Particle characterization seminar Corcelles

Dr. David Burnand born in 1985 in Lausanne studied chemical engineering at the Haute Ecole d’Ingénieurs et d’Architectes de Fribourg. He then moved to the University for a Master of Science in Chemistry and obtained his PhD in colloidal chemistry in 2018 from the Adolphe Merkle Institute with a thesis dedicated to the design and the characterization of polymer-coated nanoparticles for biomedical applications.

He decided to expand his knowledge in liquid chromatography and high-resolution mass spectrometry by doing an internship in the field of nutritional metabolomics at the Agroscope Bern-Liebefeld and did a postdoc in the same institute to investigate the interaction of milk products that contains man made nanomaterials and their influence on in vitro digestion model.

Dr. Viola Warter born in 1982 graduated from the University of Heidelberg with a diploma degree in Geosciences in 2010. She then moved to the Royal Holloway University of London to perform her PhD in Geochemistry/Palaeoclimatology (2011 to 2016) with focus on LA-ICPMS trace element and isotope analysis. After completing her PhD, she worked as laboratory manager both in Geoscience and Pharmacy and returned to active research in the area of Geomicrobiology at the University of Tübingen (2017 - 2019).

Dr. Amir Zaim born in 1983 obtained his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Geneva in 2013 with a focus on synthesis and characterization of rare-earth scaffolds followed by obtaining his Master of Business Administration in 2019 to complement his scientific background with an understanding of market development. Since 2018, Dr. Zaim has joined Anton Paar Switzerland in developing the microwave synthesis and particle characterization instrument portfolio and is eager to share his passion for science and customer relationship to provide potential prospects with specific solution-driven solutions and services.