Regenerative Orthopaedics
Program leader
Principal scientists
Focus Area Leads
Dominic Gehweiler
Focus Area Lead and Senior Project Leader Medical imaging & Prototyping
Research scientists

Claudia Siverino
Infection Biology

Elena Della Bella
Progenitor Cell Biology

Junxuan Ma
Disc & Cartilage Biology

Jacek Wychowaniec
Biomedical Materials
Project Leads

Thomas Krüger
Disc & Cartilage Biology

Christoph Sprecher
Biomedical Materials

Dominic Mischler
Biomechanics & Modelling

Jan Caspar
Biomechanics & Modelling

Peter Schwarzenberg
Biomechanics & Modelling

Manuela Ernst
Biomechanics & Modelling
Junior Project Leads

Pamela Nylund
Biomedical Materials

Alicia Feist
Biomechanics & Modelling

Carla Hetreau
Biomechanics & Modelling

Alisa Hangartne
Medical imaging & Prototyping
Technicians

Simona Casutt
Senior Technicians Laboratory Services

Severine Flück
Junior Lab Technician Laboratory Services

Pamela Furlong
Senior Technicians Infection Biology

Iris Keller-Stoddart
Senior Technicians Infection Biology

Virginia Post
Senior Technicians Infection Biology
Post docs

Alessandro Cianciosi
Field-Assisted Biofabrication

Maja Schlittler
Progenitor Cell Biology

Katrin Sophie Wendrich
Progenitor Cell Biology

Huan Meng
Disc & Cartilage Biology

Fatemeh Safari
Disc & Cartilage Biology

Chen Wen
Biomedical Materials

Ezgi Irem Bektas Tas
Biomedical Materials

Maria Schröder
Bone Biology
PhD students

Elian Kuhn
Infection Biology

Pia Fehrenbach
Infection Biology

Carolina Cordeiro Maria
Progenitor Cell Biology

Laura Mecchi
Progenitor Cell Biology

Daniele Zuncheddu
Disc & Cartilage Biology

Marcia Mürner
Disc & Cartilage Biology

Jiangyao Xu
Disc & Cartilage Biology

Danilo Menghini
Disc & Cartilage Biology

Nico Giger
Bone Biology

Anita Jose
Bone Biology

Claire Chabot
Bone Biology

Gordian Banzer
Biomechanics & Modelling

Maximillian Heumann
Biomechanics & Modelling

Marta Santolini
Disc & Cartilage Biology
Interns

Fiona Acero Rojo
Biomedical Materials

Wentao Liu
Laboratory Services
Apprentices

Kurz Marina
Laboratory Services

Neira Junuzovic
Laboratory Services
Meet the fellows, interns and guests
Medical research fellowships
Providing motivated surgeons and scientists with on-site research training to gain experience in R&D projects focusing on relevant clinical problems.
Internships and guest research visits
Provide motivated students and scientists with on-site research training to gain experience in R&D projects focusing on relevant clinical problems.
AO Research Institute Davos's research programs
Learn more about Biomedical Development and Preclinical Services.