Laura S. Hackl, Phd Email & Phone Number

Berne, Switzerland

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

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.

United States

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

Vienna, Austria

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

Remote

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

Syracuse Und Umgebung, New York

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

New York And India

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

Zürich Und Umgebung, Schweiz

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

Zurich, Switzerland

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.

Tamale, Ghana

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

Linz

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

Großraum Philadelphia Und Umgebung

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

Wien

Phd, Health Sciences And Technology

I investigated human mineral absorption from micronutrient fortified extruded rice. My research involved the assessment of iron and zinc.

Mag. Pharm., Pharmacy