CV

Experience

  • Since 2009, Professor for Organic Chemistry and Process Chemistry and Member of the Institute ChemTech

    Haute école d'ingénierie et d'architecture Fribourg

    Fribourg

  • Professor for Organic Chemistry

    Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften ZHAW

    Winterthur and Wädenswi

  • Head Fast-Track Synthesis Group

    CarboGen Laboratories

    Marly/Hunzenschwil

  • Scientific Director Process Research

    CarboGen Laboratories

    Marly, Fribourg

  • Senior Chemist in Process Chemistry

    CarboGen Laboratories

    Aarau

  • Post-Doc Position

    Oncology Department

    Sandoz USA

  • Chemist HTL

    Zentrale Forschungslaboratorien Ciba-Geigy

    Basel

Education

  • Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry

    ETH Zürich under the supervision of Prof. D. Seebach

    Zürich

  • Diploma in Chemistry from the ETH Zürich

    ETHZ Silber Medal for the Diploma Thesis

    Zürich

  • Diploma HTL

    Technikum Winterthur

    Winterthur

    Dr. Max Lüthi Prize 1988 for best Diploma Work

  • Apprenticeship as Lab Technician

    ETH Zürich

    Zürich

Professional memberships

  • Member of the Swiss Chemical Society (SCS), the Schweizerische Gesellschaft der Verfahrens- und ChemieingenieurInnen (SGVC), the Schweizerischer Verband diplomierter Chemiker FH (SVC), the American Chemical Society (ACS), and the German Chemical Society (GDCh)

  • Member of the Executive Committee of the Division of Industrial & Applied Chemistry (DIAC) of the Swiss Chemical Society

  • Co-Chair of the Freiburger Symposium – The Freiburger Symposium organized by the DIAC is biennial conference on industrial chemistry & process development and chemical production

  • Editorial Board Member of CHIMIA (Journal of the Swiss Chemical Society)