Manfred Zinn PhD

Dr. Manfred Zinn studied Biotechnology at ETH Zurich where he also did his PhD in the lab of Prof. Bernard Witholt on multiple nutrient limited growth conditions. He did 2 postdocs in US at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) and Harvard (Boston) in the field of biofilm research.
Back in Switzerland in 2000 he joined Eawag in Duebendorf and after 2 years moved on to Empa St. Gallen, where he led a research group dedicated to biosynthesis and applications of biopolyesters. Since October 2011 he became Professor in the Biotechnology unit at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO // Valais – Wallis), where he teaches bioprocess technology at Bachelor and Masters level.