Christian Knobloch

Christian Knobloch has a diverse background in software engineering and project management. Christian is currently a co-founder of Recyda GmbH, a company that assists companies in evaluating the recyclability of packaging through software tools. Prior to this, they worked as a software engineering consultant at Green Light Labs from September 2019 to March 2021.

Knobloch also has experience in research and academia, having worked as an affiliate and visiting researcher at Berkeley Lab from April 2019 to March 2020. Additionally, they participated in an innovation project at Futury focused on food packaging and waste reduction from September 2019 to December 2019.

Before their current ventures, Knobloch held leadership positions at TriRhena Consulting e.V., where they served as President from May 2017 to June 2018, leading strategic development initiatives and conducting recruitment. Christian also worked as a lead software engineer at BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, where they developed the OptoBase.org platform for molecular optogenetic tools.

Prior to their software engineering roles, Knobloch worked as a lead developer at Knobloch Electronic-Produktions- und Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH from November 2014 to June 2018. Christian also gained experience as a student assistant at IMTEK, University of Freiburg, from December 2016 to May 2017.

Furthermore, Knobloch showcased their project management skills as a model rollercoaster project manager at Mawhiba in 2014, where they successfully shipped a custom, computer-controlled rollercoaster model to a Saudi Arabian company, gaining significant online attention.

Christian Knobloch completed their high school education at Elisabeth-Langgässer-Gymnasium Alzey from 2004 to 2013, earning a High School / Abitur degree. Afterwards, they attended The University of Freiburg, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Embedded Systems Engineering from 2013 to 2017. Christian further pursued their education at The University of Freiburg and completed a Master of Science (MS) degree in Embedded Systems Engineering from 2017 to 2020.