Keeping nutrients in the local loop

Wiebke is a Biotechnology student at TU Berlin with a passion for hands-on experimentation and turning scientific ideas into real-world applications. She enjoys working with biological processes, running experiments and seeing how results from the lab translate into practice. At foom, she brings this curiosity to the R&D team, where her work includes outdoor trials testing foom fertiliser on plants in real garden conditions.

When she’s not studying or experimenting, you’ll most likely find Wiebke at a concert, enjoying live music and dancing.

After years of apprenticeship in a management consultancy, Anike founded and built up tausendkind together with Kathrin, a leading online shop in the DACH area for baby and children’s supplies. An appreciative discussion culture and hard nuts motivate her, as do new ideas that inspire.

Anike is married and a mother of two children. She enjoys being out in nature with her family or baking a cake.

Marion's professional passion is turning biological principles into practical, sustainable solutions. As part of foom's R&D team, she runs bioreactors, plays with microbes and generates as many data points as possible. With a focus on waste management and the valorisation of biogenic streams, her goal is to turn organic waste into valuable resources.

When she's not in the lab, you'll most likely find her cooking for friends or enjoying the countryside.

Paolo's professional passion is building technology that works in the real world, and the teams that make it happen. Over more than 20 years, he has moved from writing code to leading engineering organisations, always keeping one foot in the hands-on work. As CTO of foom, he brings bioreactors, sensors and software together into one platform. His curiosity now centres on AI: using it, building with it and understanding what it means for a society moving ever faster towards the singularity.

When he's not coding or managing, you'll most likely find him on the beach near his home in Sardinia.

Shaheer's professional passion is turning messy real-world data into something a process can actually run on. As a data scientist and data engineer at foom, he combines sensor, operations and lab data to predict what's happening inside our reactor. He is currently completing a Master's degree in Data Science.

When he's not working with data, you'll most likely find Shaheer building his own solutions, playing video games or working out.

Darya is a Software Engineering student with a passion for software development, web design and emerging technologies. She enjoys exploring how technology and creativity can come together to create practical and engaging digital experiences. At foom, she contributes to website development and digital projects that bring our technology to life.

Curious by nature, she enjoys learning new technologies, tackling challenges and finding creative ways to solve problems.

Kathrin’s professional passion is innovation and entrepreneurship. Over the past 20 years, she has approached both from many angles - in academia during her PhD, across industries at McKinsey, across regions at the World Economic Forum, and ultimately as an entrepreneur herself. Together with Anike, she founded and scaled the online shop tausendkind and later started foom.

Kathrin is a mother of four. When she’s not building companies or coordinating a six-person family, you’ll most likely find her doing sports.