•  Portrait of Dr. Jens Peter von Kries

    Dr. Jens Peter von Kries, Campus Berlin-Buch

Brain City Berlin Ambassador: Dr. Jens Peter von Kries is Director of the technology platform for active ingredient search and genome-wide RNA interference at the Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) & Max Delbrück Center Berlin.
 

How long have you lived in Berlin?
Since 1995.

Why did you choose Berlin?
Berlin offers a unique research community of scientists and clinicians plus biotechnology companies. It is a cosmopolitan city with a multicultural background. The lake landscape surrounding Berlin is also very beautiful.

What excites you about Berlin?
I especially appreciate the direct contact between politics and science about Berlin with mutual exchange of experiences in a metropolitan setting. What are your private interests and hobbies? Photography, basketball, nature.

What is your personal message for Berlin as a center for science?
Berlin offers great opportunities for research, study, teaching and innovation in modern optics and photonics. We invite you to take advantage of them! 

Berlin offers a unique research community of scientists and clinicians plus biotechnology companies.

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