Christian studied molecular biology and bioinformatics at the Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, focusing on comparative genomics of C4 photosynthesis in grasses using bioinformatics and molecular methods. He joined MACHEREY-NAGEL in 2017, where he has concentrated on the development and implementation of high throughput nucleic acid purification kits on various automation platforms. As the senior application specialist at MACHEREY-NAGEL he is leading the R&D automation team to support customers around the world to automate their nucleid acid purifications.