Prof. Marie-Noëlle Falquet

Profile

Prof. Marie-Noëlle Falquet Dozentin für Lebensmitteltechnologie

  • Contact hours Monday
    Tuesday
    Thursday
    Friday
  • Address Berner Fachhochschule
    School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
    Fachbereich Food Science & Management
    Länggasse 85
    3052 Zollikofen

Activities

  • Lecturer in food science for BSc in Food Science

  • Lecturer for MSc in life sciences - specialisation "Food Nutrition & Health"

  • Lecturer for continuous training (MAS Food Safety, CAS International Food Business)

  • Research projects in the fields of food and nutrition

  • Food technology (Reformulation of food with improved nutritional value)

  • Nutrition (nutrient profiling)

Teaching

  • BSc in Food Science

  • MSc in life sciences - specialisation « Food Nutrition & Health »

  • CAS - International Food Business

  • MAS - Food Safety (module Food Policy)

  • Food Technology: carbohydrates/lipids in food technology, food manufacturing, food processes

  • Food regulations

  • Food & Nutrition

Research

  • Food & Nutrition

CV

  • 2013 / 2015 Expert in nutrient profiling & Coordinator of the Nestlé Nutrition Network NESTLE Research Centre - Public Health Nutrition, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 2006 / 2013 Group leader of “Translational Nutrition” NESTLE Research Centre - Public Health Nutrition, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 2005 / 2006 R&D Specialist and project manager NESTLE Research Centre - Scientific and Nutritional Support, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 2003 / 2005 R&D Business expert in recipe and trial management NESTLE CT-R&D Management Systems – R&D Performance Improvement Project, Vevey, Switzerland
  • 2000 / 2003 Project Manager in Baked Confectionery products NESTLE Product Technology Centre - Confectionery, York, England
  • 1997 / 1999 Project leader in Snack products & Manager of Sensory Analysis service NESTLE Research and Development Centre - Confectionery, Broc, Switzerland
  • 2015 / 2017 Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) : « Enseignement Supérieur et Technologie de l’Education » Centre de didactique universitaire Did@cTIC, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
  • 1994 / 1997 Food Science Engineer ENITIAA/ONIRIS, Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs des Techniques des Industries Agro-Alimentaires, Nantes, France
  • 1996 / 1997 Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies in Biotechnology and Food Industries (MSc) ENSAIA, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires, Nancy, France
  • 2020 - current - Member of the Federal Commission for Nutrition

Projects

  • Project Healthy? Yummy! (publication in preparation): “Can the choice of collective catering menus containing vegetables be influenced amongst the 18-34-year-old Swiss population by the highlight of a vegetable characteristic being sensorial or functional (nutritional or health oriented)?”

Language skills and intercultural knowledge

  • French - Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English - Full professional proficiency
  • German - Full professional proficiency