“For me LGBTQ+ STEM Berlin represents a great opportunity to inspire a new generation of LGBTQ+ scientists and to help them build up supportive network in the STEM field, be it in academia or in the industry. I want us to be the LGBTQ+ mentors that we lacked in our early career years.’”

Originally from Colombia, Juan Castillo studied chemistry at the Free University of Berlin, did his PhD in Radiochemistry and further specialized in this field throughout his career. After his PhD, Juan Castillo has worked as a radiochemist in the medical imaging field at the Charité University Hospital, the TU Eindhoven and the University Hospital of Cologne. His love of Berlin (and of his husband) led him to come back to the city in 2020. Today, Juan Castillo works in Berlin in the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on the clinical development phase of radiopharmaceuticals for nuclear medicine applications, and is an active member of LGBTQ+ Stem Berlin.