Christoph holds a PhD in Macromolecular Chemistry from the RWTH Aachen University. He joined Momentive Performance Materials in 2000 and until 2005 he was R&D Laboratory Manager. In 2005 he became the European program leader for coatings in automotive glazing and forward lighting applications and in 2011 – the global UV-hardcoat technology leader. Since 2019 Christoph holds the position of Global Technology Platform Leader for UV and siloxane resin hardcoats.