Bettina Wüstenberg, a German national, grew up in Bremen, Germany, and did her chemistry studies at the Carl-von-Ossietzky University in Oldenburg, Germany, before she moved to Basel, Switzerland, in 1999 for her Ph.D. on the iridium-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation of tri-substituted olefins under the supervision of Prof. A. Pfaltz at the University of Basel. During this time, part of her studies were directed to the asymmetric hydrogenation of vitamin E side chain building blocks as well as γ-tocotrienol acetate. For a new perspective, Bettina then moved to the greater Vancouver area, Canada, where she joined the group of Prof. N. Branda at the Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, for a post-doctoral research stay on photochromic molecular switches. In 2005, Bettina returned to Switzerland, to start a position at DSM Nutritional Products Ltd., where she since then is leading a laboratory for organic synthesis in the Chemical Process Research Department in Kaiseraugst with focus on the chemical synthesis of vitamins and carotenoids. Today, in her position as EMEA Principal Scientist at DNP, she is responsible for carotenoid research on lab scale of the commercialized products and beyond. 

Since 2005 she has been a member of the International Carotenoid Society and has attended the International Symposium on Carotenoids in Edinburgh, UK (2005), Okinawa, Japan, (2008), Salt Lake City, USA (2014), and Lucerne, Switzerland (2017). As an invited speaker, she gave a presentation on the Large Scale Production of Carotenoids at the 17^th International Symposium of Carotenoids in Salt Lake City, USA, 2014. 

With her interest, to continuously improve existing methods and develop new ways for carotenoid synthesis that may provide future access to so far non-commercialized carotenoids, it is her ambition to connect academic research with industrial applications. With a strong motivation to support an interdisciplinary exchange, she would bring her expertise in carotenoid chemistry combined with an industrial perspective to the ICS Council.