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Meet the MAX!mize Core Team

We are the core team of MAX!mize and dedicated experts from different fields. We tailor the right curriculum for your start-up project, make engaging events happen or market and communicate the activities around the program.

The whole MAX!mize team standing in front of the mountains
Profile picture of Kathrin Schelbaum, head of MAX!mize start-up incubation programme

Kathrin Schelbaum

Head of Start-up

Incubation Program

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schelbaum@max-planck-innovation.de

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Reynaldo Nina Garcia

Program

Manager​

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garcia@max-planck-innovation.de

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Jillian Mayer

Social Innovation

Manager

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mayer@max-planck-innovation.de

Event and operations manager from MAX!mize

Caroline Sandow

Event & Operations

Manager

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sandow@max-planck-innovation.de

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Sarah Oppenländer

Marketing & Comm. Manager

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oppenlaender@max-planck-innovation.de

Meet the MAX!mize Start-up Coaches
 

Our Start-up Coaches support you at any stage of the incubation program. They offer long standing experience in building science-based Start-ups and a broad network to experts and investors.

Start-up expert from the MAX!mize team

Ulrich Mahr

Head of Start-up &

Portfolio Management

Start-up coach from the MAX!mize team

Dr. Florian Kirschenhofer

Senior Start-up &

Portfolio Manager

Start-up coach in front of an orange wall from the MAX!mize team

Sebastian Meyer-Borchert

Senior Start-up &

Portfolio Manager

Start-up expert in front of an orange wall from the MAX!mize team

Dr. Achim E. H. Wolf

Start-up &

Portfolio Manager

Biologist from the MAX!mize team

Dr. Dieter Treichel

Start-up Manager

Young Start-up coach from the MAX!mize team

Clemens Frick

Start-up &

Portfolio Manager

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Dr. Francesco Grillo

Start-up- &
Portfolio Manager

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