Regenerative Orthopaedics

Meet the team

Program leader

Martin Stoddart

Vice President and Program Leader Regenerative Orthopaedics

Peter Varga

Program Leader Biomedical Development


Principal scientists

Matteo D' Este

Focus Area Lead and Principal Scientist Biomedical Materials

Sibylle Grad

Focus Area Lead and Principal Scientist Disc & Cartilage Biology

Zhen Li

Principal Scientist Disc & Cartilage Biology

Esther Wehrle

Focus Area Lead and Principal Scientist Bone Biology

Sophie Verrier

Principal Scientist Bone Biology


Fintan Moriarty

Focus Area Lead and Principal Scientist Infection Biology

Boyko Gueorguiev

Emeritus Research Advisor, Deputy Biomedical Development


Focus Area Leads

Ursula Menzel

Focus Area Lead and Senior Project Leader Laboratory Facilities

Jan Buschbaum

Focus Area Lead & Senior Project Leader Technology Development

Ivan Zderic

Focus Area Lead & Senior Project Leader Biomechanics & Modelling

Dominic Gehweiler

Focus Area Lead and Senior Project Leader Medical imaging & Prototyping

Tiziano Serra

Focus Area Lead Field-Assisted Biofabrication

Martin Stoddart

Focus Area Lead Progenitor Cell Biology


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.