Team – SPIDEN

Team & Advisory Board

OUR PEOPLE

We built a team with deep experience in serial entrepreneurship, MedTech product development and Spiden’s key science disciplines.

OUR TEAM

Leo Grünstein

Founder & CEO

Founder of LG Capital, a Family Office focused on incubation of “big idea” ventures

Serial entrepreneur, investor & Co-Founder of more than two dozens international start-ups, with multiple VC investments and successful exits (e.g. MoneyPark, acquired in 2016 for CHF 153m)

Previously project manager at McKinsey & Co. & Analyst at HSBC’s M&A team

MBA Columbia Business School, B.A. St. Gallen University

Bernd Wittner, PhD

Chief technology officer

20 years of experience in the MedTech industry. Built and lead cross-functional and multi-national R&D organizations; successfully developed, launched and sustained complex therapy systems

Previously Senior R&D leader of the Acute Therapies business in Baxter Healthcare Inc and Gambro Lundia AB

PhD in Engineering Design from the University of Cambridge

Adler Perotte, MD

Chief science & innovation officer

Physician and scientist with over 15 years of experience in medicine, computational biomedical research, and innovation

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University; created and lead a large research operation developing novel machine learning methods and biomedical devices; published in top-tier machine learning, clinical, and basic science journals

MD, Columbia University, MA in Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, AB Princeton University

Daniel Thürig

Chief operating officer

Former Associate Partner at McKinsey & Co. with 8+ years of experience in management consulting, focusing on strategy, M&A, and business building for major high-tech manufacturers and service providers

Operational experience in Design-to-Value, procurement and production programs for high tech products

MA in Economics University of Zurich

Övünç Okyay

Co-founder & venture builder

Managing Director LG Capital

Previously PE investor at The Carlyle Group’s $500m MENA Fund, analyst at Morgan Stanley and consultant at McKinsey & Co.

Diverse industry expertise with strong experience in investing, strategy and portfolio management

MBA Columbia Business School; M.Sc. Production Engineering TU Berlin

Fabien Rebeaud, PhD

Director biomedical sciences

Executive Scientific Leader with 15+ years of experience in the biotech and medical device industries

Previously CSO of Abionic SA. Built and led cross-functional teams encompassing R&D, Clinical, Medical and Regulatory Affairs

Developed and brought to market innovative diagnostic solutions improving patient health

PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Lausanne

Emmanuel Delamarche, PhD

Senior manager microfluidics

Chemist with multidisciplinary expertise and 29 years of experience in R&D on microfluidics, miniaturized assays, and microfabrication

Previously at IBM, where he contributed to >200 patents and received >30 awards; lecturer at ETH and panel member/chair for various research programs; major prizes from the SCS and ACS

PhD in biochemistry from Zurich University and MSc in chemistry from Université de Toulouse

Fernando Perez Cruz, Prof.

Distinguished machine learning scientist

Deputy Executive Director of the Swiss Data Science Center and Professor at the Computer Science Department at ETH Zurich

Over 20 years’ of experience in applied machine learning research

Former member of the technical staff at Bell Labs in Murray Hill and Machine Learning Research Scientist at Amazon; Marie Curie Fellow at Princeton University and Associate Professor at University Carlos III in Madrid. Former member of the Gatsby Unit (London), Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics (Tuebingen), and BioWulf Technologies (New York)

PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Madrid

Bauke Tilma, PhD

Senior principal photonics engineer

16+ years of experience in academic (TU Eindhoven and ETH Zürich) and commercial (Coherent Laser Enterprise Zürich) research, development and production of Semiconductor laser and Photonic integrated circuits for Sensing applications and Telecommunication purposes

PhD in Electrical Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology

David Kallweit, PhD

Program manager

15+ years of experience in advanced development of novel technologies in MEMS and micro-/nano-optics with a focus on conception, feasibility, systems design and simulation

Previously with CSEM SA and Fraunhofer IPMS, led innovation and development projects in the fields of MEMS, optical biosensing, medical devices and lighting

PhD in micro-optics from IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Germany

