Dr. Vera Eßmann studied Biochemistry at the universities of Bochum (Germany), Stockholm (Sweden), and Lund (Sweden). After receiving her PhD at Ruhr-University Bochum on wireless electrochemistry in the group of Prof. W. Schuhmann, she started at Covestro in June 2018 as R&D manager. Here, she works on the scouting and implementation of new bio-based raw materials in all the three business units of Covestro.