Florian Pump studied physics at the University of Bayreuth and graduated in 2004 with a thesis on superconductivity in mesoscopic structures. After his graduation, he joined the group of Prof. Cuniberti (2004-2007 at the University of Regensburg, since 2007 at the Chair Materials Science and Nanotechnology at TU Dresden) as a scientific co-worker in the field of Materials Science, with a special focus on Molecular Electronics, Bioelectronics and Biomedical Applications of nanotechnology. Since 2009, he has been acting as Program Manager at the Chair, with a major role in the acquisition and project management of coordinated research grants for interdisciplinary and cooperative initiatives.