Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Palzer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Career

Jan. 2018

Executive Vice President Nestlé S.A., Chief Technology Office

2016

Head of Nestlé Research Center, Nestlé S.A.

2013

Global R&D Director Strategic Business Unit Beverage, Nestlé S.A.

2010

Managing Director Nestlé Product Technology Centre for Confectionery, Nestlé S.A.

2007

Department Head Food Science & Technology and Manager of Food Science & Technology Expert Networks, Nestlé Research Center, Nestlé S.A.

2006

Manager Technology Department, Nestlé Product Technology Centre for Culinary, Nestlé Germany

2003

Team Leader, Nestlé Product Technology Centre  for Culinary, Nestlé Germany

2000

Project Manager, Nestlé Product Technology Centre  for Culinary, Nestlé Switzerland

Education/Degrees:

  Professor Process Engineering (Technical University Hamburg/DE)

  Honorary Professor Food Technology (University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim/DE)

  Visiting Professor Chemical Engineering (The University of Sheffield/GB)

  Habilitation/venia legendi Chemical Engineering (Technical University Munich/DE)

  MBA/Industrial Engineer (focus Marketing, University Hagen/DE)

  PhD Process Engineering (Technical University Munich/DE)

  Dipl.-Ing./M.Sc. Food Technology (Technical University Munich/DE)

  Apprenticeship beverage industry

Mandates:

  Vice President, Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley (since 2020)

  Executive Board of European Academy of Food Engineering (since 2014)

Past Mandates:

  Advisory Board for Competence Cluster Nutritional Research Berlin-Potsdam NutriAct (2014-2020)

  Advisory Board for Chemistry & Chemical Engineering studies - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (since 2015/16)

  Counsel of Association Française des Chimistes, Ingénieurs et Cadres des Industries Agricoles et Alimentaires (2014-2017)

  Chairman of the Board of the European Master in Food Technology (2007-2013)

  Counsel of Association Française des Chimistes, Ingénieurs et Cadres des Industries Agricoles et Alimentaires (2014-2017)

  Chairman of the Board of the European Master in Food Technology (2007-2013)

  Scientific committee of Research Association German Food Industry (2006-2010)

  Board of Working Party on Agglom. - European Federation of Chemical Engineering (2009-2017)

  Scientific Committees of German society for process & chemical engineering (2006-2016)


Awards:

  Nestlé Fellow (2015)

  Ambassador University Hamburg (2015)

  Delegate Future Leaders Forum, Davos (2002)

  Award for best dissertation - Association of Milk Scientists and Food Technology (1997)

  DECHEMA Student Award - German Soc. For Chem. & Biotechn. (1997)

  Max Kettner Award for best final grades - Technical University of Munich (1995)

  5 scholarships - Technical University of Munich (1994, 1994/95, 1995, 1995/96, 1996)

  Award for best A-levels - German Chemical Industry Fonds (1987)