Cheer! Meet the team behind the scenes

Can you tell us something about yourself?

Hi everyone, my name is Leander and besides being an avid rock climber, LEGO aficionado and video game enthusiast, I recently graduated with a PhD in Chemistry here in Munich. Already during my bachelor’s studies, I came into contact with mass spectrometry and immediately fell in love with this amazing analytical technique, especially for the identification and quantification of proteins. Since then, I dedicated my scientific career to deepening my knowledge about mass spec technology and applying it to answer manifold biological questions.

What's that you're doing, Leander?

As a member of PreOmics®’ research team, I have the exciting opportunity to be part of novel technology and innovation in protein sample preparation for mass spectrometry. My projects are focused on the development of new workflows employing our recently launched tissue/cell homogenizer, the BeatBox, and I am looking forward to the day when a new product that I helped bring to life hits the shelves.

What brought you to PreOmics®?

Studying close to where PreOmics® is at home (both thematically and spatially) inevitably led to contact points already during PreOmics®’ early development with a few visits from Garwin and the opportunity to give feedback on the first iST kits. Therefore, PreOmics® was always on my mind when thinking about my post-PhD career. So, when the time came and I saw the job opening, I didn’t hesitate for one moment to fire up my PC and get down to typing that application letter.

Anything else you would like to add?

Whether you live to work or work to live, it’s always beneficial to find something you like doing for a big part of the week.