Head of Assay Development & Screening Jan heads LDC’s Department for Assay Development & Screening since 2008. Furthermore, he was involved in planning and implementation of the compound management and screening unit COMAS of the Max Planck Institute for Physiology in Dortmund, Germany. In addition, Jan was managing director of HDC GmbH in Constance, Germany between 2013 und 2015. Jan is an active member of SLAS – Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening. He studied Biochemistry at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, and at Imperial College, London, England, followed by PhD studies at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany. He started his industrial career in 2001 at Axxima Pharmaceuticals and GPC Biotech.