Martin grew up with three brothers in Germany. He completed a Master’s degree in Biology (Universität Würzburg), before moving to the USA for PhD studies (Arizona State University). Martin held postdoctoral fellowships at the National Institutes of Health (USA), Hokkaido University (Japan) and University of Otago (Aotearo New Zealand). He was a tenured Professor for Microbial Biotechnology (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), before starting United Scientists in Otepoti Dunedin.
Before studying dentistry, Christian became a certified and award-winning dental technologist. During his doctoral studies Christian researched the use of composite materials in dentistry. Following his approbation, Christian became a Research Fellow at the University of Ulm Dental Clinic, before joining a private dental clinic.
Michael has a distinguished engineering career, including work at the University of Chicago where he completed an external Master thesis for which he was awarded the prestigious VDE Friedrich Dessauer prize. Michael expertise includes embedded solutions for the automotive industry. In this area, Michael recently lead a software development team in Xiamen (China), before becoming the Head of IoT for an automotive company in Germany. Michael is also a Scrum Master.
