Robert Giessmann was born on 23.08.1990, grew up in Berlin, and didhis Abitur at the Ev. Schule Frohnau. Subsequently he studied Chemistryat the University of Rostock and the Philipps-University Marburg. He enjoyedstays abroad in Vienna and Helsinki, and pursued his Ph.D. in the lab ofProf. Peter Neubauer.

His first job was with Bayer on the topic of "FAIR data". There, he is in chargeof the private-public partnership "FAIRplus", funded by the InnovativeMedicines Initiative (IMI).

Scientifically, I am fascinated by Life itself.I find it really interesting to dig intometabolism, and the myriad of enzyme-catalyzed reactions thatkeep our body running.

Very concrete: I try to complete the picture of equilibriumconstants of relevant enzyme-catalyzed reactions. The (apparent)equilibrium constants tell you which side of a chemical reaction isfavored by the laws of nature.Relevant is of course a matterof discussion — I personally started with the very pragmaticdefinition "it's on theBiochemical Pathways wall chart".