Vancouver Chapter Director

I'm a PhD student in microbiology at the University of British Columbia. I'm originally from Germany and came to Vancouver in 2013. I quickly fell in love with the city and started calling it my home. I settled for real in 2015 when my wife moved over from Switzerland, we bought an apartment , and got a dog. I'm totally into the healthy, active West Coast lifestyle, which gives me motivation and energy for my work. I joined the Startup Grind community because I'm super excited about entrepreneurship and want to grow our local network. I started RhYme Biotechnology to leverage new technologies that can solve urgent problems. We want to create green chemicals with novel functions and replace unsustainable products. I believe that entrepreneurship is a great opportunity to realize ones ambitions and have a significant contribution to making the world a better place. It is also so much fun to start something, see your ideas come to fruition, and to make friends along the way. I'm hoping to be able to do that as Chapter Director, too!