Sobre Biogents

Martin Geier estudió biología en Ratisbona y en su tesis de maestría y tesis doctoral investigó el sentido del olfato de los mosquitos. Trabajó de post-doc en el Departamento de Entomología de la Universidad de California en Riverside, donde se concentró en la orientación de los insectos según los olores. Después de regresar a Alemania, se convirtió en director del grupo de trabajo de mosquitos en el Instituto de Zoología en Ratisbona. Una serie de investigaciones de campo de los mosquitos lo llevó a Brasil. Es miembro de la American Mosquito Control Association, de la European Mosquito Control Association y el instituto de la Biodiversidad. Dr. Geier habla alemán e inglés.

Andreas Rose estudió biología en Ratisbona y en la Universidad de Colorado en Boulder. En su tesis de maestría y su tesis doctoral, se centró en el comportamiento de detección de huéspedes del insecto del Chagas, Triatoma infestans. Después de su trabajo como post-doc en el Mosquito Lab de Ratisbona, trabajó para un productor de aceites esenciales y extractos de plantas en Francia. Allí, fue el responsable de la investigación y el desarrollo y del control de producción y calidad. Es miembro  de la directiva de la European Mosquito Control Association, miembro de la Pan-African Mosquito Control Association, de la Society of Vector Ecology, de la European Network for Arthropod Vector Surveillance for Human Public Health, y de la German Association for General and Applied Entomology. Es miembro de la German National Expert Committee “Mosquitoes as Disease Vectors”. El Dr. Rose habla alemán, inglés y francés.

Hugo Plan is an experienced senior manager and was the general director of the company SPG (Société De Production Grainières), our French retail distributor, for many years. He played a leading role in establishing the Biogents brand on the French market and was an important support during the launch of our products into the European retail market by the SBM group. He is also the founder and president of CMC (Consulting Mosquitoes Control), a company that offers comprehensive solutions for an effective and sustainable mosquito control for the French professional market. In 2023, Hugo joined the management board of Biogents to support the future growth of the business. He speaks French, English, and some German.

Will Golland joins the management board of Biogents with 20 years senior commercial experience in the pest control industry. Having built and developed global manufacturing businesses at Bell Laboratories and Woodstream Corporation across multiple product categories, he brings significant commercial and management experience to add to the team. Over the past two decades, he has supported change and development in the industry through work with both National and European Associations. Will is now focussed on the future progression of Biogents global sales across both professional and consumer channels. He speaks English and French.

Ulla Gordon already worked at Regensburg University´s mosquito group as a student and joined the company in 2002. Her PhD thesis investigated so called “push-pull” control strategies for the yellow-fever mosquito Aedes aegypti, in particular the combination of BG-Sentinel traps with plant-derived spatial repellents. Between 2005 and 2018, Dr. Gordon was the head of Biogents´ contract research and development branch but lately took on a new, exciting challenge as our head of human resources. Despite her new tasks, she did not turn her back on science. As a member of Biogents´ internal Scientific Advisory Board she continues to consult and analyze current research projects in our scientific sector. Dr. Gordon is a member of the European and American Mosquito Control Association as well as the Society of Vector Ecology. She speaks German, English, and Portuguese.

Astrid Schuhbauer studied Biology at the Universities of La Rochelle, France and Vienna, Austria. Afterwards Ms. Schuhbauer gained first experience in mosquito control by identifying mosquito breeding sites in the March-Thaya wetlands in Austria and applying Bacillus thuringiensis (Bti) to suppress larval development. She joined our testing service department in April 2012 but moved on to the Biogents´ sales team in January 2018 as a key account manager for the European and African market. Ms. Schuhbauer speaks French, German, and English.

En Abril de 2017 Petra Schultheiss se integra en el equipo de Biogents después de varios años trabajando para una ONG europea en el campo de las áreas protegidas, donde estaba a cargo del desarrollo de proyectos y las relaciones de membresía. Ahora apoya al equipo de ventas de Biogents como Gerente de Cuentas Claves, asegurándose de que nuestros distribuidores internacionales obtengan los productos y la información que necesitan. Por formación como geógrafa y científica cultural, naturalmente tiene una visión general de muchos temas. Esto en combinación por su pasión de viajar es muy útil cuando se trata de desarrollar nuevos mercados alrededor del mundo. La Sra. Schultheiss habla alemán, inglés, español y francés y entiende portugués.

Potjana (Pook) Vianden has been working closely with Biogents as a distributor in Thailand since 2016. She has extensive expertise in providing biological mosquito control service solutions with BG-traps for hotels, schools, and high-end residences, and has installed over 600 serviced BG-traps in Bangkok and suburbs. In 2023, Pook joined the Biogents team as our Key Account Manager for the Asia-Pacific region. She is a valuable addition to our sales team and will play a pivotal role in strengthening our presence in the Asia-Pacific market and nurturing our relationships with key clients. Pook speaks Thai, German, English and understands Mandarin.

