Ulrich Kosciessa

Biography

Ulrich Kosciessa, PhD has been our Chairman of the Board and Director since June 2012. Dr. Kosciessa serves as Managing Director at our parent company, medac GmbH, and is a member of the executive management board. Dr. Kosciessa joined medac GmbH in 1997 as Assistant to the Managing Director and founder. Prior to assuming the position of International Division Director in 2004, he was responsible for providing sales and marketing leadership to the international division. Under Dr. Kosciessa’s direction, medac GmbH established several subsidiaries and affiliates, as well as a network of international partners globally. Since 2006 Dr. Kosciessa has served concurrently as CEO of Photonamic, a subsidiary of medac GmbH. Photonamic is focused on research and development of photodynamic therapy and diagnostics, with products currently marketed in Europe, South America, Asia, and Australia. From 2006 to 2008 Dr. Kosciessa served as CEO at Immune Laboratory of Hannover, a research based organization focused on autologous dendritic cell-based tumor vaccines. Prior to joining medac GmbH, Dr. Kosciessa was a postdoctoral researcher at the neuroscience/neurodegenerative diseases division of Schering AG. Dr. Kosciessa received a B.S. in Biology and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany.

Research Interest

development and commercialization of treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer