Prof. Dr. Philippe Corvini

• Since 09-2022: Professor of Environmental Biotechnology, Institute for Ecopreneurship. School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW, Muttenz)
• Since 09-2015: Dr. Honoris Causa Technical University of Iasi (Romania)
• Since 09-2013: Adjunct Professor at Yancheng Institute of Environmental Technology and Engineering
• Since 09-2012: Lecturer qualification (habilitation) at the University of Basel
• Since 03-2011: Co-founder of INOFEA AG (innovative nanobiocatalysts)
• Since 09-2010 Adjunct Professor at Nanjing University. School of the Environment, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse (SKL-PCRR) (China)
• May 2007-Sept 2022: Professor of Environmental Biotechnology and Head of the Institute for Ecopreneurship. School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW, Muttenz)
• Since 05 2007: Adjunct lecturer (Privatdozent) at the RWTH Aachen University (Germany)
• Mai 2007: Lecturer qualification (Habilitation) “Venia Legendi in Environmental Microbiology”.
• September 2003-April 2007: Scientific assistant (Postdoc) for research and teaching at the Institute of Environmental Research – Chair for Environmental Biology and Chemodynamics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany). Leader of the group: Environmental Microbiology and Technology.
• May 2003-August 2003: Postdoc at the Unit of Bioengineering of the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) in Louvain la Neuve (Belgium).
• May 2001-Avril 2003: Postdoc at the Institute of Environmental Engineering (ISA, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen). Coordination of the research works of 10 PhD students on the elimination of endocrine disrupters from wastewater (Graduate College AGEESA, German Research Foundation, DFG). Research activity: Nonylphenol microbial degradation by Sphingomonas
• November 2000-February 2001: Research Engineer. Laboratory of the Bioprocesses in Food Industry (LABIAL), at the Elite High School Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires (ENSAIA) of the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine (INPL); Nancy (France).
• February 2000-April 2000: Teaching (in parallel to PhD) at the Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT A) – Université des Sciences et des Technologies de Lille (USTL, France); Department of Bioengineering; Villeneuve d’Ascq (59). Fermentation processes for technicians in food industry and biology.
• October 1997-September 2000: PhD as employee of the French Ministry of Education Research and Technologies (MENRT).

• 2015-2023 Vice-President of the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB)
• 2013-2023 Chair of the Division Environmental Biotechnology of the EFB and Swiss representative of the EFB
• Member of the sub-committee on Biotechnology of Division III at IUPAC
• Member of the EC-US Task Force on Environmental Biotechnology
• Member of the executive board of the International Society of Environmental Biotechnology
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Swiss Federal Office of the Environment
• Member of the international advisory board of the fair Ecomondo
• Vice Chair of the COST Action FULLRECO4US
• Chair of the conferences ISPTS 2018, ICEEM11 and Bioremid 2023
• Chair of the platform Bioresource technology of CTI NTN Swiss Biotech
• Co-leader of the platform Biorefinery of the CTI research consortium Sustainable Engineering
• Member of the Swiss Society of Microbiology
• Ad hoc Expert for EU research directorate KBBE, NMBP and KET Unit D2
• PhD committee (Belgium, Canada, Sweden, China, Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal)
• Evaluator of research projects for various national and international institutions (ESF, DFG, INRA, CNRS, ADEME, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Italy, FCT Portugal, Poland, JPI Water, JPI Ocean, etc.)
• Associate Editor Process Biochemistry (Elsevier); former member of New Biotechnology; Editorial board Scientific advisory board of Environmental Engineering and Management Journal and Proceedia Environmental Science, Engineering and Management; Scientific Advisory Board of Annals of the Academy of Romanian Scientists, Series on Chemistry
• Reviewer for more than 20 peer-reviewed journals
  

• Since 09-2015: Dr. Honoris Causa Technical University of Iasi (Romania)
• Since 09-2013: Adjunct Professor at Yancheng Institute of Environmental Technology and Engineering
• Since 09-2010: Adjunct Professor at Nanjing University. School of the Environment, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse (SKL-PCRR) (China)
  

Above 50K CHF:

