Dr. Schriek  joined QIAGEN in 1997. He served as Head of Corporate Business Development & Intellectual Property & Litigation and Senior Vice President at Qiagen GmbH until 2015. Dr. Ulrich Schriek is now Senior Advisor to Qiagen since July 2015. Prior to joining QIAGEN, Dr. Schriek held several sales and marketing positions at Pharmacia Biotech, where he served as Global Marketing Director. Dr. Schriek graduated with a Master’s degree in Science and obtained his Ph.D. in Biology from the Ruhr Universität Bochum in Germany. He worked for the World Economic Forum´s Technology Pioneers Selection Committee 2013 and 2014 and is since 2011 member of the Investment Committee K2 at the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF).