Since the foundation’s establishment in 1987, the goal of the W.A. de Vigier Foundation has been to actively invigorate business development and further provide direct financial support (à fonds perdu) to young people with innovative business ideas wishing to build performance and growth oriented businesses in Switzerland.Until today, the W.A. de Vigier Foundation has awardedCHF 14 million in seed capital toroughly 140 Swiss startups

The Ypsomed Innovation Fund Foundation aims to motivate innovative and entrepreneurial teams or individuals to include market needs in their scientific work and to translate their developments into products or services on the market.

Technology and knowledge transferIntellectual property management Patent applicationsDraft and negotiation of contracts and licensesIndustrial collaborationsSupport for start-upsSupport for proposal writingSupport in finding funding opportunities

As a general manager for the URPP LightChEC Program I organised all the tasks related to timing, communication, budgeting, HR, and reporting of the program from the very beginning. We grew from 20 researchers in 2013 to more than 50 researchers in 2017. The project is an interdisciplinary project between chemistry, physics and materials science at the University of Zurich and Empa. I left after the successful renewal of the program to relocate to the Lausanne area… Show more As a general manager for the URPP LightChEC Program I organised all the tasks related to timing, communication, budgeting, HR, and reporting of the program from the very beginning. We grew from 20 researchers in 2013 to more than 50 researchers in 2017. The project is an interdisciplinary project between chemistry, physics and materials science at the University of Zurich and Empa. I left after the successful renewal of the program to relocate to the Lausanne area. Achievements:1) Organisation of the evaluation of the program. The program got an excellent evaluation and was renewed for 4 years.2) The financial and scientific reports were always delivered on time.3) Organisation of 1 international conference with +150 guests and 2 summer school with +60 researchers 4) Website creation and maintenance Show less

Curriculum and script preparation, teaching, oral and written exams. Teaching language: German. Focus on food safety, hygiene, HACCP and GHP. You can have a look at the teaching material I prepared here:

R&D Project management (KTI and EU Projects).HR.Marketing (introduction of new products and promotions): I got a mention in the NYT for one of ViSSee products.

Pilot Plant scale continuous and batch fermentations of Bifidobacteria, transcriptome analysis, students supervision and teaching in fermentation classes. Collaboration with Nestlé Lausanne.

Production of capsules with encapsulated microorganisms.

Analysis of migrates of colorants for the internal coating of food cans.

Improvement of pasta quality using different drying programs.