Management
Urs Frey
CEOAbout
Urs Frey is the CEO at MaxWell Biosystems and a member of the founding team. Urs is responsible for running MaxWell Biosystems, business development, finances and product design.Urs earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering at ETH Zurich before moving to at IBM Research, where he did a postdoc on mixed-signal circuit design. Later, Urs was heading an independent laboratory focusing on CMOS-based bioelectronics and biosensors at RIKEN, Japan. During the past 15 years he has built up considerable experience in project and people management. Urs is the innovator of the “switch-matrix” architecture of our microelectrode arrays.
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Jan Müller
CTOAbout
Jan Müller is MaxWell Biosystems’ CTO and a member of the founding team. Jan is responsible for technology development, innovation and supply chain management. He is the key contributor to MaxWell Biosystems’ hardware and software. Jan is the expert in MEA technology and the inventor of our core 26,000 microelectrode array.Jan obtained his PhD from ETH Zurich (D-BSSE). He has an interdisciplinary background in computer science, electrical engineering, systems biology and computational neuroscience.
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Marie Obien
CCOAbout
Marie Obien is MaxWell Biosystems’ CCO and a member of the founding team of MaxWell Biosystems. Marie is a specialist in electrophysiology, with strong skills in MEAs and various techniques, including the gold-standard electrophysiology method–patch-clamp. She is the author of the currently most frequently cited review on MEAs. Marie participated in the Global Innovation Program workshop for business development in the Silicon Valley.Marie earned her PhD in Electrical Engineering from NAIST, Japan, and obtained her training in neuroscience as a postdoctoral researcher at RIKEN, Japan.
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Marcel Suter
VP OperationsContact

Kim Schwendener
Head of HR and FinanceMeet the Team
- Melissa BashaAssociate R&D Engineer

