Biography:

Catherine qualified as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (from the National Veterinary School, Maisons-Alfort, France) and later obtained a French PhD in Biotechnology (from the University of Technology, Compiègne, France). Prior joining Roquette, she managed a research team in a French dairy company, working in the area of milk peptides, proteins and hydrolysates with specific biological activities, compatible with food and nutraceutical applications. She joined Roquette in 2005 as a Corporate Scientific Communications Manager for Nutrition and Health (R&D). Since 2016, she is Nutrition and Health Senior Research Manager at Roquette, more specifically focused on long-term, prospective research, around plant-based proteins and their derivatives.