• 2022 EU Horizon Europe Nymphe (scientific coordinator)
• 2022 EU Horizon Europe Agriloop (partner)
• 2022 EU Horizon Europe Mar2Protect (partner)
• 2020 EU H2020 FuturEnzyme (partner)
• 2019 EU H2020 ITN MC NOWELTIES (associated partner)
• 2019 EU H2020 INGREEN (partner)
• 2019 EU H2020 ELECTRA (Coordinator)
• 2019 EU H2020 TERMINUS (partner)
• 2018 EU H2020 PROLIFIC (Coordinator)
• 2018 CTI ANEMOS (co-applicant)
• 2017 CTI IMPACT (co-applicant)
• 2017 CTI Nanoproteozyme (co-applicant)
• 2016 SSSTC SNF (with China) Co-existence of sulfonamide degradation and resistance genes as related to the fate of these antimicrobials in soils (main applicant)
• 2016 EU H2020 Mad4Water
• 2015 SNSF degradation of sulphonamides in wastewater treatment plant (main applicant)
• 2014 EU H2020 Inmare (partner)
• 2014 CTI PEARLS: Immobilization of protected enzymes (co-applicant)
• 2014 SNI Nanoargovia program, Nanozyme: production of semi-synthetic nanoparticulate systems for the continuous regeneration of enzymatic cofactors (co-applicant with University of Basel Partner)
• 2013 SNSF degradation of sulphonamides (main applicant)
• 2012 EU FP7 KBBE Kill Spill (co coordinator)
• 2012 EU FP7 KBBE Bioclean (FHNW main applicant)
• 2012 EU FP7 KBBE Water4Crops (FHNW main applicant)
• 2012: EU FP7 Eurostar Envirus (co applicant)
• 2012: EU FP7 Eranet Innovera Iptoss (FHNW main applicant)
• 2012: CTI Delicate: lignin depolymerisation (Main applicant)
• 2012: PharmaInAqua2, CTI (co-applicant)
• 2012 and 2014: Sequential treatment of lignins by advanced chemical oxidation processes and nanobiocatalysis for the production of industrially relevant oligomers and monolignols, SNSF NRP66 (Main applicant)
• 2011: Bioaugmentation/rhizodegradation for the degradation of polybrominated flame retardant tetrabromobisphenol A in water saturated soil. SSSTC /SER (Main applicant)
• 2011: Implications of the biogenic character on aquatic food chain accumulation of elemental selenium. SNSF (Main applicant)
• 2011: FP7 EU ICT Sunflower (Partner)
• 2011: The fate of ¹⁴C-radiolabelled diclofenac and its main human metabolite 4'-hydroxydiclofenac in membrane bioreactor treatment of wastewater, SNSF (Co-applicant)
• 2010: Scientific coordinator and partner of the FP7 EU KBBE MINOTAURUS on bioremediation (15 participants 3 Mio €)
• 2010: Oxidative stress during degradation of phenolic compounds by bacterial ipso-hydroxylases — a challenge for the cell SNSF (Co-applicant)
• 2010: Virus Imprinted nanoParticles with Applications to Dairy Production, Nanoargovia (Co-applicant)
• 2010: N4N: Nanoparticles-modified membranes for the selective removal of Nanosized particles CTI (Main Applicant)
• 2009: Understanding biomineralization and its implications for the environmental chemistry of selenium, SNSF (Main Applicant)
• 2009 PharmainAqua, CTI (Main Applicant)
• 2008: Production of biogas from pretreated banana waste in Costa Rica, REPIC (Main Applicant)
• 2008: Nanoparticles: Fate in Aquatic environment, FOEN (Main Applicant)
• 2008: Degradation of phenolic endocrine disruptors by ipso-substitution and subsequent ring cleavage, SNSF (Co-applicant with EAWAG)
• 2008: Lance: Laccase-Nanoparticle Conjugates for the Elimination of micropollutants (endocrine disrupting chemicals) from wastewater in bioreactors, CTI (Main applicant)
• 2008: Bioaugmentation of membrane bioreactor, SBF in the frame of Cost 636 EU (Main applicant)
• 2007: Formulation of a microbial preparation for the bioaugmentation of grease separator, FHNW (Main applicant)
• 2007: Purification of ipso-substitution enzymatic activity for the development of new biotechnological strategies, FHNW (Main applicant)
• 2007: Priority programme "Biogeochemical Interfaces in Soil" (SPP 1315). Interaction of xenobiotics and metabolites thereof with organo-clay complexes; DFG (Co-applicant)
• 2006 Degradation of nonylphenol in paddy soils, Heinrich Hertz Foundation (Co-applicant fellowship for a guest scientist)
• 2005: EU FP6 Marie Curie EST Aquabase Fate and microbial degradation of environmental pollutants in soil, water, sludge and plant systems, EU FP6 Marie Curie early stage training site (Co-applicant)
• 2004: Bioaugmentation of grease separators for the degradation of lipids in wastewater from the gastronomy sector, Industry (Main applicant)
• 2003: Graduate College, AGEESA 2. Fate of endocrine disrupting chemicals in wastewater, DFG (Co-applicant)

• Hommes, P. F.-X. Corvini, Cumbo, A.; Shahgaldian, P.; Dudal, Y.; 2014 PCT (pending) WO2014118247A 1“Method of producing Nanobiocatalysts”
• Shahgaldian, A. Cumbo, P. Corvini, 2010 European Patent (granted) EP10177028 “Preparation of a molecular recognition element”
• Shahgaldian, A. Cumbo, P. Corvini, M. R. Correro, 2013 European Patent (pending) EP13178504 “Biocatalytical Composition”
• Invention declaration at RWTH 2005: Coupling of a chemostat bioreactor to a MBR for continuous bioaugmentation.
• Contest « Entreprendre 2000 »: 1. Prize and registration of “enveloppe Soleau” (French pre-patent).
  

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