Léonie Aslanidis completed two trainings in the fields of media and marketing and then worked in trade & retail marketing in the fashion industry for several years. Before joining Biogents in the beginning of 2021, Léonie worked for a large publishing house in sales and as an online shop manager. At Biogents, she manages all D2C divisions of the business, which includes the development of D2C strategies and coordination of D2C campaigns in cooperation with our marketing department and external agencies. Ms. Aslanidis speaks German and English.

Hanna Rose studied German and English linguistics at the University of Regensburg. Since 2011, she takes care of the Biogents Webshops for professionals, researchers and retail clients, in both Europe and the US. Ms. Rose organizes the dispatch of the ordered products and is the point of contact for any questions related with the online orders. She speaks German and English.

Yvonne Weißflach finished an apprenticeship as an office clerk in real estate and housing business in Munich in 2001. After completion she worked in the same company in Regensburg for 15 years where she was responsible for several departments such as financial and tax department, administrative area, etc. Starting in January 2017 she now supports not only the Biogents management board but also the entire Biogents team. In 2019, she extended her professional activities and joined Biogents´ Webshops to take care of customer requests. Ms. Weißflach speaks German and English.

Marina Markova studied Economics at the University of Sofia, Bulgaria, and joined our team in the summer of 2021. As our new Online Marketplace Specialist, Marina is responsible for the daily business of our international D2C marketplaces with a focus on product range, account health and customer satisfaction. She speaks Bulgarian, English and German.

Jorge Garcia studied International Relations & Management at the University of Applied Sciences in Regensburg and subsequently worked in E-Commerce for two different companies. Mr. Garcia has been supporting our D2C team as an online marketplace specialist since fall 2022. He takes care of sales and maintenance of our international marketplaces, in particular the management and optimization of our campaigns.  Mr. Garcia speaks Spanish, English and German.

Maria Nikolayczik studied International Relations and Management at OTH Regensburg. As part of her studies she spent one year in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She completed several internships in corporate environments and examined the innovative power of intercultural teams in her thesis. Most recently she worked in sales for a Tech Startup and moved on to join Biogents in April 2020 to support the Customer Care Team with full force. Ms Nikolayczik speaks German, English and Portuguese.

Brigida Napolitano joined our customer care team in March 2020. She graduated in Foreign languages and International Relations in Italy. Since she moved to Regensburg, she has been working in Nature conservation for the EUROPARC Federation in the area of membership and office management. At Biogents, she works as first point of contact for the customers, managing customer requests and providing customer service and assistance with payments, billing, technical support and other general inquiries. Ms Napolitano speaks Italian (native speaker), French, English and German.

Lena Hauser is a trained industrial clerk and certified bachelor professional in management for industry and master professional of business management. After her training, she worked in internal sales and customer service in Regensburg before joining our team in the fall of 2022. Ms. Hauser supports our customers with all inquiries and is the contact person for orders, payments and technical support. She speaks German and English.

Jennifer McCaw estudió zoología en la Universidad de California en Santa Bárbara y recibió su Maestría en Ciencias en la Universidad de Ratisbona. En su tesis de maestría, optimizó formulaciones de mezclas de olores atractivos para los mosquitos de la malaria para los dispositivos de contaminación del mosquito del MCD project. Es jefa de gestión de productos. La Srta. McCaw habla inglés y alemán.

Carolin Degener studied Biology in Regensburg and obtained her PhD in Parasitology from the University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She had her first contact with Biogents as an undergraduate student working as a volunteer in repellent efficacy studies. She decided to dedicate her research to mosquitoes and investigated yellow fever mosquito mass trapping in her Master’s and PhD theses. After a post-doc at Fiocruz in Rio de Janeiro where Carolin worked in a project that developed a real-time dengue alert system for Brazilian municipalities, she returned to Biogents in 2016. She has been involved in several work areas, including development, marketing, data analysis, and scientific writing. In 2023, Carolin joined our new product management team as scientific advisor and to provide technical support for our customers. Carolin speaks German, is fluent in English and Portuguese, and understands French.

Antoine Cohen has been working with Biogents in the French PCO market since 2010. He has extensive expertise in the employment of Biogents traps in the field and we were pleased to add him to our Product development team in 2023. As our new technical manager for the French market, Antoine helps our distributors, professionals and private households to get the best out of their Biogents products. Antoine speaks French and English.

