Fengzheng Gao
Established Researcher, Team Leader
ETH Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
I am an Established Researcher and Team Leader of the Microalgae and Plant-based foods in Human Nutrition and Health R&D at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
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Dr. Gao is an Established Researcher and Team Leader of the Microalgae in Human Nutrition and Health R&D at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He holds two PhD degrees, one in Bioprocess Engineering obtained from Wageningen University, The Netherlands and another one in Aquatic Product Processing and Storage Engineering obtained from Ocean University of China, China.
He is the Vice President of the China Algae Industry Association-Microalgae Branch and the Etuoke Spirulina Industry International Chief Advisor, and he is an external PhD student supervisor of University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and external MSc program supervisor of Hainan Tropical Ocean University, China.
He obtained several prestigious grants such as the Science XS project funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the Scientific Exchange Grant from the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), the Eurostars project (European Partnership on Innovative SMEs) co-funded by the European Union through Horizon Europe, the Spark grant and Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowship (Swiss transitional measure for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie program) from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), and grant funded by the Foundation for the encouragement of Nutrition Research in Switzerland (SFEFS). He is also the Task Leader in two large grants: the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein at the National University of Singapore and the SNSF Bridge Discovery, and is/was involved in several large international grants such as the EU Horizon 2020 MAGNIFICENT algae project and the SNSF Sinergia.
Dr. Gao has working/exchange experience in several countries including China, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal, and the UK. He has given more than 50 talks during multiple large international conferences, including multiple keynote talks. Dr. Gao won the Youth & Outreach Award (2025, European Algae Biomass Association), European Union-Young Algaeneers Innovation Award (2021, Silver Medal, funded by the European Commission) and the Best Microalgae Awards (2020, AlgaEurope 2020).