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PhD in Chemistry and Molecular Sciences

University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

• Research Group of Prof. Jean-Louis Reymond
• Graduated summa cum laude

MSc in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

• With a focus on biology due to a backgrounbd in computer science
• Required 40 additional credits due to transfer from University of Applied Sciences
• Graduated insigni cum laude

BSc in Computer Science

University of Applied Sciences, Biel, Switzerland

• Specialization in computer perception, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence with a focus on image processing and computer graphics
• Graduated best of year

Professional Baccalaureate

Gewerblich-Industrielle Berufsschule Bern gibb, Bern, Switzerland

• Specialization in technology and mathematics

Federal VET Diploma in Information Technology

Die Mobiliar / Gewerblich-Industrielle Berufsschule Bern gibb, Bern, Switzerland

• Apprenticeship
• Best national practical thesis

Postdoctoral Researcher

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

• In the group of Prof. Pierre Vandergheynst (LTS2). My research is largely independent with a focus on the intersection of chemistry, biology, and computer science.

Permanent Research Staff Member

IBM Research, Rüschlikon, Switzerland

• Accelerated Discovery Group, Dr. Teodoro Laino. The research focuses on the reasoning on domain specific data in the chemistry/material domain, in order to build models that help in the design of new materials.

Assistant

University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

• During my Masters, I was working in the Wegmann Lab (Prof. Daniel Wegmann), implementing a machine learning solution using C++ for the detection of animals in photos taken by camera traps of the Chinco Project in the Central African Republic.

Web Developer

headIT GmbH, Bern, Switzerland

• headIT was founded as a spin-off from the Graffenried AG. I was developing websites based on .NET and node.js for a variety of external customers.

Application Developer

Graffenried AG, Bern, Switzerland

• During my stay at the Graffenried AG, I maintained legacy PHP / MySQL applications while developing a new suit of business applications based on the .NET framework with MSSQL and RavenDB as backends.

Systems Engineer

Die Mobiliar, Bern, Switzerland

• While studying for the professional baccalaureate, I continued working 60% at Die Mobiliar in the Systems Engineering team and developed an application to monitor the status of the company’s IT systems.

• Sandmeyer Award of the Swiss Chemical Society for the "important scientific breakthrough in the digitalization of synthetic organic chemistry that helps to improve digital workflows with state-of-the-art machine learning technologies." as part of the RXN for Chemistry project team

• Best PhD thesis of the year.

• Graduated top of the year from Bern University of Applied Sciences.

• Best practical thesis (Federal VET diploma in information technology) nationwide.