Roland Hischier holds a doctorate in environmental sciences from ETH Zürich. He first worked in the ecology department of a private company, before he joined in 2000 Empa where he works today as Head of the ‘Advancing Life Cycle Assessment’ (ALCA) Group within the Technology and Society Laboratory. The Technology and Society Laboratory creates and communicates knowledge for a transition towards a sustainable society by, among other things, analysing new materials and technologies with regard to their ecological and social impact. He was involved in numerous LCA studies – focussing mainly on the LCI modelling development; and dealing mainly with the sectors of packaging, bio-based materials and fuels, the ICT (information and communication technology) sector and since 2006 nanotechnology. In 2001 he joined as representative of Empa St. Gallen the group of LCI experts of the ecoinvent Centre, the homebase of the international life cycle inventory database ecoinvent. Since May 2013 he represents Empa in the board of ecoinvent, i.e. in the steering committee; since July 2016 acting as its president. Furthermore, he is since more than 10 years member of the Board of ‘Diskussionsforum LCA’ (DF LCA) – a Swiss association organizing 3-4 times/year one-day conferences in the area of LCA.