Jens Hofrichter, PhD

Manager optics & photonics engineering

15 years experience in integrated photonics R&D; drove the laser integration for Silicon Photonics at IBM

Led projects for the development of CMOS computed tomography scanners, wafer-level integration and photon counting for medical imaging, AR cameras and optical microphones at ams-Osram

Author of more than 30 patents; MSc in Electrical Engineering from RWTH Aachen; PhD in Photonics from TU Eindhoven

Lukas Brückner, PhD

Lead system integrator optics & spectroscopy

10+ years expertise in the field of optical spectroscopy with focus on non-linear near-infrared Raman techniques

6+ years of experience working in a multi-national start-up environment leading the R&D team to implement innovative optical concepts for the design of novel miniaturized biomedical products

PhD in Physical Chemistry from Heidelberg University

Mattias Cattepoel

Manager system engineering

15+ years of experience in systems engineering in aeronautics and space industry

Previous Team Lead System Engineering at RUAG Space, focus on team building and processes towards a robust and sustainable customer-oriented development

Dipl.-Ing. in Civil Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg

18+ years of experience in academic and commercial research and development in fibre optics, ultrafast laser materials processing, and systems engineering

Specialization in mechatronics and systems design with an extensive background in electrical and mechanical engineering, applied physics and optics, laser-matter interaction, and ultrafast laser systems

PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Pittsburgh

Andrea Sterzi, PhD

Principal photonic engineer

10 years of research experience in Physics, focused on designing and operating a wide range of optical spectroscopy techniques at several institutions such as Empa (ETH, Switzerland) and at the international synchrotron facility Elettra (Trieste, Italy)

Designed and developed a market-oriented deep-UV Raman spectrometer for on-line monitoring water quality by evaluating pesticides and drugs content

PhD in Physics from the University of Trieste and BS in Physics from University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Brescia

Christian Zakian, PhD

Senior systems engineer

15+ years of R&D experience in academia focused on clinical translation of optical and acoustic sensing and imaging technologies

Previous scientific lead in EU projects for advanced molecular endoscopy (Helmholtz Munich)

Expertise in translation of imaging techniques for dentistry (University of Manchester, Colgate Palmolive, CDC-NHANES)

PhD in Physics (University of Manchester), Masters in Inflammation (Queen Mary University London)

Elizabeth Canovic, PhD

Lead engineer biomedical initiatives

10 years experience in biomedical research at top U.S. & European institutions; postdoctoral researcher at MIT and EPFL (competitive funding from the Whitaker Foundation)

Next-generation brain and spinal cord implants; building bio-compatible microfabricated circuitry; analyzing tissue response to short- and long-term implants

MS and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University

Jaime Moreno Mateos

Team lead software and machine learning engineering

12+ years of international experience in Information Technology, spanning across academia, R&D, start-ups and multinationals

Previously Team Lead Machine Learning at Credit Suisse, building ML-powered products to fight Financial Crime and money laundering; EPFLoop partnership advisor for the SpaceX Hyperloop competition; UPM Alumni Entrepreneur award

MSc in Industrial Engineering from UPM. Data Science & ML management from EPFL

Jean-Christophe Blancon, PhD

Team lead biophotonics

10 years of research experience in physics, materials science, and optics-photonics at Rice University, Los Alamos National Lab, Université de Lyon, and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Recipient of the 2018 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize for Semiconductor Physics and of the 2019 Highly Cited Researcher

PhD in Physics from Université de Lyon and M.Sc. in Optics & Photonics from KIT

Paolo Livi, PhD

Team lead electronics engineering

10 years of experience in R&D conducted in academia (ETH Zurich) and in the industry (Dectris Ltd.)

