Postdoctoral researcher in Nutrition
ETH Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
I'm a postdoc at ETH Zurich bridging food science and biomedical research — specifically, I work on plant-based ingredients and how they interact with our gut and health. I'm developing a startup concept around precision perioperative nutrition.
I'm a postdoc at ETH Zurich, sitting somewhere between food science and biomedical research. Most of my work comes down to a simple question: what happens inside the body when you eat plant-based foods? Digestion, gut health, metabolic response, I try to trace that chain as far as it goes.
My background is a bit of an odd path. I started in vascular surgery and organ preservation at Harvard/MGH and Lausanne University Hospital, before landing in food and nutrition research. That clinical background changed how I think about nutrition, not just as fuel, but as a therapeutic tool.
That's the premise behind a startup concept I'm developing around perioperative nutrition. Improving patient outcomes through targeted nutritional intervention around surgery. Still early, but the problem space is real and largely unaddressed.
I come to summits partly for the collision factor, where researchers, builders, and investors can finally talk in the same room.
Expertise
Food Science & Translational Nutrition Research
Postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, working across food processing, digestion, and gut health. PhD background in perioperative metabolic research and organ preservation, clinical experience that still shapes how I approach nutritional questions.
Project cooperation
Perioperative Nutrition — Early-Stage Startup Concept
Exploring a startup in clinical nutrition focused on the perioperative window. Looking for collaborators, co-founders, clinicians, or researchers who see the same gap and want to think it through together.