Martina Hirayama

Doctorate in Technical Sciences, ETH Zurich (ETHZ) 1997; Postgraduate degree in Business Economics, ETHZ. Head, Polymer Chemistry Group, ETHZ. Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, start-up in new coating technologies. 2003, Lecturer at Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW. 2007-10, developed ZHAW’s Institute of Materials and Process Engineering. 2011-18, Director, ZHAW School of Engineering. 2012-18, President of the Board, Federal Institute of Metrology; 2011-18, Vice-President of the Board, Innosuisse; 2016-18, Member of the Board, Swiss National Science Foundation. Expert for the European Commission. Since 2019, Director of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research.