Experience

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  Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley

  • Zurich, Switzerland

  • Board Member

    • Mar 2021 - Present
    • Zurich, Switzerland

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  Technische Universität Berlin

  • Berlin Area, Germany

  • Honorary Professor

    • Nov 2019 - Present
    • Berlin Area, Germany

    I am very proud and honored to be nominated Honorary Professor on Food Technology and Process Engineering in the faculty of Process Engineering at Technische Universität Berlin.

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  Nestlé

  • Head of Academic Alliances

    • Aug 2018 - Present

  • Academic Alliances and Expertise Development

    • Sep 2018 - Present

    Global responsibility for external strategic academic partnerships, internal subject matter expert networks (virtual global teams) on core and emerging science and technology areas, and internal subject matter expert development and recognition in Nestlé Research & Development.

  • Head of Consumer Science and Applied Nutrition

    • Aug 2016 - Mar 2021

  • Leader Global Nestle R&D Flavors Expert Network

    • Dec 2011 - Mar 2017

    − Leading a global team of more than sixty Flavors Experts− Focus areas: Flavors Application, Aroma Delivery, Expert Competence Development

  • Head of Science, R&D China

    • Aug 2012 - Jul 2016

    Department Head Science in Nestle R&D China− Leading a team of 8 specialists − Chemical and microbiological analytics support to innovation projects − Science projects to support strategic technology developments

  • Head of Nestle Food Safety Institute

    • Oct 2013 - Oct 2015

    − Set-up of a research team with focus on food safety standards, scientific research on food safety analytics, food safety risk assessment, scientific training and communication− Collaboration with research institutes and government technical bodies

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  Nestlé

  • Group Leader Aroma and Taste Impact

    • Jul 2008 - Jul 2012

    − Leading twenty direct reports from different scientific and technical disciplines in doing scientific research on “Flavour Formation”, and “Food Oral Processing”

  • Senior Scientist Food Oral Processing

    • Jan 2006 - Jun 2008

    − Scientific collaborative research on correlations between human genotype and taste sensitivity with multiple internal and external research partners− Bringing fundamental science from ideation to successful product launch in 14 countries (brands Cailler, Nestlé Gold, Nestlé Grand Chocolat)

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  The German University in Cairo

  • Cairo, Egypt

  • Full Professor Mechanics and Strength of Materials

    • Jan 2005 - Dec 2005
    • Cairo, Egypt

    − Lectures on „Mechanics“ and „Strength of Materials“ and coordinator of the Bachelor- and Master-Curricula of the faculty

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  Technische Universität München

  • Germany
  • Research Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Associate Professor Biomechanics

    • Feb 2004 - Dec 2004

    − Ranked second in recruitment for Professor and chair holder at Technische Universität München in 2007− Associate Professor (Privatdozent) in "Biomechanics" in 2004− Habiliation in Biomechanics

  • Assistant Professor Mechanics in Biosystems

    • Oct 1998 - Jan 2004

    − Assistant Professor with nine direct reports, deputy director − Managing projects and raising funds (total 2.1 million EUR) for research in fluid dynamics, food science biomechanics

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  ESI Group

  • Munich, Germany

  • Research Engineer Automotive Crash Simulation

    • May 1997 - Sep 1998
    • Munich, Germany

    − Development of commercial finite-element-software for modelling and simulation of automotive crash scenarios− On-site-representative for ESI GmbH at BMW AG

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  Technische Universität Darmstadt

  • Darmstadt, Germany

  • Researcher PHD Student computational Fluid Dynamics

    • Feb 1993 - Apr 1997
    • Darmstadt, Germany

    − PhD thesis on shock wave dynamics and high-perfomance-computing − Lecturer in Hydrodynamics, supervision of student projects