Team

Lab leadership

Peter Neubauer

Prof. Dr. Peter Neubauer

Co-founder and director

Head of the Chair of Bioprocess Engineering at TU Berlin. His work connects biotechnology, laboratory automation and the translation of bioprocesses into practical applications.

TU Berlin profile · April 2026
Mariano Nicolas Cruz Bournazou

Dr. Mariano Nicolas Cruz Bournazou

Group lead

The institutional group page identifies Dr. Cruz Bournazou as KIWI Biolab’s group lead. His research focuses on bioprocess digitalization, model-based methods and autonomous biolabs.

Institutional group profile

The original project team

This roster records the original KIWI-biolab Future Lab team, as shown in the archived website. The roles and affiliations below are historical; they do not establish current membership.

Coordinators

Prof. Dr. Peter Neubauer

Prof. Dr. Peter Neubauer

Coordinator

Head of Bioprocess Engineering, TU Berlin

Institution
Prof. Dr. Lars Schmidt-Thieme

Prof. Dr. Lars Schmidt-Thieme

Co-coordinator

Head of Information Systems and Machine Learning Lab, University of Hildesheim

Institution
Prof. Dr. Uwe Bornscheuer

Prof. Dr. Uwe Bornscheuer

Co-coordinator

Head of Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, University of Greifswald

Institution

Scientists

Dr. M. Nicolas Cruz-Bournazou

Dr. M. Nicolas Cruz-Bournazou

Project Leader and TF2 Leader

Institute of Biotechnology, TU Berlin

Dr. Maxim Borisyak

Dr. Maxim Borisyak

TF1 Leader

Institute of Biotechnology, TU Berlin

Annina Kemmer

Annina Kemmer

TF3 Leader

Institute of Biotechnology, TU Berlin

Dr. Marie-Therese Schermeyer

Dr. Marie-Therese Schermeyer

TF4 Leader

Institute of Biotechnology, TU Berlin

Marta González Gómez

Marta González Gómez

Project Manager

Institute of Biotechnology, TU Berlin

Simon Seidel

Simon Seidel

TF1 and TF4

Institute of Biotechnology, TU Berlin

Dr. Stefan Born

Dr. Stefan Born

TF1

Orientierungsstudium MINTgrün, TU Berlin

Dr. Tilman Barz

Dr. Tilman Barz

TF2

Center for Energy, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH

Dr. Jong Woo Kim

Dr. Jong Woo Kim

TF2

Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University

Niels Krausch

Niels Krausch

TF2 and TF4

Institute of Biotechnology, TU Berlin

Dr. Kexin Bi

Dr. Kexin Bi

TF3

Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

Dr. Mark Dörr

Dr. Mark Dörr

TF4

Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald

Prof. Dr. Ernesto Martínez

Prof. Dr. Ernesto Martínez

TF2, TF4

Institute of Development and Design, INGAR/Conicet, Argentina

PhD Students

Randolf Scholz

Randolf Scholz

TF1

Institute of Computer Science, University of Hildesheim

Judit Aizpuru

Judit Aizpuru

TF2

Institute of Biotechnology, TU Berlin

Christoph Lange

Christoph Lange

TF3

Institute of Biotechnology, TU Berlin

Lucas Kaspersetz

Lucas Kaspersetz

TF4

Institute of Biotechnology, TU Berlin

Stefan Maak

TF4

Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald

Federico Mione

Federico Mione

TF2, TF4

Institute of Development and Design, INGAR/Conicet, Argentina

Former members

Members explicitly listed as former members in the original project website.

  • Nico Fischer, TU Berlin, Germany
  • Dr. Qin Fan, UniSysCat, Germany
  • Dr. Nghia Duong-Trung, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany
  • Dr. Katharina Paulick, MINAUTICS GmbH, Germany
  • Dr. Sebastian Groß, wega Informatik AG, Switzerland