About us

The Institute of Bioenergy and Resource Efficiency is supported by the FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland and the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI. This collaborative partnership makes us extremely proficient in both basic and applied research.

Furthermore, we are involved in the "Energy and Environmental Technology" and "Mechanical Engineering" bachelor's degree programmes as well as the national "Master of Science in Engineering MSE" master's degree programme.

The interdisciplinary team at the Institute of Bioenergy and Resource Efficiency is made up of specialists from the fields of mechanical engineering, energy engineering, chemical engineering, physics and natural sciences.

Franco Cavalloni
Research assistant
+41 56 202 73 43
franco.cavalloni@fhnw.ch

Dr. Joshua Csucker
Research associate
+41 56 202 74 57
joshua.csucker@fhnw.ch

Dr. Fulvio Di Lorenzo
Research associate
+41 56 202 81 91
fulvio.dilorenzo@fhnw.ch

Alexander Garcia Kapeller
Reserach associate
+41 56 56 202 71 48
alexander.garciakapeller@fhnw.ch

Fabienne Gräppi
Reserach assistant
+41 56 202 82 85
fabienne.graeppi@fhnw.ch

Ivan Halka
Admin./Techn. staff
ivan.halka@fhnw.ch

Tizian Keller
Trainee+41 56 202 73 29
tizian.keller@fhnw.ch

Elvira Knam
Administration +41 56 202 74 17
elvira.knam@fhnw.ch

Hans Peter Knöpfel
Research associate
+41 56 202 87 85
hanspeter.knoepfel@fhnw.ch

Björn Ramaswamy
Research Assistant
+41 56 202 73 91
bjoernkrishnan.ramaswamy@fhnw.ch

Verena Roos
Administration+41 56 202 85 36
verena.roos@fhnw.ch

Raffael Schreiber
Reserach associate
+41 56 202 72 08
raffaelmichael.schreiber@fhnw.ch

Joris Strassburg
Research assistant
+41 56 202 82 03
joris.strassburg@fhnw.ch

Songlan Sun
Research associate+41 56 202 85 18
songlan.sun@fhnw.ch

Dieter Winkler
Research associate
+41 56 202 74 37
dieter.winkler@fhnw.ch