Sven holds a Bachelor’s (B.Sc.) and Master’s (M.Sc.) degree from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. He completed his Ph.D. in bioprocess engineering at the Max Planck Institute in Magdeburg, Germany, focusing on the characterization, optimization, and intensification of bioreactor processes for the production of viral vectors, recombinant subunit vaccines, and oncolytic viruses in collaboration with academic and industrial partners.
Following his Ph.D., Sven continued as a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute, where he worked on the development and scale-up of integrated production processes for clinical-grade oncolytic viruses.
In April 2025, he joined the Bioprocess Technology Laboratory at FHNW, where his research focuses on developing integrated continuous AAV manufacturing processes and implementing process analytical technologies such as Raman and infrared spectroscopy.