Mark Strefeler ist Professor emeritus für Gartenbau und Botanik, der an der University of Minnesota und an der Miami University, Ohio, lehrte. Vor seinem Umzug in die Schweiz war er Leiter der Abteilung für Biologie am Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Alimentarium presents the fruit of work by a multidisciplinary team of curators, education officers, guides and chefs, each adding their own flavour.
Laureate of the Alimentarium short story competition Writing about food disgust
Estelle Trisconi, a former journalist in the written press, is now a lecturer at the Haute école pédagogique du canton de Vaud and specialises in acquisition of learning. Originally from the canton of Valais, she is married and a content mother of three children. She likes to write from time to time, to tell stories.
Since 2005, William Türler has been working as a journalist for various publications in French-speaking Switzerland. His favorite topics are the economy, innovation, watchmaking, gastronomy and the hotel industry.
Jean-Pierre Tutrone graduated from the Université de Neuchâtel in vertebrate eco-ethology and plant ecology. He has applied his knowledge to several fields (labwork, databases, creating exhibitions for museums, popularisation of scientific information, etc.). He is particularly interested in the environment, but is also fascinated by a variety of other subjects related to history, science or new technologies.
Marie Ange Unbekandt lived in Mexico for four years. During this time, she fell in love with Mexican food and furthered her knowledge of it by surveying markets and meeting with Mexican chefs and families. She shares her discoveries on her blog www.saveursmexicaines.com. She currently lives in the suburbs of Paris, where she works as a food photographer.
