Acknowledgments
Writing this book was made possible thanks to the support from many of our
colleagues across the multiple disciplines covered in this book. Specifically, we
would like to thank Dr. Christoph Baumberger for providing helpful comments
on the philosophical elements touched upon in the second chapter. Both Dr. Peter
Schnurrenberger and Dr. Patric Bieler are acknowledged and thanked for providing
us with helpful insights into the latest product and process development practices
within the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. For the development of the main
case study, we would like to thank both Dr. Georg Geisler and Dr. Wolfgang Stutz
for their valuable feedback. The chapter on life cycle assessment greatly benefited
thanks to the feedback and invaluable discussions with Prof. Dr. Stefanie Hellweg.
We would also like to thank Dr. Kaspar Eigenmann for his helpful input provided
during the development of the chapter on societal dialogue.
The presentation of the topics included in this book were formulated and refined
over the course of many years of research and teaching at ETH Zurich. This was only
possible thanks to the significant support from many former teaching assistants and
research scientists within our group. We would like to give a very special thanks to
these colleagues and all of our former group members who contributed to the course
curriculum and to advancing research in the field.
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