Board Members

Andreas Zogg 

President

Prof. Dr. Andreas Zogg obtained his diploma in technical chemistry (1999) and a PhD in technical science (2003) from the ETH Zurich. After a post-doctoral stay at Ciba SC, he became project leader within the process development department of Ciba SC (2004), polymer additives. In 2009 he joined F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG as a senior scientist in pharma technical development and was responsible for the development of new technologies as well as technically demanding chemical processes. In 2017 he joined Novartis Pharma AG as safety lab expert in pharma chemical and analytical development. Since 2018 he is professor for physical chemistry, process modelling and reaction technology at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts (FHNW). His research focuses on the development of new reaction technologies and process modelling approaches for the safe and direct scale-up of chemical processes. Since 2019 he is president and cofounder of the association ‘Miniplant 4.0’.

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Benedikt Müller

Vice-President

Benedikt Müller completed his apprenticeship as chemical operator at F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG in 2002. He practiced his profession at the same company (since 2003 DSM Nutritional Products) in Sisseln
(AG), where he was part of the start-up team of the vitamin E production. While working as laboratory technician for Willy A.
Bachofen AG, in 2011 he obtained a Swiss Maturity Diploma. In 2018 he obtained his MSc in Industrial Life Sciences (major: Molecular Technologies)

Ronny Hardegger 

Official 

“I joined Miniplant to gain a practical perspective on process engineering beyond fundamental research and to engage in a multidisciplinary environment that bridges academia and industry.”

Ronny Hardegger completed his apprenticeship as a chemical laboratory technician at Roche before obtaining his B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland in 2020 and his M.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Basel in 2023. He is currently a Ph.D. student in Chemistry at the University of Basel.