Currently, I work as a Fellow at Blueprint Biosecurity. We are investigating the potential utility of drug-free nasal sprays for respiratory infection prevention as part of the pandemic mitigation toolkit.
Previously, I worked at the European Commission’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (DG HERA), the EU equivalent of US BARDA. My focus was on R&D funding for innovative countermeasures for pandemic preparedness and response, especially diagnostics, PPE, medical devices, and (meta)genomic sequencing.
I have a master’s degree in Genomic Medicine from the University of Oxford and did my thesis on the computational optimization of probe design for bait capture enrichment sequencing. Before that, I worked as a Research Affiliate at the MIT Media Lab and SecureBio, where we wrote a review paper on the safety of high-dose 200-235 nm far-UVC and its capability for pandemic mitigation. Before that, I was a student in clinical medicine at the Technical University of Munich.
I strongly believe we should be more ambitious about eradicating many infectious diseases.
Last updated: 2026-07-06