Roland Pahl began his brewing career with a technical apprenticeship as a brewer and maltster at the Schultheiss Brewery in Berlin. He later received his doctorate degree in brewing technology. After his university education, Roland started working at the Chair of Brewing Technology as a scientific assistant. In January 2004, he began working at VLB Berlin in the Institute for Engineering and Packaging Technology department, where he has been for the last seven years. With the recently established VLB Research Institute for Beer and Beverage Production, Roland is working on new projects that involve the entire chain of the brewing process, from raw materials to the final product. Roland holds lectureships at the Technical University Berlin and Beuth University of Applied Science in Berlin.