Prof. Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Biochem.
Prof. Dr. Michael Rossbach is a seasoned life and health sciences professional, with expertise in diagnostics, cell-based therapeutics, neuroscience and genomics. Michael studied biochemistry (PhD in immunology) at the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia), at the University of Witten/Herdecke (Witten, Germany) and at Harvard Medical School (Boston, USA). Michael holds academic appointments at the National University of Singapore (NUS), at the German Institute of Science and Technology (TUM Asia) in Singapore (Biochemistry, Cell biology, and Bioorganic Chemistry), at INSEAD Management School (Entrepreneur-in- Residence) and he is Prof. and a member of the Faculty of the Witten School of Management (Germany). Michael served as the Director for Strategic Alliances at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) for many years, followed by an appointment as the VP Global Pharma Partnering of Vela Diagnostics (Singapore/Germany/USA) and also was a group leader at the Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, University of Bonn (Germany), and the Business Development Manager of LIFE&BRAIN, a translational incubator in neuroscience. Michael serves on the Advisory Board and Board of several biotech companies in the US, Europe and Asia.