Dr. Julia Schaft

Dr Julia Schaft holds a PhD in biology and completed her doctorate at the Justus Liebig University Giessen and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Heidelberg in 2002. Julia initially worked in the research department of an in vitro fertilisation clinic in Sydney Australia with human embryonic stem cells, but then moved into increasingly responsible management positions in which she both led scientific projects and worked in the field of legislative and ethical research regulation. In 2016, Julia joined BioRN as a project manager, led BMBF-funded internationalisation projects and played a key role in the strategic realignment of the BioRN Cluster.
Since 2018 Julia is Managing Director of BioRN, managing a network of key innovation stakeholders and advancing the Rhine-Neckar-region into one of the worlds leading life science clusters.
Julia was appointed to the supervisory board of WMT Therapeutics, a start-up in the field of oncology, and to the supervisory board of the European Funding Consortium EIT Health. Julia has been the spokesperson for the Council of German BioRegions since 2023.