As part of a team of scientists and executive chefs we are developing a plant-based fish substitute for the 'X-prize: Feed the next billion' competition.

o Coordinated USAID Advancing Nutrition’s Anemia Taskforce and East Africa Learning Networko Provided technical expertise in designing and implementing projects in the area of food fortification, anemia/micronutrients, and diet qualityo Managed international stakeholders, developed reports, communications, and project budgets

o Consulted project partners on designing stable isotope studies to assess iron absorption from traditional and fortified mealso Developed research protocols, reports and SOP's

o Advised start-ups in the development of plant-based sustainable food productso General strategic and technical advise including recipe design, scale-up, and development of nutrient profiles

o Co-managed a biofortification RCT in mothers and children in Madanapalle, South Indiao Hired, trained, managed cross-functional field staffo Collected, analyzed, interpreted datao Managed stakeholderso Supervised and mentored (under-)graduate studentso Conducted systematic literature reviews, developed grant proposals and technical reports

o I received a 1-y fellowship by 'Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition' to assess mother-infant iron supply.

o Developed research plan, technical and regulatory documents for a cross-sectional clinical trial o Assisted with event organization, administrative and communication taskso Managed knowledge dissemination and donor relationso Hired, trained, and mentored staff

o Designed, planned, executed 5 clinical studies to assess human iron bioavailability from iron-fortified extruded rice via stable iron isotopeso Led research teams in Switzerland and Ghana, collaborated with international teams ofscientists, staff, donors, and other stakeholders (NGOs, government, industry, academia) o Collected, synthesized, and analyzed data, wrote 4 scientific and several technical reportso Managed stakeholders and grants, provided regular updates on study progress and action itemso Presented findings internationally

o Designed, planned and executed a clinical study to assess iron absorption from fortified rice in Ghanaian children o Developed the study infrastructure, monitored budgets, managed daily study operationso Communicated research purpose and findings to local communitieso Trained, supervised and mentored 10+ study staff at the field site

o Prepared and dispensed aseptic formulations for hospital units and individual patientso Received trainings in Good Clinical Practiceo Attended biweekly courses on business and project management, budgeting and controlling

o Planned and conducted 3 behavioural pilot studies (cross-sectional) and 2 literature reviewso Recruited and tested 50+ participants, answered study-related questionso Developed research memos and detailed SOPs for study-related procedures