Design of analog and mixed-signal CMOS integrated circuits (ASICs); design of novel sensors and of integrated sensing systems (bio-chemical sensors, hybrid photon counters); ultra-low power electronics

PhD in Electrical Engineering from ETH Zurich

Robert Lovchik, PhD

Principal engineer

15 years of experience in developing microfluidics for diagnostics and cellular studies at IBM Research Zurich following 6 years on developing biotech and bioprocess engineering

Drove the productization of the microfluidic probe technology at IBM and worked with diagnostic companies to develop core technologies for research and market-oriented platforms

PhD in health sciences and technology from ETH Zurich, MSc in micro/nanotechnology (UAS Dornbirn), BS in biotechnology (ZHAW)

Andrea Giussani, PhD

Senior machine learning engineer

9 years research and data science experience in both academia and industry

Academic Fellow in Computer Science at Bocconi University, Italy and a published author

Expertise in the area of MLOps, data science techniques and survival analysis

PhD in Statistics from Bocconi University

Anna Kutschireiter, PhD

Senior machine learning scientist

7 years of academic research at top US & European institutions; former Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School

Rich expertise computational neuroscience, state-of-the-art machine learning, nonlinear Bayesian filtering

PhD in computational neuroscience from the University of Zurich; MSc in Theoretical Physics from University of Heidelberg

Benjamin W. McMillen, PhD

Senior mechatronics engineer

18+ years of experience in academic and commercial research and development in fiber optics, ultrafast laser materials processing, and systems engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Pittsburgh

Grace Bramer

Senior engineer photonics

10+ years of experience in optical engineering and research in a wide range of industries including automotive, consumer electronics and lighting

Researcher in Biomedical Photonics at the University of Bern developing combined Fluorescence lifetime Imaging and Opto-Acoustic Microscopy

Optical Technologies MSc from University of Strathclyde; Physics BSc from University of Bath

Luis Miguel Jara Casas

Senior electronics engineer

5 years of experience in applied electronics research for high energy physics at CERN

Deep expertise in ASIC testing and characterization, especially in radiation harsh environments; radiation effects to electronics for pixel detectors, total ionizing dose (TID), single event effects (SEUs) and data acquisition systems (DAQ) development

MSc in Electronics Engineering and in Physics from the Complutense University of Madrid

Migle Grauzinyte, PhD

Senior machine learning scientist

7 years of research experience in academia and industry

Expertise in the area of computational modelling, optimization, data science techniques and deep learning

PhD in Computational Physics from the University of Basel, MPhys from the University of Edinburgh

Onur Gökçe, PhD

Senior engineer microfluidics

15 years of multidisciplinary research experience in academia and industry at Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology, IBM Research Zurich, Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH Zurich and 1Drop Diagnostics AG

Expertise in microfluidics, biochemistry at microscale and data science – and is a keen troubleshooter

PhD in Neuroscience from LMU Munich, MSc in Biosciences/Bioengineering and BSc in Mechatronics Engineering from Sabanci University

Pardeep Kumar, PhD

Senior photonics engineer

10+ years of professional experience in the field of laser-matter interactions, with strong expertise in the development of optical system instrumentation and ultra-precise measurements for data acquisition, particularly in laser applications

Extensive research experience includes the design and development of optical systems for the study of light-matter interactions, such as ultrafast multi-photon spectroscopy, optics, surface enhanced spectroscopy, and chemical physics

PhD in Physical Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and MSc in Chemistry from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India

Bertold Ian Bitachon, PhD

Photonics validation & test engineer

5 years of academic research experience focusing on high-speed optical fiber communication especially in system level implementation and digital signal processing

Deep expertise in high-speed photonic system incorporating machine learning for channel optimization

MSc in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from ETH Zurich; BSc in Electrical Engineering from University of Twente

Elsa Ghirardini, PhD

Biomedical scientist

9 years of experience in biomedical research at top European institutions; Postdoctoral researcher at Cambridge University and the Institute of Neuroscience of the Italian National Research Council

Strong expertise in electrophysiology, human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons and gene therapy of brain disorders

PhD in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacological Sciences and MSc in Medical Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine from the University of Milan

Ennio Monteil, PhD

ASIC design engineer

7 years of experience in R&D in academia at University of Turin and INFN

Design of analog and mixed-signal ASICs for the readout of silicon pixel detectors used in high energy physics applications at CERN; low-power and low-noise electronics design; ASIC testing and characterization, notably in high radiation environments

PhD in Physics from the University of Turin

Florian Wiedmann

Associate strategy & operations

5 years of experience working in fast-growing start-ups and for a multinational professional services firm

