Greta Faccio, Ph.D.
Born in Italy, I have lived in different European countries to study and work. Since my Erasmus stay at the Brookes University in Oxford, I am fascinated with different ways of learning and presenting science. I hold a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Helsinki (Finland) where I entered the field of food science by studying enzymes with a crosslinking activity to tune the texture of food matrices. Moving to Switzerland in 2012, I joined the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research and investigated the use of proteins for materials science, diagnostics, and MedTech applications. This resulted in many publications exploring proteins at material interface and one pending patent now available for selling/licensing.
I am currently active in the intellectual property and technology transfer sector.
I am familiar with scientific topics as different as wheat dough and nanoparticles, enzyme kinetics and fluorescence, protein science, in-vitro diagnostics, and algae. I follow the technology, cosmetics, biomaterials, sustainability, and food scene.
You can read more about me in WithaScienceDegree and you can find my publication here and in GoogleScholar.
I am a protein fan and get creative on Redbubble creating gadgets and gifts thought for scientists.
You can see a summary of my experience on my Linkedin page.
My Swiss standardised business identification number (UID) is CHE-268.646.771 and I can thus issue invoices.
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Education
2023 Managing the Company of the Future, University of London and London Business School offered through Coursera.
2023 Ready, Set, Future! Introduction to Futures Thinking, Institute for the Future and offered through Coursera.
2023 Coaching Practices, University of California, Davis and offered through Coursera.
2023 Managing as a Coach, University of California, Davis and offered through Coursera.
202X How to Be a Good Mentee and Mentor + Coaching Skills for Leaders and Managers + Interpersonal Communication + Sanyin Siang on Strategic Mentoring + Leading with Innovation, Linkedin.
2023 Be a Great Mentor: A Practical Guide to Mentorship, Udemy.
2021 Sustainability Essentials for Business, Universität Cambridge.
2020 Agile & Digital Transformation Masterclass: Enterprise Agile, Udemy.
2020 Oxford Women’s Leadership Development Programme, University of Oxford, Sàid Business. school.
2019 Open Innovation, Futurelearn-Durham University.
2018 Innovation Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam and offered through Coursera
2018 From ideas to action, IDEO U, Online, http://www.ideou.com.
2018 Introduction to Design thinking, IDEO U, Online, http://www.ideou.com.
2016 BRAAVOO Workshop and Creative Design Course, Lausanne, CH.
2015 Leading with Energy and Focus, University of St. Gallen, HSG, CH.
2014 Patents and IP protection workshop, Empa, St. Gallen, CH.
2013 Project Management for Research – Methods and Tools, ETHZ, CH.
2012 Basics in Management, Empa Akademie, Dübendorf, CH.
2011 – PhD, Univ. of Helsinki & VTT, Helsinki, FI. Thesis: Discovery of novel oxidative enzymes for food engineering. Tyrosinase and sulfhydryl oxidase / Opponent Prof. Willem van Berkel, WUR University (Wageningen, NL).
1999 – Master Degree in Biological Sciences (Laurea in Scienze Biologiche. mark: 110/110), Insubria University, Varese, IT. Thesis: Glycine oxidase from Bacillus subtilis, a model for the study of covalent flavinylation.
2002–03 – Erasmus exchange program, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
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