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Activities
- Team leader in process development, process modelling, process safety, and reaction technology
- Safety officer, FHNW School of Life Sciences
- Lab head «Chemical process development and process safety» in the process technology center
- Programme Management CAS Verfahrenstechnik
- Course management SGVC supplementary course in process engineering
- President of the MiniPlant 4.0. association
Expertise
Research field
Chemical Process Development and Process Reliability
Located on three floors in the Proess Technology Centre, the chemical pilot plant offers firms a test environment ranging from dosing to state-of-the-art separation processes.
Memberships of organisations, commissions and review bodies
- SGVC (Swiss Process and Chemical Engineers) - Lead technical group for training and education
- SVAN (Swiss Association of Applied Natural Sciences) - Head of the Chemical Engineering Section
- STK (Swiss Society for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry)
Student Projects
Miniplant 4.0
Bridging innovation and industry: Miniplant 4.0 at the forefront of chemical development.
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Professional career
Professional experience
- 04/2018 - present: Professor for Physical Chemistry, Process Modelling and Reaction Technology - University of Applied Sciences and Arts FHNW, Muttenz, Switzerland
- 04/2017 - 03/2018: Safety Lab Expert, Pharma Chemical and Analytical Development - Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
- 09/2009 - 03/2017: Senior Scientist, Pharma Technical Development, New Technologies - F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
- 08/2004 - 04/2019: University lecturer, Case-Study for chemical engineers - ETH Zurich, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Switzerland
- 07/2004 - 07/2009: Project leader, Process development - BASF (former Ciba SC), Polymer Additives, Pratteln, Switzerland
- 07/2004 - 07/2003: Post-doctoral position, Process development - Ciba SC, Polymer Additives, Pratteln, Switzerland
Education
- 2003 Dr. sc. techn. , ETH Zurich, Switzerland - Reaction Calorimetry and Online-Spectroscopy. Safety and Environmental Technology Group, Prof. Dr. Konrad Hungerbühler.
- 1999 Dipl. Chem., ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 1994 Matura C, Gymnasium Burgdorf (BE), Switzerland
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Teaching
Teaching activity
Physical chemistry, reaction technology, process modelling, calorimetry, thermal process safety, risk analysis, and chemical process development
Institutional repository
Publications, projects and presentations
Publications
Prizes and awards
- 2012 - Promotion to Prokurist, F. Hoffmann – La Roche AG, Basel.
- 2005 - Award for young scientists for applied chemical thermodynamics, Swiss Society for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
- 2004 - Award for the doctoral thesis with the „Medaille der ETH“