I was born and raised in Switzerland, a place where chocolate feels like it flows in rivers and cheese is celebrated like a national treasure.

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My journey into science began early. At twelve years old, I worked as a swim instructor at my mother’s SeaStar Swim School, where I discovered that imagination and storytelling could transform fear into curiosity. Long before I entered research laboratories, I was already learning how to communicate complex ideas in ways that felt engaging, intuitive, and accessible.

At sixteen, I moved to Basel to begin working in the laboratories of Roche as a biology lab technician. After completing my apprenticeship, I was awarded a research stay at Stanford University in California — my first exposure to international science and interdisciplinary research environments.

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Driven by a deep curiosity about the mechanisms governing life, I went on to study biology with a focus on RNA biology, a field that fascinated me because of its versatility and emerging importance across medicine and biotechnology. During my undergraduate studies in Bern, I explored noncoding RNA and epigenetic regulation in unicellular organisms. Later, during my Master’s research at the University of Amsterdam, I investigated circulating noncoding RNAs as potential biomarkers for diseases such as cancer and neurodegeneration.

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I continued this work during my PhD in Switzerland before moving to Harvard Medical School and the Whitehead Institute at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where I studied the biophysical properties of RNA and its role in biomolecular condensation and liquid–liquid phase separation within cells. My research combined molecular biology, biophysics, microscopy, and systems-level thinking to better understand how cellular organization emerges from dynamic molecular interactions.

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Alongside my academic research, I developed a growing passion for scientific communication, education, and interdisciplinary thinking. At MIT, I co-founded Flowers on Mars with Silvia Miotti, a creative initiative exploring how storytelling and science can work together to inspire curiosity and make complex topics more accessible across disciplines.

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My experiences in research environments also inspired me to write The Survival Guide for the Research Jungle, a practical and reflective guide for young scientists navigating the challenges of academia, mental resilience, and career development in modern research culture.

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Today, I am particularly interested in bridging rigorous science with communication, creativity, and education. With a background spanning experimental biology, computational thinking, interdisciplinary research, and teaching, I enjoy translating complex scientific concepts into engaging and understandable content for broader audiences. I am especially excited about contributing to environments where science, technology, and learning intersect — helping researchers, students, and innovators better understand emerging advances in biotechnology and life sciences.

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I believe that the future of science will increasingly depend not only on discovery itself, but also on our ability to communicate ideas clearly, think across disciplines, and make complex knowledge accessible, meaningful, and inspiring.