Susanna Miescher

Projects

• Sustainable Food and Packaging Knowledge Hub / Team member / ongoing
• More efficient cleaning of glass containers labeled with self-adhesive labels / Deputy project leader / completed
• Valorization of Swiss Agri-Food Side Streams / Team member / completed
• Local food for the future / Team member / completed
• Integrated Bio-based Materials Value Chains / Team member / completed
• Calcium carbonate based active packaging / Team member / completed
• Biopolymer based bioactive food packaging / Team member / completed
• Active labels / Team member / completed
• Optimized food products for elderly populations / Co-project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Gazzotti, S. et al. (2026) 'Potato peels as biobased fillers for poly butylene succinate composites : the role of PLA-based compatibilizing agents towards new-generation food packaging materials', RSC Applied Polymers. doi: 10.1039/d6lp00192k.
• Miescher, S. et al. (2025) 'Potato peel-based PBS/PBAT biocomposites : influence of composition and filler content on injection molded properties', Sustainable Food Technology, 3(6), pp. 2308–2320. doi: 10.1039/d5fb00333d.
• Miescher, S., Hülsmann, L. and Yildirim, S. (2024) 'Development and optimization of the extrusion of potato peel-based biocomposite films', Packaging Technology and Science, 37(10), pp. 929–939. doi: 10.1002/pts.2831.
• Miescher, S. et al. (2016) 'Evaluation of the accessibility of selected packaging by comparison of quantitative measurements of the opening forces and qualitative surveys through focus group studies', Packaging Technology and Science, 29(11), pp. 559–570. doi: 10.1002/pts.2237.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Miescher, S. and Yildirim, S. (2019) 'Optimization of the gas composition for an extended shelf life of fresh shiitake (Lentinula edodes) stored at room temperature', in 29th IAPRI Symposium on Packaging, Enschede, The Netherlands, 11 - 14 June 2019.

Other publications

• Miescher, S. et al. (2025) Entwicklung biologisch abbaubarer Materialien aus Weintrester zur Reduktion von Plastikmüll in der Landwirtschaft (BIMWET). Wädenswil: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-33868.
• Brombach, C., Miescher, S. and Yildirim, S. (2014) 'OPTIFEL : altersgerechte Verpackungen', Transfer, 2014(3), p. 8. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-5888.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Yildirim, S. and Miescher, S. (2012) 'Verpackung gegen Lebensmittelverschwendung', in 61. Energie und Umwelt Symposium, Winterthur, 2012.

Patents and patent applications

Siefarth, C. et al. (2021) 'Kompostierbare Kapsel sowie deren Herstellung und Verwendung'. Available at: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DWO2021044024A1.

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