Pouria Sadeghianfar

A highly motivated and enthusiastic individual with over four years of experience in the food and agricultural industries. Experienced in conducting laboratory and field trials at the University of Göttingen and Kassel as a scientific and technical student assistant. Skilled in day-to-day tasks related to consumable quality control and R&D as a working student for vertical farming products at the Miele Group.

Completed an internship and temporary work contract at Limagrain GmbH, an industrial seed production company, where they gained hands-on experience in plant breeding and agronomy work. Possesses excellent interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills and is well-organized, independent, creative, and a team player.

08.2022 - Present

Agrilution Systems GmbH, 81379 München, Bavaria, Germany

Working student- Consumable quality, Agrilution/Miele Group

• Developed ISO 2859-1 and AQL batch sampling guidelines for consumable production.
• Conducted daily quality control, internal audits, and supported ISO 9001:2015 standards. 
• Utilized SPC and statistical tools for test data evaluation and KPIs.
• Conducted R&D for sustainable consumable adhesives using biopolymers (Chitosan, Alginate). 
• Performed root cause analysis, documented test data, and contributed to GHP through FMEA. 
• Consumable quality improvement while adhering to GMP, HACCP, and QACCP regulations.

10.2021 - 03.2022

FACULTY OF BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, 95440 Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany/ Prof. Dr. René Uebe

Student assistant- Food microbiology

• Analyze food preservatives to inhibit microbial growth.
• Count spore formers in spices for safety evaluation and quality assessment.
•  Assist in yogurt fermentation with bacterial strains and test the protective culture Bacillus megaterium efficacy using the blank disk technique.

03.2021 - 08.2021

Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Kassel/ Pro. Dr. Oliver Hensel

Student research assistant in a DFG-funded project

• NIR image acquisition for quality assessment of dried fruit slices.
• Using 5 imaging techniques: Hyper-spectral, Bio-speckle, Laser Light Backscattering, Filter-based, and LED-based.

05.2020 - 10.2020

Limagrain GmbH, 31226Peine, Germany

Internship as plant breeder assistant at Rosenthal breeding research station

• Practical breeding and agronomy, including plant growth and disease scoring in trial fields.
•  Field data collection, analysis, and assistance in laboratory tests for seed quality improvement.

04.2019 - 12.2019

Department of Crop Science, Georg-August University Göttingen/ Prof. Dr. Stefan Siebert

Laboratory, field trial activities, and research assistant

• Wheat plant phenology observation and data assessment, and modeling process. 
• Maintenance of the field trials and further laboratory processes and measurements.

09.2018 - 03.2019

Department of Organic Plant Breeding and Agrobiodiversity, University of Kassel / Prof. Dr. Gunter Backes

Laboratory/research assistant

• Breaking the seed dormancy and improving germination with UV-light.

12.2017 - 08.2018

Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, University of Kassel / Prof. Rainer Georg Jörgensen & Prof. Stephan Peth

Laboratory/research assistant

Analyze soil microbial activity, biomass, respiration, and greenhouse gas emissions. Improve soybean seed germination through ultrasound and acid treatments.

Evaluate soil quality through hydraulic characteristics, bulk density, porosity, and optimized water retention curves.

04.2021 - Present @ Bayreuth University, Germany

M.Sc Food Qualityand Safety

Grade: 1.7 (A) - Key modules:

• Food Metabolome and Toxicology • Food microbiology • Chemical Food Analysis
• Data Analysis and Statistics •Nutritional Biochemistry-Physiology and Immunology
• Food SupplyChain & Quality Management • Food Safety and Risk Management Law

10.2017 - 04.2021 @ Georg-August-University Göttingen - Kassel University (Joint degree), Germany 

M.Sc Sustainable International Agriculture - International Organic Agriculture

Grade: 2.2 (A-) - Key modules:

• Quality management and certification for agricultural products
• Process development for sustainable food production and premium food quality
• Sustainable international agriculture Principles and approaches, and sustainable nutrition
• Organic cropping systems

10.2011 - 07.2015 @ Shahrood University of Technology, Iran

B.Sc. Agricultural engineering - Agronomy and Plant Breeding

Grade: 2.2 (A-)