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Canxi Chen

Canxi Chen

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Supply Chain Analyst | ESG & Sustainabiliy | Project Manager | Strategy & Transformation | Agri-Food | Life Science

  • Education

    • Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zürich)

      2016 - 2018
      Master's degree Food Science (Major in Human Health, Nutrition and Environment)

      A Master's degree program in collaboration of Department of Environmental Systems Sciences (D-USYS) and Department of Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST). Core courses include Public Health, Biostatistics, the impact of nutritional and environmental factors on human health.

    • ETH Zürich

      2018 - 2021
      Doctor of Science Food Science (Nutritional combined environmental impact assessment of global food systems)

      Activities and Societies: Doctoral Thesis: Nutritional combined environmental impact assessment of global food systems https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000518167

    • Zhejiang University

      2012 - 2016
      Bachelor's degree at CKC Honors College Food, Nutrition, and Wellness studies, General

      Activities and Societies: Minor in International Trade; Program lead in ZJU Red Cross, organize volunteers to visit Nursing Homes and care for the elderly

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      2014 - 2014
      Exchange student Food Science and Human Nutrition

      Activities and Societies: Research assistant at Nakamura Nutrition Lab for the analysis of polyunsaturated fatty acids metabolism in animal model; Volunteer in food bank.

  • Experience

    • Laboratory of Risk Assessment on Agricultural products, Ministry of Agriculture of P. R. China

      Dec 2014 - May 2016
      Research Assistant

      • Drafted the Industrial Standard "NY/T 3944-2021 Specification for data expression of agri-food nutritional components"• Conducted researches on the phytochemicals in edible flowers, focusing on the polyphenols and their extraction, effects, and metabolism

    • Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co.,Ltd.

      Jun 2015 - Jul 2015
      Assistant Researcher at Technology Center

    • China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA)

      Mar 2016 - May 2016
      Intern at Division of Scientific Department

    • ETH Zürich

      Sept 2017 - Mar 2018
      Research Assistant

      Human Nutrition Laboratory• Analyzed the zinc and iron content of bio-fortified rice by microwave digestion and AAS methods for the Zinc-Biofortified Rice Initiative in Bangladesh

    • ETH Zürich

      Aug 2018 - Oct 2021
      Researcher & Project Manager

      Research project “Nutritional combined environmental impact assessment of global food systems” in Swiss National Science Foundation NRP 73 “Sustainable Economy” Program.• Identified the hotspots of nutrition inadequacy and environmental sustainability risks by modelling with global food and agriculture data from literature and publicly available databases.• Assessed the benefits and trade-offs with quantitative indicators, including carbon footprint, water footprint, land use, fertilizer use, nutrition quality metrics, and economic costs, for current and alternative dietary scenarios.• Synthesized the state-of-art scientific evidence for bridging the country-specific food choices with UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs)• Protein resources and alternatives from plant, insect, microbes, and lab pipeline Show less

    • FAO

      May 2021 - Nov 2021
      Researcher

      • Drafted and reviewed a chapter of an FAO report that provides the best-practice guidance on how to conduct nutritional combined environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) of food products, working together with 29 global scientists in the FAO working group. https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/f1fe306c-33f2-43f2-803e-f765ecf6fcd4

    • Syngenta Group

      Mar 2022 - now

      • Global Value Chain Program Manager

        Aug 2023 - now

      • Sustainability Strategy Specialist

        Mar 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Supply Chains

      LinkedIn
      Feb 2025
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    • Digital Transformation in Supply Chains

      LinkedIn
      Feb 2025
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    • Supply Chain Foundations: Project Management

      National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)
      Feb 2025

    • Accounting Foundations: Internal Controls

      National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)
      Mar 2025

    • BCG - Climate & Sustainability Job Simulation

      Forage
      Aug 2024
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    • Negotiation Professional Certificate

      American Negotiation Institute
      Nov 2024

    • Supply Chain Basics for Everyone

      LinkedIn
      Feb 2025
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    • Reporting with the GRI Standards 2021 Update

      CSRWorks International
      Dec 2024