Enthusiast of microbial metabolic engineering and synthetic
biology and excited to work at the front of a dawning
biotechnological era.
Trivia
In spite of his conspicuous
don’t-mess-up-with-the-SEM-group appearance, Nico is a
rather gentle German who will only bite off people who
steal his pipettes (that he uses both for experiments
and biceps training).
He is a fitness-freak, which in practical terms means
that you could find him in the campus gym while not
taming P. putida to obey his every whim.
As a coffee-addict, he instigated the idea of having
our very own coffee machine in the office (the
consequences of which, e.g. an increase in people’s
productivity, are to be seen in the next few months).
Nico started his position at the SEM group on his 27th
birthday, a circumstance that was celebrated by sharing
a non-sugar, low-fat cheesecake that was actually
edible.
In a moment of innocent gullibility, he volunteered to
replenish the stocks of competent E. coli cells for the
laboratory whenever they are about to dwindle. This
enabled him to earn the title of ‘Master of Competence’
that he brags about in front of his gym mates.
Nico somehow mastered the air conditioning system in
the office and he is summoned every time that an
adjustment is needed so no one has to melt during Danish
summers.
Nico is interested in self-knowledge and philosophy,
and he is eager to eventually become the best dad in the
world.
