Zurich, Switzerland
• Associate Professor (Tenured) of Sustainable Food Processing at ETH Zurich • Head Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health IFNH, Department of Health Science & Technology D-HEST at ETH Zurich • President Swiss Academy of Sciences National Committee of the International Union of Food Science and Technology IUFoST, since 2021 • Invited full member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, former Prussian Academy of Sciences, since 2025 • Principal Investigator at the Singapore-ETH Centre SEC, since 2022 • Principal Investigator at the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein at the National University of Singapore NUS, since 2025 • International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST) Fellow since, 2024 • Representative for Germany and Switzerland at the International Association for Engineering and Food (IAEF),since 2021 • Member Governing Council International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) Kenya, 2020-2025 • Member of Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT)-National Committee of the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST), since 2018 • Passion for innovations in interdisciplinary application fields, mainly delivered by differentiating technologies and exceptional scientific leadership • Focus on food biotechnology and bioprocessing, algae and insect research • Expert in food preservation and sterilization technologies for multi categories • Evaluator of the ETH Zurich Medal, Swiss National Science Foundation, Research Association of the German Food Industry (FEI), Bioeconomy International call from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research Germany, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada • Mentor, Juror and Reviewer at StartUp Initiatives • ETH Zurich Dandelion Entrepreneurship Special Award 2022 Winner, IFT International Food Security Award Winner 2020, Young Researcher of the 60th Nobel laureate meeting 2010, Einstein Young Scholar 2010 and Winner of several prestigious research awards at the Falling Walls Lab, International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST), International Congress on Engineering and Food (ICEF), Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and European High Pressure Research Group (EHPRG), IAFoST Early Career Scientist 2016 Webpage: https://sfp.ethz.ch/ orcid.org/0000-0003-1633-848X https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hoJlgEkAAAAJ&hl=en Public Outreach and Press: https://sfp.ethz.ch/Public-Outreach-and-Press.html
The Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH) is composed by about 250 members including doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and scientific and technical/administrative staff. It is led by twelve professors (7 full, 2 associate, 3 assistant and 1 titular professors) in laboratories covering key aspects of the entire food value chain, and involved in the teaching of two curricula: Food Science and Nutrition and Health Sciences and Technology. https://ifnh.ethz.ch/
https://sfp.ethz.ch The Sustainable Food Processing group focuses on a system oriented approach in food production via the consideration of the total value chain including emerging needs in society and their environmental, economic and social impact. Sustainable Food Processing is part of the global bioeconomy. A multi-indicator sustainability assessment as guidance tool is the foundation of our emerging food process development. Selected mechanical, biotechnological, thermal and non-thermal techniques to realize several objectives such as i) biomass and (ii) energy use efficiency, (iii) significant waste reduction along the food value chain and (iv) healthy and high quality food production are evaluated. Innovative raw materials from algae and insects are utilized within urban farming and processing concepts to enable new ways of sustainable food supply.
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SEC Project Webpage: https://sec.ethz.ch/research/urban-microalgae-based-protein.html Co-I Project with NUS "Using Black Soldier Flies in Food Waste Management and Sustainable Food Production in Urban Systems" https://news.nus.edu.sg/interdisciplinary-team-to-develop-blueprint-for-sustainable-urban-food-waste-management-and-food-systems-using-black-soldier-flies/
• Department Head of Bioeconomy including 9 direct reports • Focus on value chains in food and feed Objectives are aligned with the Bio-economy council • Development of efficient value chains, processes and products • Ensuring global food security, promoting health and assuming our responsibility for global issues • Sustainable use of natural resources • Appropriate integration of the bio-economic approach in the system
• Global R&D lead of implementation project in operations • Team leader in 3 projects from basic R&D to industrial implementation • Expert in food preservation and sterilization technologies for multi categories, mainly food service, liquid preservation, RTD and food biotechnology
Lecturer with block lectures every 2nd semster • Special Aspects in thermal and non-thermal processing Evaluation: http://evaluation.tu-berlin.de Link: www.foodtech.tu-berlin.de
Group and Project leader with focus on • Thermal Processing • Non-thermal Processing • Sterilization • Bacterial Spores • High Pressure Processing • High Pressure Science • Teaching Activities
Project Manager AiF • BMBF • EU • TUB