Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer (01/2024 - present)
    Google Research (Zurich, Switzerland)
  • Senior Research Scientist (05/2023 - 10/2023)
    Staff Research Scientist (08/2022 - 04/2023)
    Research Scientist (08/2019 - 07/2022)
    IBM Research (Zurich, Switzerland)
  • Machine Learning Researcher (10/2018 - 06/2019)
    Machine Learning Engineer (07/2018 - 09/2018)
    BenevolentAI (London, United Kingdom)

Education

  • PhD in Chemistry (2015 - 2018)
    ETH Zurich, Switzerland
    PhD Program: Computational Science Zurich
    Advisor: Prof. Dr. Markus Reiher
  • MSc in Chemistry (2013-2015)
    ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • BSc in Chemistry (2010-2013)
    ETH Zurich, Switzerland
    Erasmus Exchange, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (2012-2013)
  • High School Diploma (Matura) (2010)
    Kollegium Heilig Kreuz, Fribourg, Switzerland

Languages

  • French: Native language
  • English: Full professional proficiency
  • German: Full professional proficiency
  • Italian: Limited professional proficiency
  • Spanish: Limited professional proficiency

Publications

See list of publications here.

Patents

See my Google Scholar profile.

Awards and Distinctions

  • 35 Innovators under 35 awarded by the MIT Technology Review, 2022
  • Part of the team receiving the Sandmeyer award of the Swiss Chemical Society, 2022
  • IBM Research Prize for Computer Modelling and Simulations in Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, 2018
  • ETH Medal for an outstanding Master's thesis, 2015
  • Holder of a Binding scholarship, awarded by the Sophie und Karl Binding Foundation, 2013-2015.
  • Participation in the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), Waterloo, Canada, 2010
  • Bronze medal at the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), Tokyo, Japan, 2010
  • Interdisciplinary Award of the Swiss Scientific Olympiads, 2010
  • Swiss Scientific Olympiads: Chemistry (Rank 1), Physics (Rank 2), Informatics (Rank 3), Mathematics (Rank 15), 2010
  • Award of the rector for the best result in total immersion, Kollegium Heilig Kreuz, Fribourg, Switzerland, 2010
  • "Louis Wantz" Award for the best result in natural sciences, Kollegium Heilig Kreuz, Fribourg, Switzerland, 2010

Other

  • Member of the Science of Synthesis Early Career Advisory Board, 01/2022-12/2023
  • Member of the board of the Swiss Chemistry Olympiad, 2010-2018
  • Member of the board of the Association of the Swiss Scientific Olympiads, 2015-2017
  • Member of the Swiss Study Foundation, 2011-2018