The story of how it happened makes for an unexpectedly riveting tale that Prof. Faltin recounts over cups of the finest quality of Darjeeling second flush in his workspace—a pristine white apartment, bare except for some furniture made of vintage tea chests, in an elegant neighbourhood of Berlin. He refers to his workspace as an entrepreneurship lab that attracts talent from around the world whenever he is visiting. Prof. Faltin, 71, divides his time between Thailand, where he teaches at Chiang Mai University, and Germany.