This Major aims to broaden and deepen students’ understanding of biosciences at the interface between biology and chemistry. The programme, through a transversal approach, provides the necessary skills to manage and to work on complex and multidisciplinary Biotech, Medtech or Pharma projects.
simon.crelier(at)hevs.ch
Lecturer for chemistry and biotechnology since 2002
Competences in biofuel cells, enzyme catalysis, and functional polymers
fabian.fischer(at)hevs.ch
Lecturer for chemistry and biotechnology since 2002
Competences in biofuel cells, enzyme catalysis, and functional polymers
urban.frey(at)hevs.ch
Head of BSc Life Technologies
Competences in analytical chemistry, hyphenated mass spectrometry techniques, trace contaminants
afrancois.grogg(at)hevs.ch
Lecturer for engineering in physical chemistry, and phytoanalytic since 1995
Competences in pharmacognosie, phytoanalysis, and bioactive natural products
 | Prof. Dr. Joachim Delasoie Lecturer for Analytical, Organic and General Chemistry. |
 | Prof. Dr. Simon Dürr Lecturer for Digital Life Sciences. Competences in Deep Learning, Molecular Modeling, Protein Design and Protein Engineering. |
 | Dr Fabian Fischer Lecturer for chemistry and biotechnology since 2002. Competences in biofuel cells, enzyme catalysis, and functional polymers. Coordinator of module S11. |
 | Dr Urban Frey Head of Master in Life Sciences. Competences in analytical chemistry, hyphenated mass spectrometry techniques, trace contaminants. |
 | Dr. Nils Hanik Lecturer for chemistry and process engineering since 2020. Competences in material sciences, microbial biopolymer production, process analytical technologies and advanced digital data treatment. |
 | Prof. Dr. Valentin Jossen Lecturer for mammalian cell culture, cell biology and metabolism since 2025. Competences in mammalian cell culture process development, modeling and stem cell processing. |
 | Alexandre Kuhn Lecturer for Genomics and Bioinformatics since 2020. Competences in molecular biology, high-throughput sequencing and big data analysis/data science. Applications to human health and disease, molecular diagnostic and biotechnology. |
 | Marc Mathieu Lecturer for Chemistry and Biological Chemistry since 2011. Competences in Peptide and Protein Synthsis and Analysis. |
 | Dr. Sasa Miladinovic Lecturer for bioanalytical chemistry and mass spectrometry since 2022. Competences in mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography, proteomics, small molecule LC/MS analysis. Coordinator of module BP7. |
 | Dr Origène Nyanguile Lecturer for General and Bio-organic Chemistry since 2010. Competences in antiviral drug discovery, virology, infectious diseases and peptide therapeutics. Coordinator of module S23. |
 | Dr. Andreas Peer Lecturer for organic and medicinal chimistry since 2019. Research interest in the synthesis and modification of biomolecules (oliogsaccharides and oligonucleotides) and in the preparation of nanoparticles containing biomolecules for pharmaceutical and diagnostic applications |
 | Dr Marc Pfeiffer Lecturer for Bio-analytical Sciences since 2009. Competences in Molecular Diagnostics and Immunodiagnostics to include assay automation & miniaturization solutions for the medical in-vitro diagnostics (IVD). Coordinator of module BP4 and of module S10. |
 | Prof. Dr. Laura Rolinger
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 | Dr. Matthias Rüdt Lecturer for (bio)process engineering and downstream processing since 2021. Competences in (biopharmaceutical) DSP development and manufacturing, multivariate data analysis, machine learning, process analytical technologies and software development. |
 | Dr Sergio Schmid Lecturer for molecular biology since 1993. Competences in the development of microbial recombinant protein and peptide production, genome engineering, and in the development and validation of qPCR methods (ISO17025 accredited laboratory) for the detection of micro-organisms and for the analysis of gene expression. |
 | Dr Bruno Schnyder Lecturer for Cell biology and Microbiology since 2008. Competences in Immunology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Microbiocidal and Bioactivity testing Research. Coordinator of module BP5 and module S08. |
 | Dr Jean-Manuel Segura Lecturer for chemistry since 2008. Competences in biophysics and bioanalytics, in particular in the development of bioanalytical assays and biosensors for in vitro diagnostics, for biotechnology and for food technology. Coordinator of module S24. |
 | Dr Mannfred Zinn Lecturer for Bioprocess Engineering since 2011. Competences in Bioprocess Engineering, Environmental Biotechnology, and Biomaterials. |
Contact
Prof. Andreas Peer
Head of the major
School of Engineering HES-SO Valais-Wallis
Rue de l'Industrie 23
1950 Sion 2
T +41 58 606 87 15
andreas.peer(at)hevs.ch
