Manfred Eggersdorfer, PhD

Manfred Eggersdorfer is professor emeritus for Healthy Ageing at the University Medical Center Groningen. Before he was senior vice president of DSM Nutritional Products as head of Research and Development and responsible for Nutrition Science. DSM Nutritional Products is the world’s leading supplier of vitamins, carotenoids, and nutritional ingredients to the feed, food, pharmaceutical, and personal care industries. Prior to joining DSM, he  worked for Roche, Basel, and BASF, Ludwigshafen in various positions, including head of Research and Development – Fine Chemicals.

Dr. Eggersdorfer studied chemistry at the Technical University, Munich and was a post doctoral student at Stanford University. He is president of the Gesellschaft für angewandte Vitaminforschung, member of several scientific boards and the author of numerous publications on the role of vitamins, carotenoids, omega-fatty acids for health and innovation in nutritional ingredients.