Philipp Baaske studied Physics at the University of Bayreuth, Germany with a specialisation in Biophysics. In 2005 he began his PhD studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. He finished his work with the title "Biomolecules in Microthermal Fields" in the group of Prof. Dieter Braun in February 2010 with Magna Cum Laude. In May 2008 he founded NanoTemper Technolgies GmbH together with Dr. Stefan Duhr. Philipp Baaske is Geschäftsführer (CEO) of NanoTemper.
Stefan Duhr studied Biochemistry at the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany with a specialisation in Physical-Biochemistry. In 2004 he began his PhD studies in the Physics department at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. He finished his work with the title "Thermo-Optical Molecule Manipulation" in the group of Prof. Dieter Braun in June 2007 with Summa Cum Laude. In May 2008 he founded NanoTemper Technolgies GmbH together with Dr. Philipp Baaske. Stefan Duhr is Geschaeftsfuehrer (CEO) of NanoTemper.