Christian Schneider works in the VitalDose® product line of Celanese. He is a principal application and new business development manager, with a focus on the EMEA and Indian markets. In the past he was leading a chemical lab dedicated to controlled release studies for long-acting product & application developments. Christian did his doctoral thesis in physical chemistry at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin in the department for Soft Matter and Functional Materials of Prof. Matthias Ballauff. He studied chemistry at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, with a special focus on polymer chemistry and colloidal physics.