Our team

Our team promotes agricultural sustainability and resilience in line with our core values.

"We give substance to soil"

The faces behind AgroBiogel

The people behind AgroBiogel

Our team makes agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and soil smarter, more sustainable, and fit for the future. “We give substance to soil” – the creators behind AgroBiogel, full of ideas, drive, and coffee power. 🚀🌱

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Krister Dietl

Krister Dietl

Production

Krister – our production expert: keeps machines and processes in top shape so that everything runs smoothly. If there's a problem somewhere, he usually already has the solution ready. 🛠️✨

Dr. Nadezhda Dorofeeva

Dr. Nadezhda Dorofeeva

Innovation and Quality Coordinator

Nadja – a biologist with a PhD and scientific precision: conducts our tests and conjures up professional videos and photos. She has even filmed for “Universum” – a natural talent in front of and behind the camera. 🎥🔬

DI Christoph Ertl

DI Christoph Ertl

Head of Technical Marketing & Sales

Christoph – Head of Tech Marketing & Sales, gardener at heart, dog lover, and punk rock frontman. He explains RETENTIS® plants so well that they grow in agreement – and farmers nod enthusiastically. 🚀🌱

Dr. Martin Felhofer

Dr. Martin Felhofer

Operations Lead

Martin – our all-rounder with a passion for wood: manages production and is involved in research, marketing, sales, and business development. In his free time, he enjoys camping in a vintage bus with family and friends. 🌲🚐

Yuliia Hennig, MA

Yuliia Hennig, MA

Operations Coordinator

Yuliia – our organizational genius: juggles logistics and invoices, drinks organic tea, and plans everything, even breaks to take a deep breath. 🚀

Dr. Tobias Keplinger

Dr. Tobias Keplinger

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Tobias – CEO with scientific depth and business drive. From wood researcher to RETENTIS® visionary who protects plants from drought. Privately, he is a family man, hobby chef, and strategist with a penchant for books and finance. 🌱📚

Matija Mijatović

Matija Mijatović

Research Associate

Matija – at home in research and development: tests RETENTIS®, conducts large-scale field trials, and evaluates everything. Currently a full-time dad on paternity leave – scientific curiosity meets family happiness. 🌱🍼

Maximilian Nagl

Maximilian Nagl

Production Engineer

Max – Production processes are his domain: he monitors, optimizes, and brings his deep chemical expertise to bear. Our quality manager has every reaction under control – from the laboratory to the running plant. ⚗️✅

Prof. Dr. Gibson S. Nyanhongo

Prof. Dr. Gibson S. Nyanhongo

CTO and Co-Founder

Gibson – With four languages, a passionate scientist with strong inventive spirit, and green fingers, he developed the first lignin-based hydrogel and our RETENTIS®. Leads AgroBiogel to make agriculture climate-friendly and sustainable. 🌱

Felix Ringsmuth

Felix Ringsmuth

Production

Felix – right-hand man in production: supports Krister, lends a hand wherever needed, and ensures that everything runs like clockwork – clean, reliable, unstoppable. ⚙️💪

Marc Schmidheiny

Marc Schmidheiny

Sales Consultant

Marc – Sales Consultant with a mission: bringing RETENTIS® to the wider world, making contacts and opening doors – always with a smile and a clear vision. 🌍🤝

mag. ing. agr. Nikolina Burger Soldo

mag. ing. agr. Nikolina Burger Soldo

Technical Marketing Manager

Nina – Technical Marketing Mastermind: between the laboratory and likes, she transforms field trials into clear insights, enjoys traveling, loves coffee, and makes even dry data blossom. 🌱📊

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