Marcel von der Haar

Marcel von der Haar has extensive work experience in various roles and companies. Marcel currently works at Sartorius Stedim Biotech as the Head of Product Management for Ecosystem Software, a position they have held since March 2023. Prior to this, they were the Head of Product Strategy Digital & Data Analytics at the same company from December 2021 to March 2023.

Before joining Sartorius Stedim Biotech, Marcel worked at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, where they held the role of Head of Data Science for Life Science. In this position, they led a team of Senior Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers and was responsible for generating business value through data science-focused PoCs and subsequent industrialization. Marcel worked at Merck from July 2017 to December 2021, starting initially as a Data Scientist.

Marcel's earlier work experience includes a role as a Ph.D. Student at Leibniz Universität Hannover from January 2014 to September 2017. Marcel also worked as a Student Researcher at OptiEnz Sensors, Colorado State University, Institut für Technische Chemie (Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Institut für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft und Abfalltechnik (Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany) during different periods from 2010 to 2013.

Overall, Marcel von der Haar has a strong background in product management, strategy, data science, and scientific research.

Marcel von der Haar obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Life Science from Leibniz Universität Hannover in 2011. Marcel then pursued a Master of Science (MS) in Life Science from the same university, graduating in 2013. Marcel went on to complete their Doktor (Ph.D.) in Chemistry at Leibniz Universität Hannover from 2014 to 2017. In addition to their degrees, they also obtained several certifications including Specialist Officer Genetic Safety, Specialist Officer Quality Management / GMP, and Specialist Officer Water Protection from Leibniz Universität Hannover.