Prof. Dr. Christof Brändli
Prof. Dr. Christof Brändli
ZHAW
School of Engineering
Forschungsbereich Klebstoffe und Polymere Materialien
Technikumstrasse 9
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Senior Lecturer, Head Laboratory of Adhesives and Polymer Materials
Focus
Teaching
Senior Lecturer
Professional development teaching
CAS Circular Economy for Engineers
Experience
- Senior Lecturer, Head of Laboratory
ZHAW
09 / 2012 - today - Research Scientist
Dow Europe
05 / 2007 - 08 / 2012 - Product Specialist
Mettler-Toledo
05 / 2005 - 04 / 2007 - R&D Leader
Chemspeed Technology
05 / 2001 - 04 / 2005 - Postdoc
UCSB
02 / 2000 - 04 / 2001 - PhD
University of Berne
01 / 1996 - 12 / 1999
Education and Continuing education
Education
dipl. chem. / Chemistry
University of Zurich
09 / 1990 - 12 / 1995
Network
ORCID digital identifier
Projects
- WAstewater Treatment with Conductive Copolymer Hydrogels covered with Microbial Biofilm / Project leader / ongoing
- Innovative Polyester-Hydrogels as Sustainable Filter Materials / Project leader / ongoing
- Better quality of life with Live4all: Intelligent wheelchair cushion to prevent pressure-related tissue damage / Team member / ongoing
- Guar Gum Bioplastics: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future / Project leader / ongoing
- Glueing without sticking / Project leader / completed
- Modular bee magazines from the 3D printer / Co-project leader / completed
- Innovative development of a sustainable debonding-on-demand adhesive to promote the recycling of polyurethane mattresses / Project leader / completed
- Biomimetic material for MEX 3D printing in humidity with optimized isotropy / Project leader / completed
- Development of PEF/PET-starch hydrogels for Thai shrimp farms wastewater treatment / Project leader / completed
- Innovation Booster Applied Circular Sustainability / Team member / completed
- Printer for optical lenses for fast prototyping and small series / Deputy project leader / completed
- Adhesive for sports equipment with broad adhesion range and optimal curing process / Project leader / completed
- Development of a structural rubber adhesive / Project leader / completed
- Development of new family of high-endurance sealing system(s) for high-pressure / fast pneumatic valves / Project leader / completed
- Functional polyolefinic adhesives / Project leader / completed
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
- Günther, R., Caseri, W. and Brändli, C. (2023) 'Application of atmospheric-pressure jet plasma in the presence of acrylic acid for joining polymers without adhesives', Materials, 16(7), p. 2673. doi: 10.3390/ma16072673.
- Günther, R., Caseri, W. R. and Brändli, C. (2021) 'Direct bonding and de‐bonding on demand of polystyrene and polyamide surfaces, treated with oxygen plasma', Journal of Applied Polymer Science. doi: 10.1002/app.51753.
Other publications
- Cerqua, S. et al. (2024) 'PEF/PET-starch hydrogels from recycled sources for shrimp farm's wastewater treatment', in Fachkonferenz Technik, Architektur und Life Sciences (FTAL), Lugano, Switzerland, 14-15 November 2024.
- Schroffenegger, M. and Brändli, C. (2021) 'Der beste Schaum kommt von der Statistik', KunststoffXtra, 2021(9), pp. 26–29. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-23135.
- Brändli, C. (2016) 'Warum klebt der Leim überall, aber nicht in der Tube?', in Kinder fragen Experten. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, pp. 31–35.
- Brändli, C. (2015) 'Innovationen in der Klebstoffentwicklung : neuartige, reaktive Klebefolien - Vernetzbare Schmelzklebstoffe - Selbstheilende Klebstoffe', Innovation Report, pp. 146–151.
- Brändli, C. (2015) 'Selbstheilende Klebstoffe', in Innovation Report 2015. Luzern: Swiss Plastics, pp. 150–151.
- Brändli, C. (2015) 'Massgeschneidert Kleben', Swiss Engineering STZ, 112(9), pp. 20–22.
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- Bonora, E. et al. (2025) 'PEF/rPET-starch hydrogels from recycled sources for wastewater treatment', in Nordic Polymer Days 2025, Trondheim, Norway, 11-13 June 2025.
- Brändli, C. (2023) 'Die Leichtigkeit des Klebens von Kunststoffen', in Swiss Plastics Expo, Luzern, Schweiz, 19. Januar 2023. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGfdOFgKiLA&t=11s.
- Brändli, C. (2022) 'Neue Technologien in der Klebstoffforschung', in Kickoff Praxiszirkel Klebetechnik: Einsatz von Klebstoffen: gestern, heute, morgen, Brugg, Schweiz, 19. Mai 2022.