Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 13, 2002
Dr. Metin Colpan is a co-founder of the Company and has been Chief executive Officer since 1985. Dr. Colpan obtained his Ph.D. and M.Sc. 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. Profile
Mr. Colpan: QIAGEN is today the leading provider of enabling
technologies for purification, handling and separation of nucleic
