Bernhard Seifried

Dr. Seifried serves as Senior Director, Research & Technology at Ceapro. Dr. Seifried is the co-inventor of the Company’s proprietary pressurized gas expanded (PGX) Technology, a novel drying technology for water soluble polymers utilizing PGX liquids. In 2010 Dr. Seifried joined Ceapro, focusing on further development and scale-up of the PGX Technology, which can generate fine structured open-porous biopolymer morphologies and exfoliated nano-composites for a wide range of applications including drug delivery, wound healing, cosmetics and nutraceuticals. His main areas of research are related to fundamental physical properties of supercritical fluids and PGX liquids, as well as their application for the development of novel sustainable processes. Dr. Seifried authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals, a book chapter and presented in many national and international conferences related to supercritical fluids, nano-composites, biotechnology and food engineering. He won numerous awards in his academic and industrial career including the Alberta Innovates –Industry Associate R&D Award and the award for Scientific Achievement and Innovation from BioAlberta in 2014.