Former Finance Director at a Swiss cybersecurity start-up

MSc in Business Analytics from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and a BA in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen (HSG)

Giovanna Nigro

R&D engineer

7 years of experience in start-up and multinational corporations, working in the fields of wearable devices and total laboratory automation

Extensive experience in system testing and in feasibilities studies for innovative projects

MSc in Biomedical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, Certified in Software Test Analysis (ISTQB Advanced), Requirement Engineering (IREB) and Business Analysis (IQBBA)

Jannes Jegminat, PhD

Machine learning engineer

5 years of academic research experience focusing on computational models of human behavior and synaptic learning; ran the AI-team at the student think-tank reatch

Deep expertise in recursive Bayesian inference, combining dynamics and uncertainty

PhD in Computational Neuroscience from UZH; MSc and BS in Physics from the University of Heidelberg

Joanna Hughes, PhD

Biophysical chemistry scientist

7 years of experience in physical chemistry focused on applications of optical spectroscopy to investigations of biological system and the effects on spectroscopic signatures relevant to enzymatic catalysis and for structural studies of biomolecular aggregates, including nucleic acids and amyloid peptides relevant to disease

Expertise in ultrafast photo physics of pharmaceutical products with the focus on their probable phototoxicity

PhD in Chemistry from The University of Manchester UK

Juliane Klatt, PhD

Machine learning research scientist

6 years of academic research experience in Theoretical Physics and Computational Biology, plus 2.5 years of professional experience as data science consultant at the United Nations Migration Agency

Broad expertise in mathematical modelling and applications of machine learning ranging from models of human mobility, over genome-wide association studies, to medical informatics with a focus on graph-structured data

PhD in Theoretical Quantum Optics from University of Freiburg, Germany

Lu Zhang, PhD

Engineer fluidics

7 years of research experience in the design and development of optical biosensors for the detection of food toxins and cancer cells

Strong expertise in chemistry, nanomaterials, and optics

Dual PhD in Physics and Chemistry of Materials from Sorbonne University and in Materials Science and Engineering from Nanyang Technological University

Marco Rocca, PhD

Fluidics scientist

4 years of research experience in microfluidics at IBM Research/KIT and 1 year of working experience at Cadence Design Systems

Expertise in microfluidics, capillary-driven flows, microfabrication, miniaturized assays, biosensing, prototyping, 3D printing and electronic package design

PhD in Chemistry from KIT and MSc in Nanotechnology from Politecnico di Torino

Maurice Rupp

Machine learning engineer

2 years of experience in consulting and research

Expertise in data engineering and different machine & deep learning models using medical data

MSc in Computer Science (Specialization: Data Science) from the University of Bern

Michael Seitz, PhD

Spectroscopy analyst

6 years of academic and industry research experience in material science, physics, chemical engineering, and opto-electronics at ETH, MIT, UAM, Harvard, and Stanford University

Extensive experience in deploying time-resolved microscopy and spectroscopy techniques for opto-electronic materials

PhD in Condensed Matter Physics from the Autonomous University of Madrid. MSc and BS in Mechanical Engineering from ETH

Mohammad Asghari, PhD

Fluidics engineer

6 years of research experience in developing microfluidic platforms for in-vitro diagnostics at ETH Zurich and UNAM

Expertise in microfluidics, computational modeling, mechanobiology, and flow cytometry

PhD in Biochemical Engineering from ETH Zurich; MSc in Materials Science from Bilkent University and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology

Olena Synhaivska, PhD

Biophotonic application specialist

5 years of research experience in biosensor development and optical spectroscopy at Empa

Development of biosensors for specific metal ion detection using peptides; expertise in optical spectroscopy techniques for characterization of proteins implicated in neurodegenerative diseases

PhD in Physics from the University of Basel

Remo Tschudi

IT admin/engineer

20+ years of experience in IT industry with main focus on support, system administration and engineering

Previously at RUAG, migrated 700+ users in Zurich, helped building infrastructures in other countries for migration purposes, and contributed to clean-up and outsourcing projects

