Marina Bortolin

R&D Specialist, Product development

Lausanne Metropolitan Area

About

Experience

  • Spécialiste R&D at CREMO SA
    Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

  • Nestlé (Full-time · 8 yrs 5 mos)
    • Research assistant in Emulsion & Foam
      Jun 2017 - Oct 2025 · 8 yrs 5 mos

      As a passionate professional in the food technology sector, I focus on the development of liquid food formulations, from traditional dairy products to plant-based applications. My key responsibilities include: - Driving technologies in liquid food formulation, leveraging scientific principles to develop new products for plant-based alternatives and renovate dairy products. - Driving Test & Learn initiatives, facilitating the scaling up of innovative concepts for rapid market testing. Coordination with cross-functional teams to ensure effective execution of minimum viable production. - Design and execute R&D proposals with scientific & project management team, from ideation to laboratory experiments, to pilot-scale. This includes formulation, processing, product characterization, coordination with food safety, quality and regulatory teams.

    • Product developer - R&D Accelerator
      Apr 2019 - Sep 2019 · 6 mos

      Translate innovative ideas into products for quick market testing: - Conduct consumer research, create concepts, and design value propositions. - Coordinate consumer testing through co-creation sessions, interviews, and questionnaires. - Collaborate with legal, regulatory, and design teams. - Organize shop tests with retailers.

  • Laboratory specialist - Ink formulation at SICPA
    Feb 2015 - Jul 2015 · 6 mos

    - Formulation of offset security inks (new varnishes, drier) - Physico chemical characterization (drying time, tack, rheology, particle size, microscopy) - Quality control of production sample and correction of formulas - ink resistance test on paper - Colorimetry (L*a*b* CIE)

  • Chemist in Encapsulation and Analytics at MCC Laboratoire Meiners
    Feb 2014 - Jan 2015 · 1 yr

    - Coating of bioactive compounds by atomization on air fluidized bed and spray drying - Development of analytical methods for vitamins quantification (HPLC, Spectroscopie UV-vis, DSC)

  • Internship - R&D Project on fragrance encapsulation at Euracli
    Mar 2013 - Aug 2013 · 6 mos

    Development: - Improvement of formaldehyde-free perfumed microcapsules formulas compliant with cosmetic regulation - Stability and accelelerated shelf life study, characterization (Microscopy, laser diffraction, rheology) - Lab scall microcapsule drying process, scale up of formulation Research: - Development of protein-based microcapsules - Characterization (laser diffraction, SEM with university) and fixation test of microcapsules on textile