After his commercial training, Johannes Falke completed a Bachelor in logistics. After 9 years in the CEP industry, most recently as Operations Manager, he accepted a position in the automotive sector of a global electronics group where he gained 6 years of experience in logistics, production planning and control as well as customer support. Since March 2021 he is our new Operations Manager and responsible for the ongoing analysis and optimization of our internal & external production processes, logistics, supplier management as well as the further development of the ERP system. Mr. Falke speaks German and English.

After his apprenticeship as an office communication specialist at the main customs office in Regensburg, Christoph Ehrl joined the technology company Thermo Fisher Scientific GENEART GmbH, where he was responsible for the import & export business, especially the shipment of synthetic DNA. Subsequently, he worked for another three years at a logistics service provider for the automotive industry. Since November 2020 he supports the Biogents team in the area of import, customs formalities and warehouse logistics. He speaks German and English.

Michael Gasser is a trained businessman for office management and a certified business administrator. Before joining our operations team in the summer of 2022, he worked as an operational purchaser in different companies in Regensburg. Mr. Gasser is responsible for the purchase and procurement of goods and coordinates the flow of goods between national and international suppliers, our production, warehouse and international distributors. Mr. Gasser speaks German and English.

Raluca Gärtner studied business economics at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies and completed her master’s degree at the University of Regensburg. After 4-year experience in the business process outsourcing department of an audit company and 12-year experience in finance controlling and accounting in the service industry, Raluca joint our team as head of finance & controlling. Since November 2023 she is responsible for the financial statements and reporting. Raluca speaks Romanian, German, English and French.

Ana Maria Safta studied food chemistry at the University Lucian Blaga in Sibiu, Romania, before completing further training as a financial accountant. Most recently, Ms. Safta worked for a company in Bucharest in accounts payable. She has been supporting our finance department since the fall of 2022 and primarily handles accounts receivable and accounts payable as well as auditing, account assignment and entering of current business transactions. Ms. Safta speaks Romanian, German and English.

Lena Halbritter is a trained tax clerk. She has gained significant experience in accounting while working for different companies since she finished her training 10 years ago. In spring 2023 she completed the team of our finance department and supports us in accounts payable and accounts receivable as well as in booking of all current business cases. Ms. Halbritter speaks German and English.

Silke Göttler estudió biología en la Universidad de Regensburg, Alemania. En su tesis de maestría y tesis doctoral se concentró en el endemismo críptico en varias especies de cangrejos utilizando genética poblacional y técnicas morfométricas. Las cuestiones filogenéticas, filogeográficas y ecológicas formaron parte de sus estudios. En el 2012 se incorporó al equipo de Biogents. Su enfoque es la relación con los clientes y el desarrollo de proyectos de protección de mosquitos en jardines, restaurantes, hospitales y sitios de acampada. La Dra. Göttler habla alemán e inglés.

Niko Zankl is a trained biotechnical assistant (BTA) and has a Master´s degree in Biology from the University of Regensburg. He wrote his thesis on “intraspecific variability and phylogeography in stone crabs”. Since April 2022, Mr Zankl is supporting the monitoring activities at Biogents and is responsible for various trap studies for the monitoring of invasive mosquitoes in Southern Germany. Niko Zankl speaks German and English.

Maximilian Epple is a state-approved biotechnical assistant and studied biology at the University of Regensburg. During his Master’s thesis at the Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry department he focused on a putative amino acid transporter in the thale cress, Arabidosis thaliana. Maximilian Epple joined Biogents internal R&D department as a research scientist in April 2018. He is responsible for the scientific part of product development such as testing and evaluating novel trapping systems, synthetic lure development and other product innovations. He speaks German and English.

Elena Geiger studied biology at the University of Regensburg and the Julius-Maximilians-University in Würzburg. She wrote her master’s thesis on “A behavioral analysis of the Bombus terrestris queen sex pheromone”. Since fall 2022, Ms. Geiger has been supporting our internal research and development department and is responsible for planning, conducting and analyzing behavioral experiments with mosquitoes in both, the laboratory and field. Ms. Geiger speaks German and English.

Michael estudió Física en el TU Clausthal-Zellerfeld y la Universidad de Bremen, y realizó tesis en el área de la Espectrometría de Masas. Después de completar su licenciatura, se trasladó a Silicon Valley donde trabajó por más de 25 años desarrollando instrumentos para la industria científica y de semiconductores. Al trabajar en un proyecto apoyado por la Fundación Bill y Melinda Gates obtuvo 15 patentes. Este trabajo despertó su curiosidad de trabajar con la tecnología de combatir los mosquitos. Michael se incorporó a nuestro equipo a principios del 2016 y es responsable del desarrollo de sensores ópticos, hardware y software para la detección y clasificación de mosquitos en relación con el proyecto REMOSIS patrocinado por la UE.

