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CV

  • 2006    MSc in Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster, Germany and University of California Santa Barbara, USA
  • 2011    PhD in Enzyme Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2011 – 2015    Laboratory Head and Project Manager, DSM-Firmenich, Geneva (CH)
  • 2015 – 2025     Head of Competence Center for Biocatalysis, ZHAW (CH)
  • 2017 – 2025    Professor for Chemical and Biotechnological Methods, Systems and Processes, ZHAW (CH) 
  • Since 2025    Full Professor for Organic Chemistry, University of Bern (CH)

 

Membership

Membership in Panels, Boards and Scientific Organizations

  • 2025 – present    Topic editor for the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS)
  • 2024 – present    Organizing committee SCS Conference on Stereochemistry (Bürgenstock conference)
  • 2024 – 2025    Chair of the Round Table for Chemistry (Chemistry Infrastructure Roadmap 2029-2032)
  • 2022 – present    Editorial board member of Helvetica Chimica Acta
  • 2022 – present     Board member of the SCNAT Platform Chemistry
  • 2021 – present    Board member of the working group “Biotransformations” (VAAM / DECHEMA)
  • 2021 – present    Steering board member of National Competence Center of Research “Catalysis”
  • 2019 – 2022    Founding Board Member of Swiss Women in Chemistry, part of the Swiss Chemical Society
  • 2019 – 2020     Editorial board member of the Round Table for Chemistry (Chemistry Infrastructure Roadmap 2025-2028)
  • 2017 – 2021    Swiss Delegate of the European Section of Applied Biocatalysis (ESAB) Scientific Committee 
  • 2016 – 2025    Head of Platform “Biocatalysis and Biosynthesis”, biotechnet, NTN SwissBiotech
  • 2016 – present     Member of the Swiss Chemical Society
  • 2016 – present    Member of DECHEMA

 

Research

Our research is focussed on biocatalysis and enzyme engineering to enable sustainable and efficient syntheses of chemical products. We use bioinformatic methods and automation to tailor enzymes and improve their activity, selectivity, and stability, and we explore enzymatic applications in the identification of bioactive compounds, the production of pharmaceuticals, and the degradation of pollutants.

 

Publications

For a full list of publications, please also see:

Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6b6fge4AAAAJ
Researcher ID: ICL-0348-2023
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-5997-1616
 

Publications recorded in the new BORIS Portal
(Bern Open Repository and Information System)

Entering and editing publications in the BORIS Portal:  https://boris-portal.unibe.ch

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