- Joana CruzTechnical Application Specialist

- Martina De GennaroField Application Scientist

- Steffen DeublerSenior Software Engineer

- Laura D’IgnazioSenior Application Scientist

- Muriel DurrerProcess Engineer Intern

- Ferran Esquius CanoMarketing and Communications Associate

- Ermanno FiscellaLogistics Manager

- Diana FreireScientific Marketing Specialist

- Wei GongApplication Scientist

- Emily GrimesDigital Marketing Project Coordinator

- Elena GronskayaData Scientist

- Elvira GuellaJunior Scientist

- Mengting HuangScientific Application Representative

- Ivan IlakSoftware Engineer

- David JäckelSenior Product Manager

- Teresa JostAdministrative Assistant

- Matej JurackaSenior Software Engineer

- Peter KaplanAssociate Software Engineer

- Dario LenherrProcess Engineer

- Zhuoliang (Ed) LiField Application Scientist

- Praveena ManogaranSenior Scientist

- Francesco ModenaAssociate Data Scientist

- Kazu OkadaInside Sales Representative

- Silvia OldaniField Application Scientist

- Endri RamaSenior R&D Engineer

- Silvia RonchiScientific Application Specialist

- Juanita SchneiterOperator

- Silke SeyockApplication Scientist

- Hiroyo Siegrist-NoguchiOperator

- Florian SimperlHardware R&D Engineer Intern

- Vijay ViswamR&D Project Manager

- Sascha WeberSenior Buyer

- Xinyue YuanCircuit Designer & R&D Engineer

- Philipp ZappaDevelopment Engineer & Supply Chain Manager

- Tina ŽelMarketing Operations Representative

- Jérôme ZempSenior R&D Engineer

- Wei ZhuChina Business Manager


Melissa Basha
Associate R&D Engineer

Joana Cruz
Technical Application Specialist

Martina De Gennaro
Field Application ScientistContact

Steffen Deubler
Senior Software EngineerContact

Laura D’Ignazio
Senior Application Scientist

Muriel Durrer
Process Engineer Intern

Ferran Esquius Cano
Marketing and Communications Associate

Ermanno Fiscella
Logistics ManagerContact

Diana Freire
Scientific Marketing SpecialistContact

Wei Gong
Application ScientistContact

Emily Grimes
Digital Marketing Project Coordinator

Elena Gronskaya
Data ScientistContact

Elvira Guella
Junior ScientistContact

Mengting Huang
Scientific Application Representative

Ivan Ilak
Software Engineer

David Jäckel
Senior Product ManagerContact

Teresa Jost
Administrative AssistantContact

Matej Juracka
Senior Software Engineer

Peter Kaplan
Associate Software Engineer

Dario Lenherr
Process Engineer

Zhuoliang (Ed) Li
Field Application ScientistContact

Praveena Manogaran
Senior ScientistContact

Francesco Modena
Associate Data Scientist

Kazu Okada
Inside Sales RepresentativeContact

Endri Rama
Senior R&D Engineer

Silvia Ronchi
Scientific Application SpecialistContact

Juanita Schneiter
Operator

Silke Seyock
Application ScientistContact

Hiroyo Siegrist-Noguchi
Operator

Florian Simperl
Hardware R&D Engineer Intern

Vijay Viswam
R&D Project ManagerContact

Sascha Weber
Senior Buyer

Xinyue Yuan
Circuit Designer & R&D EngineerContact

Philipp Zappa
Development Engineer & Supply Chain ManagerContact

Tina Žel
Marketing Operations RepresentativeContact

Jérôme Zemp
Senior R&D Engineer

Wei Zhu
China Business ManagerContact
Management
Urs Frey
About
Urs earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering at ETH Zurich before moving to at IBM Research, where he did a postdoc on mixed-signal circuit design. Later, Urs was heading an independent laboratory focusing on CMOS-based bioelectronics and biosensors at RIKEN, Japan. During the past 15 years he has built up considerable experience in project and people management. Urs is the innovator of the “switch-matrix” architecture of our microelectrode arrays.
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Jan Müller
About
Jan Müller is MaxWell Biosystems’ CTO and a member of the founding team. Jan is responsible for technology development, innovation and supply chain management. He is the key contributor to MaxWell Biosystems’ hardware and software. Jan is the expert in MEA technology and the inventor of our core 26,000 microelectrode array.
Jan obtained his PhD from ETH Zurich (D-BSSE). He has an interdisciplinary background in computer science, electrical engineering, systems biology and computational neuroscience.
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Marie Obien
About
Marie Obien is MaxWell Biosystems’ CCO and a member of the founding team of MaxWell Biosystems. Marie is a specialist in electrophysiology, with strong skills in MEAs and various techniques, including the gold-standard electrophysiology method–patch-clamp. She is the author of the currently most frequently cited review on MEAs. Marie participated in the Global Innovation Program workshop for business development in the Silicon Valley.
Marie earned her PhD in Electrical Engineering from NAIST, Japan, and obtained her training in neuroscience as a postdoctoral researcher at RIKEN, Japan.
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Marcel Suter
Contact

Kim Schwendener
Meet the Team
Meet the Team
- Melissa BashaAssociate R&D Engineer
- Joana CruzTechnical Application Specialist
- Martina De GennaroField Application Scientist
- Steffen DeublerSenior Software Engineer
- Laura D’IgnazioSenior Application Scientist
- Muriel DurrerProcess Engineer Intern
- Ferran Esquius CanoMarketing and Communications Associate
- Ermanno FiscellaLogistics Manager
- Diana FreireScientific Marketing Specialist
- Wei GongApplication Scientist
- Emily GrimesDigital Marketing Project Coordinator
- Elena GronskayaData Scientist
- Elvira GuellaJunior Scientist
- Mengting HuangScientific Application Representative
- Ivan IlakSoftware Engineer
- David JäckelSenior Product Manager
- Teresa JostAdministrative Assistant
- Matej JurackaSenior Software Engineer
- Peter KaplanAssociate Software Engineer
- Dario LenherrProcess Engineer
- Zhuoliang (Ed) LiField Application Scientist
- Praveena ManogaranSenior Scientist
- Francesco ModenaAssociate Data Scientist
- Kazu OkadaInside Sales Representative
- Silvia OldaniField Application Scientist
- Endri RamaSenior R&D Engineer
- Silvia RonchiScientific Application Specialist
- Juanita SchneiterOperator
- Silke SeyockApplication Scientist
- Hiroyo Siegrist-NoguchiOperator
- Florian SimperlHardware R&D Engineer Intern
- Vijay ViswamR&D Project Manager
- Sascha WeberSenior Buyer
- Xinyue YuanCircuit Designer & R&D Engineer
- Philipp ZappaDevelopment Engineer & Supply Chain Manager
- Tina ŽelMarketing Operations Representative
- Jérôme ZempSenior R&D Engineer
- Wei ZhuChina Business Manager

Melissa Basha

Joana Cruz

Martina De Gennaro
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Steffen Deubler
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Laura D’Ignazio

Muriel Durrer

Ferran Esquius Cano

Ermanno Fiscella
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Diana Freire
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Wei Gong
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Emily Grimes

Elena Gronskaya
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Elvira Guella
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Mengting Huang

Ivan Ilak

David Jäckel
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Teresa Jost
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Matej Juracka

Peter Kaplan

Dario Lenherr

Zhuoliang (Ed) Li
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Praveena Manogaran
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Francesco Modena

Kazu Okada
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Endri Rama

Silvia Ronchi
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Juanita Schneiter

Silke Seyock
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Hiroyo Siegrist-Noguchi

Florian Simperl

Vijay Viswam
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Sascha Weber

Xinyue Yuan
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Philipp Zappa
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Tina Žel
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Jérôme Zemp
