Serge Niederkorn

CEO

MSc ETH in Mechanical Engineering
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Serge is CEO of novoMOF AG. Serge holds a master degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Science and Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich). In previous positions Serge was holding executive management positions in the construction and automotive industry. Furthermore Serge has been working as management consultant for leading international strategy management consulting firms.

Daniel Steitz

CIO & Co-founder

MSc ETH in Chemical and
Bioengineering

Daniel is co-founder and CEO of novoMOF AG. He holds a master degree in Chemical and Bioengineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Science and Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) and has been working in the group of Professor Jeroen A. van Bokhoven. Before incorporating novoMOF AG, Daniel worked at the Paul Scherrer Institute on metal-organic frameworks under the supervision of Dr. Marco Ranocchiari. Since February 2017, Daniel is in charge of managing the PSI-spinoff.

Guglielmo Capodieci

Head of Global Sales

EMBA
BSc in Business Engineering

Guglielmo is Head of Global Sales of novoMOF AG and responsible for our new business development. He holds a Bachelor degree in Business Engineering from Politecnico di Milano. In previous positions he was managing sales departments of leading global companies in the field of advanced materials. Furthermore, he was responsible for business development and specialised projects within semiconductors, healthcare, oil and gas, aerospace and automotive industries.

Niklas Bauer

Marketing Manager

BSc in Business Administration
MSc in International Management

Niklas is Marketing Manager of novoMOF AG. He holds a Bachelor degree in Business Management and recently graduated with a MSc degree in International Management from Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW). Before joining novoMOF, Niklas has gained experience in sales and marketing in various positions and is now responsible for all marketing activities.

Charles Toft

Materials Expert

Dr. Sc. Supramolecular Chemistry
MSc Chemistry

Charles is our MOF expert, as he as a PhD in supramolecular chemistry and has been gaining further experience as application engineer with Promethean Particles. He will provide technical and chemical knowledge of our materials in all our projects and further advance our production.

Anna Chomiak

Application Engineer

Dr. sc. ETH Process Engineering
MSc in Engineering

Anna has 14 years of industrial and R&D experience in fields related to environmental and process engineering. This broad range includes development of polymers for desalination and oilfield (BWA Water Additives), mass transfer limitations on membrane systems (biofouling) at EAWAG / ETH Zürich, and sorbents & pigments based on calcium carbonate (Omya). For novoMOF, Anna is involved customer projects as well as internal process developments.

Oliver Maurer

Production Technician

Chemie- und Pharmatechnologe EFZ
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Oliver is responsible for the synthesis of metal-organic frameworks at lab and production scale. He has a sound background in the production of intermediates and active ingredients (non HiPo – HiPo Kat. 3). With his broad experience in the development of ingredients at pilot scale, he optimises the yield of our syntheses while increasing  the quality of our MOFs.

Claudio Reale

Lab & Production Manager

Chemie- und Pharmatechnologe EFZ
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Claudio Reale is responsible for the production of metal-organic frameworks. Before joining novoMOF, he has worked for Carbogen Amcis and Dottikon ES in the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Besides the production itself, he is well-trained in quality management following ISO9001:2000, as well as cGMP and GLP procedures. With advanced training in ‘Lean Production Management’ and ‘Environmental Safety and Health’ he is able to work efficiently and to the highest standarts.

Prof. Dr. Jeroen A. van Bokhoven

novoMOF Co-Founder
Professor for Heterogeneous Catalysis, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich; Head of Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry (LSK), Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)

Dr. Marco Ranocchiari

novoMOF Co-Founder
Group Leader of Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry (LSK), Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI); Ph.D. Homogeneous Catalysis, ETH Zurich

Dr. Marco Taddei

novoMOF Co-Founder
Assistant Professor, University of Pisa, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry; Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Perugia

Prof. Dr. Omar M. Yaghi

James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry at University of California, Berkeley, Senior Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Prof. Dr. Jeremiah Gassensmith

Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bioengineering, at the University of Texas at Dallas