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
• OPTIFEL / Co-project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Miescher, S., Schleiffer, F., Wegenstein, E., & Yildirim, S. (2025). Potato peel-based PBS/PBAT biocomposites : influence of composition and filler content on injection molded properties. Sustainable Food Technology, 3(6), 2308–2320. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5fb00333d
• Miescher, S., Hülsmann, L., & Yildirim, S. (2024). Development and optimization of the extrusion of potato peel-based biocomposite films. Packaging Technology and Science, 37(10), 929–939. https://doi.org/10.1002/pts.2831
• Miescher, S., Brombach, C., Artigas, G., Järvenpää, E., Steinemann, N., Ziesemer, K., & Yildirim, S. (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), 559–570. https://doi.org/10.1002/pts.2237

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

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

Other publications

• Miescher, S., Hüsch, S., Nägele, H.-J., & Yildirim, S. (2025). Entwicklung biologisch abbaubarer Materialien aus Weintrester zur Reduktion von Plastikmüll in der Landwirtschaft (BIMWET). ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-33868
• Brombach, C., Miescher, S., & Yildirim, S. (2014). OPTIFEL : altersgerechte Verpackungen. Transfer, 2014(3), 8. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5888

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

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

Patents and patent applications

• Siefarth, Caroline; Affolter, Roland; Brunschwiler, Christoph; Van Den Bragt, Ralf; Yildirim, Selçuk; Miescher, Susanna,

  2021.

  Kompostierbare Kapsel sowie deren Herstellung und Verwendung.

  Patent number WO2021044024 A1

  (2021-03-11)

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  Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DWO2021044024A1

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