BIO

A Swiss materials scientist and wood researcher, professor of materials science and technology at the School of Engineering at EPFL and the Department of Materials at ETH Zurich, who is an elected fellow (FIAWS) of the International Academy of Wood Science.

Since 2022, she serves as the director of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) in Switzerland.

She possesses over 100 publications in scientific journals, in the research area of wood science and technology. She has more than 8,000 international citations at Google Scholar.

In cooperation with her team members, she has won several innovation awards, like the “Swiss Green Economy Symposium Award,” the “Cadre d’Or” from Baukader Schweiz for the achievements in wood construction, and an award for the best innovative environmental technology at the Pollutec exhibition in Lyon.