As Head of Steering of the German Association for Synthetic Biology, his motivation is to achieve the best results for our members,  advocate for their interests, and promote the growth of synthetic biology in science, industry, and politics.

Carolina is the current Vice-Head of Steering at GASB. She is doing her PhD at Heidelberg University on the phenotypic heterogeneity of B. subtilis biofilms and spores. Even though not working directly with SynBio, she believes it is a key discipline to solve many of our society’s problems. Reason why she joined GASB at the end of 2022, where she has worked in the Collaborations Associations team, to promote SynBio together with other Associations not only in Germany, but all around the world.

Raoul joined GASB in 2024 after being introduced to SynBio through a startup program. With his professional and academic background in business rather than biology, he hopes to bring new perspectives to the association and help further develop GASB, since he believes that SynBio provides key technologies to address current and future economic and environmental challenges.

Lena is a PhD student focusing on synthetic microbiology and metabolic engineering in the Lindlich Lab at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Her involvement began after the GCSB 2024. As Officer of Scientific Collaboration, Lena is responsible for communication with academic partners as well as coordinating the organization of academic events.

Florian is a PhD student at the CEPLAS excellence cluster in Düsseldorf, where he focuses on synthetic microbial communities and the plant microbiome. He joined GASB in 2022 and was a delegate to the UN CBD COP15, before steering GASB politics for the first time in 2024. As the Officer for Politics, he works at the interface of science and policy to promote a responsible and progressive political landscape, thus fostering the SynBio ecosystem in Germany and beyond.