Microsoft certified professional, technology specialist and systems administrator

Sophie Bouchard, PharmD

Associate strategy & business development

3 years of experience in pharmaceuticals & clinical pathology, focused on strategy and innovation

Doctorate in Pharmacy, PharmD Candidate at Université de Lyon

MSc in Management at Emlyon Business School and National Taiwan University

Fernanda Lavorato

Senior laboratory technician

Over 6 years of experience in clinical analysis laboratories in renowned health care institutions in Argentina

Broadly cross-trained in molecular biology, hematology, serology, microbiology and chemistry; phlebotomy procedures interacting directly with patients in ER, ICU, OR and recovery

Laboratory Technician from Dr. Ignacio Pirovano Hospital in Argentina

Gevi Anathavettivelu, PhD

Clinical scientist

6 years of experience in immunology and clinical research conducted in academia

Strong expertise in acute and chronic inflammation, hepatology, tumor biology and liver diseases

PhD in Sciences from University of Hamburg, MSc in Molecular Medicine and BS in Biochemistry from University of Frankfurt

Irina Mutti

Executive assistant

4 years of international experience as an executive assistant and office manager (Switzerland, Ireland)

Swiss Certificate of Business and Executive Assistance Proficiency

Anton Holmberg

Junior data scientist

Six months of experience in applying machine learning to physics research

MSc in Engineering Physics from Uppsala University

Jacob Clarysse

Junior machine learning research scientist

One year of experience in academia in statistical machine learning

MSc in electrical engineering and information technology at ETH Zürich

Mike Gugel

Junior test & lab automation engineer

One year of industrial experience in sensor development and test engineering, specializing in the advancement of medical devices One year of combined academic and industrial research expertise, with a focus on photonics and automation engineering within the MedTech sector

MSc in Medical Engineering Science from the University of Lübeck

Vanessa Matos Gonçalves

Junior biomedical scientist

2 years of experience in assay development, electrochemical biosensors and molecular diagnostic

MSc in Biomedical Engineering at University of Minho & Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Lisa Wolff

Office manager

Fundamental experience as an Executive Assistant in a large corporation as well as a background in upscale hospitality

Arthur Doering

Operations intern

2 years of experience in Project Management and Operations, focused on optimising internal processes and scaling systems for startups across foodtech and biotech

BSc in Business Administration from the University of Geneva (UNIGE)

Florian Stückelberger

Strategy & business development intern

6 months experience in production, functionalization and analysis of magnetic nanoparticles

9 months experience in bacterial glycosylation and protein engineering during master thesis

BSc and MSc in biochemistry at University of Zurich

Francisco Dumont Duvauchelle

Electronics engineering intern

Electrical engineer with specialization in electronics and firmware design

1 year experience in start-up related to installations of high voltage equipment

4 years of experience in different start-ups and university projects related to electronics

MSc in electrical machines, power electronics and power grid stability and Msc in computer networking and electronics.

Jan Kollmorgen

Optics & photonics engineering intern

6 months of experience in academic research for strong magnetic field effects on integrated photonic chips

BSc in electrical engineering from TU Eindhoven with honors degree in the High Tech Systems track

Currently second-year electrical engineering MSc at TU Eindhoven in the Electro Optical Communication (ECO) group with specialization in integrated photonics and IC design

Martin Varga

Biosensing device test intern

2 years of experience in experimental and theoretical quantum electronics, including quantum correlations, photonics, metamaterials and metadevices

BSc in Physics, currently completing Physics MSc at the University of Debrecen; Has been a visiting student at ETH Zürich for 1 year

Pau Altur Pastor

Machine learning research intern

Academic experience in applying machine learning to problems in cardiac imaging

Former intern at Adhera Health where he worked on using machine learning to empower patients living with chronic diseases

BSc Biomedical Engineering from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona and currently pursuing and MSc at ETH Zürich

Paula Matilde Calzada Pedraja

Biosensing device test intern

10 months of experience in sensing device development for disease diagnosis purposes

Willing to work towards making tech advances that could improve people’s life quality

