechnology, in which she dealt with the gene delivery of cationic polymers, and her close cooperation with physicians, Dr. Träger can draw on a broad knowledge in the field of applications of synthetic polymers.

• Publications (peer-reviewed): 40
• Citations: 806 (Researcher ID), 940 (Google)
• h-Index: 16 (Researcher ID), 18 (Google)
• Patent applications: 6

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Wetzker headed the Institute of Molecular Cell Biology at the University Hospital Jena. His scientific interest is the understanding of signal transduction processes in cells and organisms. His research focuses on the function of the signaling protein phosphoinositide 3-kinase gamma in adaptive stress reactions of biological systems. Prof. Wetzker directs a graduate college of the German Research Foundation with the topic "Molecular Signatures of Adaptive Stress Responses" in Jena.