Experience
Dec 2025 — Present
Board Member
ISCC Foundation
- Member of the foundation board
2018 — Present
Principal Researcher
AKASHA Foundation, Zug, Switzerland
- Working with the co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain on Web3.0 technologies
- Developing economic models for scientific communication, attribution and funding
- Spearheading the Blockchain for Science initiative
2018
Head of Research
Validity Labs AG, Zug, Switzerland
- Led research efforts at a blockchain technology company
2013 — 2018
Postdoctoral Fellow
ETH Zürich, Dept. of Biosystems Science & Engineering
- Identified TNF as a key cytokine regulating the transcription factor PU.1 in hematopoietic stem cells
- Set up laboratory microfluidics efforts and developed single-cell cytokine-challenging devices
- Supervised 2 master's theses, 4 rotation students, and mentored 3 PhD students
- Awarded ETH Career Seed Grant (CHF 50,000)
- EMBO Long-Term Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (2012–2015)
2012 — 2013
Postdoctoral Fellow
Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute for Stem Cell Research
- Stem Cell Dynamics Research Unit with Dr. Timm Schroeder
2008 — 2012
PhD — Cancer and Immunology
Harvard Medical School / MGH & Université de Lausanne
- Thesis: Endogenous and exogenous regulation of monocyte responses
- Published in Science, Nature, Cell Reports, PNAS, and more
- Awarded AACR Centennial Fellowship ($90,000) and Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Fellowship
2005 — 2007
M.Sc. Molecular & Cellular Biology
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg & EMBL
- Research on microtubule dynamics at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory
2002 — 2005
B.Sc. Chemistry & Biochemistry
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Research at the Max-Planck-Institut for Biochemistry on actin cytoskeleton dynamics
