Tim Forster

Tim Forster

Student / Programme Doctorate at D-CHAB

ETH Zürich

Chemisches System-Engineering

HCI G 136

Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10

8093 Zürich

Switzerland

Additional information

Research area

We focus on optimization- and hybrid modelling techniques that can be applied for the development and/or optimization of production processes of chemicals and biologics. For this, we combine mechanistic modelling approaches with optimization- and machine learning algorithms. In more recent works, we focus on surrogate modeling of processes combined with surrogate-based optimization methods to identify optimal process conditions in case of complex and computationally expensive systems.

 

Key topics:

  • Surrogate/hybrid modelling and simulation
  • Optimization and machine learning

 

Work Experience

Apr 2018 - Apr 2020               Production Chemist Bioconjucation
                                                       Protein Conjugation Plant
                                                       Lonza AG Pharma & Biotech Visp, Switzerland

Jul 2017 - Dec 2017               Research Assistant
                                                       Group of Prof. Dr. M. Morbidelli
                                                       Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
                                                       ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Jan 2015 - Feb2015               Research Assistant
                                                       Group of Prof. Dr. A. D. Schlüter
                                                       Department of Materials
                                                       ETH Zurich, Switzerland

 

Education 

Jun 2020 - Ongoing               Doctoral Degree
                                                       Group of Prof. Dr. G. Guillén Gosálbez
                                                       Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
                                                       ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Sep 2016 - Feb 2018             Master of Science in Chemical and Bioengineering
                                                       Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
                                                       ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Sep 2013 - Sep 2016            Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
                                                       Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
                                                       ETH Zurich, Switzerland

 

Publications

T. Forster, D. Vázquez, I. Fons Moreno-Palancas, G. Guillén-Gosálbez. Algebraic surrogate-based flexibility analysis of process units with complicating process constraints. Computers & Chemical Engineering2024Linkcall_made

T. Forster, D. Vázquez, M.N.Cruz-Bournazou, A. Butté, G. Guillén-Gosálbez. Modeling of bioprocesses via MINLP-based symbolic regression of S-system formalisms. Computers & Chemical Engineering2023Linkcall_made

T. Forster, D. Vázquez, G. Guillén‐Gosálbez. Algebraic surrogate‐based process optimization using Bayesian symbolic learning. AIChE Journal. 2023Linkcall_made

T. Forster, D. Vázquez, G. Guillén-Gosálbez. Global optimization of symbolic surrogate process models based on Bayesian learning. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 2023Linkcall_made

 

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