Dr. Markus E. Scheller has worked for several companies, including BASF and Ciba-Geigy, for almost 30 years. After receiving his PhD in organic chemistry at the ETH in Zürich (1985), he started as research chemist at Syntex in Palo Alto, California. In 1987 he moved to Switzerland working for Ciba-Geigy in Process Development. In 1991 he co-led a major international project creating fully automated chemical synthesis production facilities in Switzerland (Kaisten) and USA (McIntosh). Subsequently, he joined the US team in McIntosh, Alabama for 14 years, first as head for production Specialty Additives, then for Antioxidants. Dr. Scheller was named Process Development head NAFTA in 1999, with facilities in Puebla, McIntosh, Canada. In 2001 he was appointed to lead the Global Process/Technology department for the Additive division with activities in the USA, India, Japan, Mexico, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. Then in 2008, Dr. Scheller was transferred back and was nominated as Site Manager of the largest Swiss BASF production facility in Monthey, Switzerland. From 2012 to 2016, he was a member of the Federal Office National Economic Supply (NES) for the Chemistry section. In 2016 he left BASF and became self-employed, and until present functions as Operations Management Advisor of smaller companies.
In 2015 he was honored with the AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Management award. In June 2021, he was elected as Fellow of AIChE, the highest membership level. From July 2017 until today, he supports SSE and Valsynthese in Brig in several functions (e.g. Head R&D and AI). Since June 2020 he has been a Board Member of SSE (Société Suisse des Explosifs SA)