Professional Bio
Philipp Veit is an expert in circular battery economy and EU battery research and regulation. He finished his PhD in organometallic chemistry at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in 2020. The focus of the thesis was redox switchable carbene ligands in homogenous gold catalysis.
After his PhD he worked for a member of the European Parliament in energy, climate and chemistry policy. During his free time, he served 6 years as a voluntary executive board member of the UrStrom energy cooperative Mainz, where he built up the business unit electric car sharing with 8 electric cars and 5 cargo bikes.
2022-2024 he worked two years for Prof. Maximilian Fichtner at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in the project management of the European large scale research initiative BATTERY 2030+ and was responsible for coordinating the process of writing a new roadmap and driving the work package on standards and protocols.
In October 2024 he joined Circunomics as Senior Business Development Manager & Public affairs to bring his background in chemistry, battery research and European politics into the circular battery economy.
After his PhD he worked for a member of the European Parliament in energy, climate and chemistry policy. During his free time, he served 6 years as a voluntary executive board member of the UrStrom energy cooperative Mainz, where he built up the business unit electric car sharing with 8 electric cars and 5 cargo bikes.
2022-2024 he worked two years for Prof. Maximilian Fichtner at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in the project management of the European large scale research initiative BATTERY 2030+ and was responsible for coordinating the process of writing a new roadmap and driving the work package on standards and protocols.
In October 2024 he joined Circunomics as Senior Business Development Manager & Public affairs to bring his background in chemistry, battery research and European politics into the circular battery economy.
Organization
Circunomics, Inc.
Silver Member