My name is Patrick Nikel, I was born on 10-22-1991 in Gelsenkirchen. I made my Abitur at Gelsenkirchen Grillo Gymnasium with advanced courses in Chemistry and Mathematics. After my abitur, I went to Technical University Dortmund to study Chemical Biology (10/2011). Bachelor thesis (07/2016-10/2016) in the working group of Biotechnology: Biotechnological production of 1,8-cineol with recombinant Escherichia coli. Master thesis (03/2019-08/2019) in the working group of Bioprocess technology: Development of an enzyme cascade for the synthesis of cyclic dinucleotides. The results of my master thesis will be published this month (04/2021).