
Prof. Dr. Wiltrud Treffenfeldt
Position
Chief Technology Officer Europe, Middle East and Africa
Institution/Company
DOW Europe GmbH
Address
Bachtobelstrasse 3, CH-8810 Horgen, Switzerland
Significant career milestones
Over 25 years of experience in industrial-, pharmaceutical- and agricultural biotechnology in the following positions:
- Chief Technology Officer Europe, Middle East and Africa, Dow Europe GmbH
- Research and Development Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Dow Europe GmbH
- Director, Bioprocess Research and Development, Dow AgroSciences, USA
- Director, BioPharma at Dow, USA
- Director of Biological and Environmental Engineering at Degussa/Evonik
Honorary professorship and 16 years as a lecturer at the University of Hannover, Biotechnology / Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineerin.
Other professional activities
- Participation in national and international research committees: Dechema Karl Winnaker Institute, GVC, OECD, Advisory Board of the Bioeconomy Center, Jülich, VCI
- Member of the Bioeconomy Council (first working period), spokesperson for the Industrial Biotechnology Association
- Member of the board of numerous SMEs and Dow Olefinverbund Germany
- Winner of the 2012 'Industrial Biotechnology Nord' Award
Current fields of activity
- Head of Research and Development at Dow Europe, Middle East and Africa, with the objective of strengthening and further expanding existing internal research activities in these regions
- Development of the research organisation towards future growth markets in the areas of energy efficiency, infrastructure, water production and recycling, transportation and materials science
- Establishment of cooperations with academic and industrial partners