Prof. Dr. Thomas Villiger,

• Lecturer in Bioprocess Technology
• Team leader Bioprocess Technology

Research

Memberships, review and committee activities

Memberships

• Biotechnet Switzerland (platform leader Biomanufacturing and Teaching/Education)
• SGVC, Member of the Swiss Society for Chemical and Process Engineers

Editorial Board Member

• Guest Associate Editor, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering / Frontiers in Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Reviewer

• Biotechnology and Bioengineering
• PLOS One
• Scientific Reports
• Chemical Engineering Science
• Biotechnology Progress
• Engineering Reports
• Processes
• Biotechnology Journal
• Journal of Biotechnology
• Biochemical Engineering Journal
• Physical Sciences Reviews
  

Prizes/Awards

• 2015 ETH Medal, for outstanding doctoral thesis at ETH Zurich
• 2013 ACTIP Fellowship, from the Animal Cell Technology Industrial Platform
• 2010 Willi-Studer Award, for best graduation in Chemical and Bioengineering at ETH Zurich

Thomas Villiger has been a lecturer in bioprocess technology at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland since August 2019. Before joining FHNW, he held various positions in the area of bioprocess development and manufacturing at Merck, Novartis and Biogen. His main research focus is on the development and optimization of biopharmaceutical processes (mAbs, proteins and viral vectors), process analytical technologies and mathematical modeling.

Thomas Villiger completed his master's degree in chemical and bioengineering in 2010 at ETH Zurich. He carried out his PhD in the group of Prof. Morbidelli at the Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering of ETH Zurich from 2011 to 2015. In 2024, he completed an EMBA at IMD Lausanne.

Social Media

• Linkedin
• Researchgate
• Google Scholar
• ORCID
  

Bachelor

• Bioprocess Technology I - Upstream Processing
• Bioprocess Technology II - Downstream Processing
• Practical course Fundamentals of Process Technology
• Practical course Bioprocess Analytics and Sensors
• Practical course Upstream Processing Microorganisms
• Practical course Upstream Processing Mammalian Cells
• Practical course Downstream Processing

Master

• Continuous Biomanufacturing
• Process Analytical Technology
• Process Automation
• Computational Modelling Project

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