PhD / CEO / Board Member
With more than ten years of studying the intestinal microbiota and over 5 years developing PharmaBiome as its founding CEO, Tomas is an expert in the microbiome and its place in human health…

PhD / CSO / Lead R&D
Gabriel is an expert in quantitative systems biology with an interdisciplinary profile spanning microbial ecology and evolution, population biology, computational biology, and statistics…

MSc / COO
After graduating in microbiology from the ETH Zurich, Manuel spent more than 10 years in private banking and consulting, gaining a deep knowledge of the aspects essential to…

MSc / Head Legal & IP
After obtaining her degrees as a lawyer and a chemist, Jolanda consolidated her knowledge in a master’s program in IP management…

PhD / Head Regulatory & Quality
Sophie is bringing the company’s innovative candidate products along the regulatory path towards use in patients.

PhD / Head CMC and R&D Operations
Trained as a biochemist, Florian co-founded his first startup project after completing his PhD in protein characterization at the University of Zurich. In 2016, he joined PharmaBiome as director of operations, to drive the development and implementation of analytic and production technologies.

PhD / Scientist
Lukas has extensive scientific expertise in microbiology, coupled with experience in manufacturing defined microbial consortia and navigating the regulatory landscape of clinical trials...

Operations Assistant
With her broad experience as operations assistant and her client oriented mindset, Carmen enables the frictionless operation of PharmBiome’s scullery services …

PhD / Scientist
Matthias is an expert in the metabolism and physiology of diverse bacteria from host-associated, marine, and soil environments. He enjoys distilling insights from large datasets and consolidating literature...

MSc / Lab Manager
Carmen received her master in microbiology from University of Lausanne and gained extensive experience in the microbiology of pathogenic bacteria as research…

Operations Assistant
As operations assistant, Rocío strongly supports the management of the scullery to deliver high quality services for internal and external clients.

Dr. / Chairman of the Board
Erich founded Cedrus Therapeutics Inc. in May 2008 to develop novel therapeutic concepts and medicines. He is also an independent board member of several biotech companies including…

Dr. med. / Board and SAB member
Cristina has over 20 years of experience in drug development. She served in different international leadership and strategic positions in Roche where she led global development of several compounds from phase I to IV.

Prof. Dr. Ing. / Scientific Founder / Board and SAB Member
Christophe Lacroix is professor of Food Biotechnology at ETH Zurich and a world-leading expert in food biotechnology and the production of beneficial microbes…

BSc / MSc / Board Member
Alexey has an engineering background that he completed with a finance education. With over 15 years of experience and senior management positions in banking and…

MD / PhD / Board Member
Dr. Philippe Pinton, Ferring Pharmaceuticals' Senior Vice-President and Global Head of Clinical And Translational Sciences (CATS), brings over 25 years of…

Prof. Dr. Med. Dr. Phil / Scientific Founder / Head of the SAB
Head of the Clinic of Gastroenterology at University Hospital Zurich with over 25 years of clinical experience, Gerhard Rogler is a world renowned expert in his field…

MSc / Board Member
Lukas Schüpbach entered the microbiome market as CEO of Bacthera from 2020–2023. He developed the joint venture between Lonza & Chr. Hansen to become the leading…