Selin Şengül

Master’s thesis intern

Worked as a project leader in a MedTech startup and on scientific programs on COVID-19 in academia

Passionate about developing innovative technological solutions that make a significant impact on enhancing people’s lives

MSc in Health Sciences and Technology with a major in medical technology from ETH Zurich

Thomas Berger

Biophotonic analyst intern

One year of experience in advanced spectroscopic analysis and data exploitation concepts in bioprocessing

MSc in Applied Computational Life Sciences at ZHAW Wädenswil

Vasily Kopylov

Machine learning research intern

One year of academic experience focusing on Reinforcement Learning and Bayesian ML

Former intern at Yandex, where he worked on deep learning techniques for speech enhancement

MSc in Physics at ETH Zurich

Vithurjan Visuvalingam

Data engineering intern

Former intern at Open Systems AG with five months of experience in data pipeline development

MSc in Computer Science at ETH Zürich with focus on Machine Intelligence and Data Management

Yan Pineau

Fluidics intern

Solid skills using CRISPR/CAS, bacterial plasmid vector, and handling microorganisms Expertise in biofabrication, including MEW, organ-on-a-chip and 3D biomaterials

Head of technology in gFET based biosensor project, candidate for Age Innovation Price at OST

MSc in Health Sciences and Technology with major in medical technology at ETH Zürich

ADVISORY BOARD

Christian Casal, PhD

Serial VC & PE investor with multiple successful exits

Formerly CEO of McKinsey Switzerland, and member of McKinsey’s Global Board, mostly focusing on financial services (Head of EMEA Banking)

Various Board positions in Switzerland incl. Lucernefestival, and Tafeln Schweiz

PhD and M.Sc. in Business Administration from University of St. Gallen

Stephen Oesterle, MD

Venture Partner at New Enterprise Associates in Palo Alto since 2015; serving on several Boards (e.g., Baxter)

Formerly Medtronic’s Senior Vice-President for Medicine and Technology and a member of the Medtronic Executive Committee for 14 years

Served on the faculty at Stanford and Harvard Medical Schools while directing the Invasive Cardiology Services at Stanford Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital

Young Sohn, MS

Former Corporate President and Chief Strategy Officer of Samsung Electronics

Chairman of the Board of Harman International, served on the Boards of Arm, Cadence and Cymer

Seed investor to companies such as Berkeley Lights, Fungible, Zoom Video, Graphcore and TTTech, continuous to be very active venture investor

Jessie Inchauspé
aka Glucose Goddess

Author of the international bestseller “Glucose Revolution” (2022) and “The Glucose Goddess Method” (2023)

Founder of Glucose Goddess, providing actionable advice based on cutting-edge science, focusing on the importance of balancing one’s blood sugar to maximize health and longevity, which has garnered a community of >2m followers

Formerly Senior Product Manager at 23andMe, focusing on bridging genetic information and consumer behavior change

MSc in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology at Georgetown University and Researcher in Statistics at University of Pennsylvania

Oern Stuge, MD, MBA

Physician executive with 30+ years of international experience in life sciences from multiple executive & non-executive board memberships & advisory roles, as well as from being a practicing physician

Currently Chairman of Orsco Lifesciences, through which he drove enterprise development, successfully selling/listing 9 companies, including a unicorn

Prior to founding Orsco, he was Medtronic’s Senior Vice-President and President of EMEA, Canada & emerging markets, where he worked for 12 years and founded the Structural Heart Division and launched the first commercially available percutaneous heart valve in the world

Edward J. Ludwig, MBA

Board member of Boston Scientific and Board member at CVS health

Former Chairman of the Board of Becton, Dickinson and Company from 2002-2012, and its CEO from 2000 – 2011

Formerly served as a Director of Xylem, and as Vice Chair of the Board of trustees of the Hackensack University Medical Center Network

Jürgen Popp, Prof.

