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I build to leave the world something cooler and cleaner than I found it – usually by helping take an idea most people would call unrealistic and turning it into something you can actually stand next to.
It started with a project-management module on a semester abroad in Brisbane, where I mapped out "how to build an aircraft prototype", mostly because my brother was already sketching one.
Back in Germany, with a master's thesis left to finish, I had the safe options: consulting, or a well-paid engineering job. Instead I jumped into the cold water, took the whole non-technical half of the project, and became a co-founder.
I still finished the science, too; my thesis work was published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
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