Florian Witte

Dr. Florian Witte is a strategic alliance professional with broad scientific background and track record in managing R&D alliances and multi-program collaborations. With more than a decade experience in alliance and project management, he is a strong advocate of collaborative thinking and joint value generation in drug development alliances. Dr. Witte joined Pieris in 2017 to build and further professionalize the alliance management capabilities, and in his current role is also driving Pieris’ early-stage project leadership as well as project management office capabilities. Prior to joining Pieris, Dr. Witte spent almost 8 years at MorphoSys in Alliance Management and R&D, driving therapeutic antibody projects with partners from early-stage discovery to clinical development phases. Dr. Witte received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Free University of Berlin and worked at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics as well as the Institute for Medical Genetics and Human Genetics at the Charité, University Medicine Berlin. He also holds a diploma in biology from the University of Würzburg.