Andreas Weber

planned and supervised product development projects with international partners implemented helpdesk with FAQ’s in four languages organised warehouse stock and data bases developed omega-3 product for nutraceutical application

installed and serviced equipments at client’s sites in Europe and Overseas carried out numerous building projects for high pressure process equipment with supercritical carbon dioxide for international clients supervised project activities on EU wide R&D project on a pilot equipment cluster for aerogel production handled communication with international clients prepared proposals for equipments and process development and other commercial projects

scaled-up and carried out extraction processes for lipids form micro algae to production scale developed cell disruption process for micro algae which increased the product yield by 100% established analytical methods for the characterisation and quality control of lipid products according to AOCS methods acquired and managed numerous R&D projects together with international consortia

managed an international, interdisciplinary team of specialists in chemistry, engineering and pharmaceutical technology developed a new industrial process for extraction of a API according to Ph.Eur. specifiation from plant material carried out commercial projects for industrial clients on sterilisation and micro encapsulation of plant materials and API’s in supercritical carbon dioxide

recruited and managed research team for down stream processing of products from renewable resources which reached a size of finally eleven members managed research & development projects and project activities, in the field of extraction and processing of micro algae into new products

established analytical methods for lipids developed omega-3 fatty acid and carotenoid-rich products from micro algae leading to international product patents carried out industrial research projects on innovative chemistry in ionic liquids

fulfilled technical lead position in a startup Biotech Company developed lecithin based food products established extraction processes with supercritical fluids which were filed into patents established analytical laboratory for routine quality control of products based on AOCS Standards, and integrated it into a quality system.

build-up laboratory for supercritical fluids and researched about Gas Antisolvent Crystallisation and processes with supercritical CO2 filed two patents on novel processes with supercritical fluids applied for and carried out a number of public and industrial projects involving high pressure technology published papers in international peer reviewed journals and presented at international conferences

Physical Chemistry, Supercritical Fluids