Dr. Amandine André

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Scientific collaborator in food chemistry

Expertise and research interests

Analysis and structure determination of natural substances:
Flash-chromatography and preparative chromatography
High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS)
NMR (1D, 2D).

Cellular culture (fibroblasts, bacteria, fungi, algae) and molecular biology (Western-Blot, Immunocytochemistry, Fluorescence microscopy).

Formulation and quality analysis of natural cosmetic products.

Educational background

CAS Hochschuldidaktik, PHZH (2022-2023)

PhD Chemistry of natural substances, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France).

Master Natural Raw Material for Cosmetics, ISIPCA, Versailles (France).

Professional milestones

2017-2019 Researcher in chemistry of natural products with applications in natural cosmetics for the company SHIGETA and the "Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles" (ICSN-CNRS), Paris.

2014-2017 PhD student in chemistry of natural substances for the company SHIGETA and the "Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles" (ICSN-CNRS), Paris.

2012-2013 Project manager for the company Oriflame, Skin Research Institute, Stockholm.

2010-2012 Junior project manager in apprenticeship for the company Soliance, Ile-Grande (France).

Projects

• Fruit to Bar – Innovative Nach-Ernte-Prozessierung von entpulpten Kakaobohnen und -pulpe für "single source" Schokolade / Team member / Project ongoing
• CREATE – Mikroorganismen zur Förderung gesunder Lebensmittel aus Hülsenfrüchten / Team member / Project ongoing
• Pflanzliche Fleischanaloge hergestellt durch innovative Vor-Prozessierung und Extrusion (PlantEAT) / Team member / Project ongoing
• Charakterisierung der Hanfbitterstoffe und Anwendung bei der Bierherstellung / Project leader / Project completed
• Cocoa in Numbers - from data to knowledge / Team member / Project completed
• Entwicklung eines validierten Fragebogens zur Erfassung der Schlafqualität anhand einer Kosmetiklinie / Team member / Project completed
• Strategien zur Reduktion von Mykotoxinen in Getreidenebenproduktströmen / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Ullrich, Lisa; Casty, Bettina; André, Amandine; Hühn, Tilo; Steinhaus, Martin; Chetschik, Irene,

  2022.

  Decoding the fine flavor properties of dark chocolates.

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

  70(42), pp. 13730-13740.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.2c04166

• André, Amandine; Müller, Nadina; Chetschik, Irene,

  2022.

  Occurrence of zearalenone and enniatin B in Swiss wheat grains and wheat flours.

  Applied Sciences.

  12(20), pp. 10566.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/app122010566

• André, Amandine; Casty, Bettina; Ullrich, Lisa; Chetschik, Irene,

  2022.

  Use of molecular networking to identify 2,5-diketopiperazines in chocolates as potential markers of bean variety.

  Heliyon.

  8(9), pp. e10770.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10770

• André, Amandine; Leupin, Marianne; Kneubühl, Markus; Pedan, Vasilisa; Chetschik, Irene,

  2020.

  Evolution of the polyphenol and terpene content, antioxidant activity and plant morphology of eight different fiber-type cultivars of Cannabis sativa L. cultivated at three sowing densities.

  Plants.

  9(12), pp. 1740.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9121740

• Kneubühl, Markus; André, Amandine; Chetschik, Irene,

  2021.

  Characterisation of the key-aroma compounds among the volatile constituents in different hemp strains (Cannabis sativa L.) [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the 16th Weurman Flavour Research Symposium.

  16th Weurman Flavour Research Symposium, online, 4-6 May 2021.

  Zenodo.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5513767

• Chetschik, Irene; André, Amandine,

  2021.

  Fibre-type hemp in the food and beverage industry : from the field to the molecule of interest.

  Transfer English edition.

  2021(1), pp. 10.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23225

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

André, A.; Wojtowicz, N.; Touré, K.; Stien, D.; Eparvier, V. New Acorane Sesquiterpenes Isolated from the Endophytic Fungus Colletotrichum Gloeosporioides SNB-GSS07. Tetrahedron Letters 2017, 58, 1269–1272, doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.02.024.

André, A.; Wdzieczak-Bakala, J.; Touré, A.K.; Stien, D.; Eparvier, V. A Method to Quantify Intracellular Glycation in Dermal Fibroblasts Using Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Fluorescence Detection - Application to the Selection of Deglycation Compounds of Dermatological Interest. J. Chromatogr. B Analyt. Technol. Biomed. Life Sci. 2018, 1100–1101, 100–105, doi:10.1016/j.jchromb.2018.09.034.

André, A.; Touré, A.K.; Stien, D.; Eparvier, V. 2,5-Diketopiperazines Mitigate the Amount of Advanced Glycation End Products Accumulated with Age in Human Dermal Fibroblasts. International Journal of Cosmetic Science 2020, 42, 596–604, doi:10.1111/ics.12655.

Sorres, J.; André, A.; Elslande, E.V.; Stien, D.; Eparvier, V. Potent and Non-Cytotoxic Antibacterial Compounds Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Isolated from Psiloxylon Mauritianum, A Medicinal Plant from Reunion Island. Molecules 2020, 25, 3565, doi:10.3390/molecules25163565.

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