Dr. Katrin Streffer
Founder
Head of R&D
LXP group
Germany
Biography
Dr. Katrin Streffer Katrin is the Co-Founder of LXP. Prior to founding LXP (formerly maxbiogas) in 2009, she was the Head of R&D of a medtech company, financed by venture capital. At the beginning of her career, Katrin worked as a Research Associate at the Charité – University Medicine Berlin on her own project. Her work was mainly focused on the development of new laboratory tests. In 2007 she joined the start-up medtech company, Gilupi GmbH. In her position as a Chief Scientific Officer she was responsible for the management of R&D projects and product development, e.g. the development of the CellCollector® the first CE approved in vivo CTC isolation product worldwide. She holds a degree in chemistry from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, and a PhD in Analytical Biochemistry from the University of Potsdam, Germany. She is author and co-author of multiple scientific publications. She speaks German (native) and English (fluent) and is married with two children.
Research Interest
chemistry ,Analytical Biochemistry