Armin Kordus estudió Ingeniería de Procesos en la Universidad de Ratisbona. Es responsable del diseño y de la ingeniería en el desarrollo de las trampas para mosquitos Biogents, de su garantía de calidad y documentación técnica. El Sr. Kordus habla alemán, inglés, francés y turco.

Andreas Lugauer completed his master’s degree in electromobility and energy networks at the Ostbayrische Technische Hochschule Regensburg and most recently worked as an electrical engineer in hardware development at Vitesco Technologies. Mr Lugauer has been supporting our product development team since February 2022, primarily in the development of electronic hardware and software and the evaluation & optimization of electronic products and prototypes. Mr. Lugauer speaks German and English.

Sergej Sperling studied biology at the University of Regensburg. In his master’s thesis, Sergej investigated a novel separation method for extracts in chemical ecology. Sergej joined Biogents in 2014 as part of the EU funded MCD (mosquito contamination device) project and was involved with the development, implementation and evaluation of new anopheline control techniques under semi-field and field conditions in Tanzania. After the completion of the project, Sergej moved to Biogents´Contract Research & Development department in 2017 and took over the role of Director in 2019. He is responsible for lab- and field investigations on the effectiveness of anti-mosquito products and is the point of contact for general questions on efficacy testing of biocidal products, especially PT 18 (Insecticides) and PT 19 (repellents). Sergej speaks English, German and Russian.

Shuang Li studied Biology at the University of Regensburg. In her master´s thesis at the Biochemistry department, Shuang characterized processome submodules of the baker´s yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. She joined our team in 2020 and is responsible for our mosquito breedings. Shuang speaks Mandarin, German and English.

Margit Lindner ha estado a cargo de la cría de mosquitos en Biogents desde el inicio. Es psicóloga de profesión. No podemos decir si esa es la razón por la que tiene tan buena relación con los mosquitos – en todo caso, siempre podemos contar con la Sra. Lindner proporcionarnos en cualquier momento suficientes mosquitas hembras activas y hambrientas para nuestros experimentos. La Sra. Lindner habla alemán e inglés.

Ingeborg Schleip estudió Biología en la Universidad de Ratisbona. Después de completar su tesis en biología del desarrollo en mutantes neurodegenerativas de Drosophila, estudió las N- y O- glicosilaciones en el Golgi de la levadura con el Grupo de Fisiología Vegetal. Después de recibir formación como editora digital, cambió su enfoque y siguió un nuevo camino como diseñadora multimedia, profesora de Biología y Química, y luego como gerente de márketing en una empresa de biotecnología. Desde Abril de 2013, ha trabajado para Biogents en márketing y en el programa de monitoreo de campo. La Srta. Schleip habla alemán e inglés.

Christian Müller is a trained photographer and digital publisher. After having worked for 10 years as designer in Digital Works and authoring for CD-Rom, Blu-Ray and DVD, he changed into movie-marketing. In July 2017 he joined our marketing-Team and supports us here in the areas of web, social media, video production and the creation of illustrations, picture- and printmaterial.

Jennifer Hermann joined our Marketing team in September 2020. After completing an apprenticeship in business administration and sales, she worked at Deutsche Telekom before she started to study in Regensburg. Initially, she wanted to become a teacher in German and English for secondary school but switched back to business administration after a few semesters. She studied Business Economics at the OTH Regensburg and mainly focused on marketing, Employer Branding and business consulting. During her studies, she worked in marketing & PR for a tech start up and gained some knowledge in social media management, among other things. She is still passionate about tutoring, proofreading and consulting and works as a freelancer on the side. Mrs. Hermann speaks German, English and a little bit of Spanish and French.

Scott Gordon received his PhD from Colorado State University. He has over 40 years of experience in public health entomology, and is Board Certified in Medical and Veterinary Entomology. He previously worked for the Ohio Department of Health Vector-borne Disease Unit and served as a medical entomologist in the US Army Medical Service Corps. He has conducted research on a wide range of topics in vector biology and authored or co-authored 35 publications. Dr. Gordon is a member of the Entomological Society of America, the American Mosquito Control Association, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,  Society of Vector Ecology and the European Mosquito Control Association.

Before he retired in 2022, Dr. Gordon served as President, Treasurer and Secretary of Biogents USA and research liasion for projects with external parties.  He is still a member of our Scientific Advisory Board.

Polly joined the company in 2014, shortly after she left Bucharest to settle in Regensburg. She supports the team mentally and physically and monitors all company-related activities with great enthusiasm, especially during lunch breaks. Polly understands different languages – if it suits her – and is a member of the ESDA (European Street Dog Association).

A long office day can only be survived in yoga position.

Olli is living proof that our mosquito traps and pets are compatible.