The intelligence layer for microbiome diagnostics in gut health.

As Founder and Chief Executive Officer, I lead the organizational and administrative functions while remaining actively involved in microbiome research projects.

My academic journey began with a background in Earth Sciences and Molecular Biology from the University of Fribourg, driven by a desire to integrate these fields. I pursued my doctoral studies in environmental microbiology at ETH Zurich, where I developed expertise in combining fieldwork, wet-lab techniques, and bioinformatics to study the resistance and resilience of microbial communities in periglacial soils.

After completing my Ph.D., I broadened my research focus to include various applications of microbiomics. I conducted postdoctoral work at Agroscope on cheese microbiomes and at the University Hospital in Basel on clinical microbiomics. I then joined the Institute of Medical Microbiology at the University of Zurich, where I helped clinical research groups uncover important correlations between the microbiome and diseases, drug efficacy, and side effects.

As part of the co-founding team of PharmaBiome AG, I bring over 15 years of experience in microbiomics, gained in both academic and accredited clinical settings.

As Lead Bioinformatician and Cloud Engineer, I oversee the management and optimization of our bioinformatics and cloud computing infrastructure.

With a strong foundation in bioinformatics, I bring both ambition and dedication to advancing the field. My academic journey began with a Master’s degree in Molecular Life Sciences, specializing in Biochemistry, from the University of Bern. This comprehensive training equipped me with deep expertise in cell biology and biochemistry. I further honed my skills during my Ph.D. at the University of Neuchâtel, where I developed SpeciesPrimer, an innovative PCR primer design pipeline, now available on GitHub, that significantly simplifies the design process for quantitative PCR primers targeting bacteria.

In recent years, my professional focus has expanded into microbiome research, particularly in the context of cheese microbiology at Agroscope. Here, I have developed several bioinformatics tools and gained extensive experience in reproducible data analysis.

My mission is to enhance the efficiency of data analysis for scientists, removing technical barriers so they can focus on advancing their research.

As AI Product Engineer, I build the platform’s core infrastructure, evaluate its AI systems and shape how we ship software — from requirements to production.

I trained as a computer scientist and spent three years at Lumel Technologies, rising from trainee to Associate Product Developer. I took end-to-end ownership of 9 of the 16 Power BI visuals in the xViz suite — shipped at enterprise scale and part of its Microsoft AppSource certification — cut front-end rendering latency by 35%, and resolved more than 300 production issues. During my studies, I published research on adversarial attacks in deep reinforcement learning at IEEE ICMLA 2021.

I came to Switzerland for an M.Sc. in Applied Computational Life Sciences at ZHAW, to bring software engineering to biology and health. My thesis, carried out at DATABIOMIX, built an agentic AI pipeline that turns scientific publications into a traceable knowledge base.

Alongside, I have built AI products end to end — a food-tech mobile app MVP for Eatomics, and now an AI nutrition coach for teenagers at ETH Juniors — won 2nd place at the ZHAW × Roche Hackathon 2025, and served as technical lead at ZHAW’s HealthTech Summer School.

What I bring to DATABIOMIX is the bridge between research and product: AI that is rigorously evaluated, auditable, and built to run in production — so the science behind every recommendation can be trusted.