What motivates me is the sense of fulfilment from solving problems and learning new things. I don’t have one single favorite moment. Every time a new method works, when the results support my hypothesis, when a new discovery is made, when results from different disciplines agree with each other and piece together into a nice story – those are the kind of the things that inspire me.

Firmenich has a culture of respect. It respects science—even though projects are business-driven, science here can still remain objective. Firmenich also treats employees with respect. That’s really important to my core values as a scientist."