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Dr Marc Lehmann is CEO and shareholder of SmartDyeLivery and has already been involved in the successful establishment of two technology companies. He has many years of experience in both corporate development and financing as well as in the development of infectious diagnostics and therapeutic procedures, especially in the field of sepsis. He has a track record in CE and GMP compliant product development and manufacturing of diagnostics and therapeutic procedures. In the context of product development, he was significantly involved in the planning and implementation of preclinical and clinical studies. Dr Lehmann is an inventor in a number of patents, has successfully raised tens of millions of euros in venture capital and funding, and has won several innovation awards with his multinational and interdisciplinary teams.

Prof Dr Michael Bauer is Director of the Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy at Jena University Hospital, spokesperson for the "Centre for Sepsis and Infection Research (CSCC)" at the Medical Faculty of Friedrich Schiller University Jena and deputy spokesperson for the DFG Collaborative Research Centre 1278 PolyTarget "Polymer-based nanoparticle libraries for the development of targeted anti-inflammatory strategies".
His research group works on the translational development of adjuvant therapy options in septic organ failure.

• 255 publications; 32 reviews/book contributions
• Citations: 15,300 (Web of Science), 25,560 (Google Scholar)
• h-lndex: 53 (Web of Science), 67 (Google Scholar)

Prof Dr Ulrich S. Schubert is Chair of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Director of the "Jena Center for Soft Matter" (JCSM) and one of the world's leading material scientists and chemists.

• 1,350 publications
• Citations: 82,000 (Web of Science); 111,300 (Google Scholar)
• h-lndex: 124 (Web of Sciences); 147 (Google Scholar)
• Speaker of the DFG Collaborative Research Centre 1278 "PolyTarget"
• External scientific member of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam
• Thuringian Research Award for Applied Research
• Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, USA
• Member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
• Federal Cross of Merit 2018, Germany
• University Teacher of the Year 2019, German University Association / ZEIT
• Founding Director Helmholtz Institute HIPOLE Jena (since 2023)

Prof. Dr. Anja Träger is Heisenberg Professor for Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Her research focuses on the development, formulation, and biological characterization of functional polymeric and hybrid nanomaterials for biomedical applications, particularly for the transport of active pharmaceutical ingredients and nucleic acids. In her work, she combines materials development with biological characterization and translational applications.

• 80 peer-reviewed publications
• Citations: >3,300
• h-index: 33
• 8 patent applications
• Deputy Director of the Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM)
• Rowena Morse Habilitation Award from Friedrich Schiller University Jena
• Grant from the Max Buchner Research Foundation (DECHEMA)
• Young Scientist Award from the Macromolecular Chemistry Division of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
• BMBF Young Researchers Group Grant (NanoMatFutur)
• Thuringian Innovation Award

Prof Dr Reinhard Wetzker is former head of the Institute for Molecular Cell Biology at the University Hospital Jena. His scientific interest was and is in understanding signal transduction processes in cells and organisms. The focus is on studies of the function of the signalling protein phosphoinositide 3-kinase gamma in adaptive stress reactions of biological systems.