Christopher Studte

Christopher Studte is an experienced professional in the chemical industry, currently serving as the Head of Market Segment Consumer Goods - High Performance Polymers and Head of Innovation Growth Field Advanced Food Ingredients - Health Care at Evonik since January 2015. With a background that includes roles such as Director of New Health Ingredients - Pharma & Food Ingredients and Technical Marketing Manager Asia Pacific - Functional Silanes, Christopher has developed a strong expertise in various market segments. Prior experience includes serving as Manager R&D & Applied Technology for Functional Silanes at Evonik from 2010 to 2014 and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Tokyo, where research focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Christopher holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry from The University of Freiburg and has pursued advanced marketing and management education at IMD and the University of Mannheim.