Chair of Physical Chemistry at Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Scientific Director of the Liebniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena

Research interest includes biophotonics, in particular with the development and application of innovative Raman techniques for biomedical diagnosis

PhD in Chemistry from University of Würzburg, Post-doc from Yale University

Mervyn Singer, Prof. MD

Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at University College London with over 30 years’ research experience in sepsis, multi-organ failure, infection, shock and hemodynamic monitoring

Developed a hemodynamic monitor reducing length of stay after surgery, co-developed the UCL Ventura CPAP device to support breathing of COVID-19 patients

Co-chaired the Sepsis-3 International Task Force that redefined sepsis (Singer JAMA 2016); paper has had >3 million views and is one of the most heavily cited in the scientific literature over the past 5 years

Petra Jantzer, PhD

Managing Director with Accenture focused on technology and digitization

VP of the Board of Advance – women in business society

Formerly Partner with McKinsey, where she worked for 17 years, focused on Pharma, Biotech & Technology

Post-doc, PhD and MSc in Biology and Immunology at Ludwig-Maximilians University

Omer Dzemali, Prof. MD

Chief Physician of the Clinic for Cardiac Surgery in the City Hospital Triemli Zurich

More than 20 years’ of experience in cardiology

Full Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, State University Tetova (Macedonia); Lecturer in Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main and University of Zurich

Doctorate in Medicine from Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz

Edoardo Charbon, Prof.

Full Professor of EPFL with over 25 years of exp. with CMOS sensors, biophotonics, ultra low-power wireless embedded systems, ultra high-speed and 3D optical sensors

Advised numerous organizations, including Texas Instruments, Hewlett-Packard, and the Carlyle Group

Diploma (ETH Zürich), MSc (UCSD) and PhD (UC-Berkeley) in Electrical Engineering

Joyce Wong, Prof.

Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Boston University with more than 20 years of experience in development of novel biomaterials

Research interests include theranostics (detection and treatment) for cardiovascular diseases and cancer; tissue-engineered and nanoparticle strategies for cardiovascular diseases

PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Stefano Ciampolini, Prof.

Serial healthcare and medical technology entrepreneur in Europe and the US with multiple successful exits in the dialysis and renal care sector

Adjunct Professor of Imperial College Business School in London, Mentor at Imperial Enterprise Lab’s Venture Mentoring Service as well as a member of the Chair of Entrepreneurship at ETH Zurich. Jury member of Venture Kick, Switzerland’s largest startup accelerator program

MBA from Imperial College Business School and degree in economics from Kingston University in London

Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Prof. MD

Professor at the Medical School Trinity College and Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Multiple roles in leading medical societies such as the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC)

Research interests are critically ill infection, sepsis and translational medicine. Has published over 300 manuscripts in top-end journals, with over 10,000 citations

Lui Forni, Prof. MD

Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at University of Surrey and Royal Surrey Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Wide ranging research experience ranging from basic physical chemistry through to patient centred clinical trials

Research interests focus on extracorporeal techniques and novel biomarkers for acute kidney injury translating research from the bench to the bedside. Published extensively particularly in critical care nephrology

Chris McIntyre, Prof. MD

Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Biophysics and Robert Linday Chair of Dialysis Research and Innovation at the University of Western Ontario, London

Leading a team of multidisciplinary researchers focused largely on the pathophysiology of the effecting cardiovascular, brain, liver and gastro-intestinal structure and function in patients with chronic kidney disease

Roland Betz, Dipl-Ing

45 years’ experience with medical devices (e.g., patient monitoring, dental, digital imaging, linear accelerators, dialysis, reha, etc.)

Roles included VP of Quality and Regulatory Affairs with Siemens, Gambro/Baxter and Invacare

International involvement and contacts with regulatory authorities in the EU, USA, China and India

Founder of an independent consulting company (RBQ!)

Stephen Goldrick, PhD

Associate Professor in Digital Bioprocess Engineering at the University College London

Former researcher at the UCL-AstraZeneca Center of Excellence, working on predictive multivariate decision-support tools in the bioprocessing sector

Specialised in the application of advanced data analytics and machine learning applications to the biotechnology industry

Andrew Berger, Prof.

Professor of Optics and of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester (USA)

Research interest in biomedical optics, particularly noninvasive spectroscopic assessment of biological tissues and single cells

PhD in Physics from MIT, post-doc at Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California/Irvine