Daniel Steitz

CEO & 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

BSc in Business Engineering
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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 graduated with a bachelors degree in Business Management from Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW) and is currently pursuing his MSc degree in International Management. Before joining novoMOF, Niklas has gained experience in sales and marketing in various positions and is now responsible for all marketing activities.

Dr. Gerald Bauer

CTO

Ph.D. EPFL in Chemistry
MSc in Technical Chemistry

Gerald is CTO of novoMOF AG. He received his MSc in Technical Chemistry at the TU in Vienna under joint supervision of Prof. Karl Kirchner, UT Vienna, and Prof. Kazushi Mashima, University of Osaka. Subsequently, he joined the lab of Prof. Xile Hu at EPFL investigating organo-metallic iron complexes in coupling reactions, for which he was awarded his PhD in 2015. Before joining novoMOF AG in 2018, Gerald was working at the Paul Scherrer Institute utilising metal-organic frameworks in catalytic reactions. Gerald is in charge of process development and MOF production.

Claudio Reale

Production Technician

Chemie- und Pharmatechnologe EFZ
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Claudio Reale is responsible for the production of metal-organic frameworks and works in close cooperation with Gerald Bauer. 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