Metin Colpan

DR METIN COLPAN is a Co-founder of the Company and has been Chief
Executive Officer since 1985. Dr Colpan obtained his PhD and MSc in
Organic Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from the Darmstadt Institute
of Technology in 1983. Prior to founding QIAGEN, Dr Colpan was an
Assistant Investigator at the Institute for Biophysics at the University
of Dusseldorf. Dr Colpan has had wide experience in separation
techniques and in the separation and purification of nucleic acids in
particular, and has filed many patents in the field.