Author

Norbert Sprenger

Senior R&D Expert in the department of Gastrointestinal Health at the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences investigating microbiome-host interactions
Earned his PhD at the University of Basel (Switzerland) before continuing academic research related to functional complex glycans at the Universities of Zurich (Switzerland) and Stanford (Ca, USA)
- Dedicated the last 22 years to applied industrial research at Nestlé Research (Switzerland), which led to major insight and patentable innovations related to milk oligosaccharides for infant nutrition
Publications include more than 66 peer-reviewed articles (h-index 32 in Scopus), over 65 international patent applications, and numerous presentations at international conferences and product launch/support events
Core research interests are focused on understanding how dietary glycans and early life nutrition through their effects on microbe-host interactions drive the development of gut health and immune competence
- To this end "learning from nature" through the study of mother’s milk and specifically the biology of milk oligosaccharides is a central element