AO Research Institute Davos’ Sibylle Grad awarded title of “Professor” at ETH Zurich
ARI’s Sibylle Grad, currently a Private Lecturer at ETH Zurich, has been announced by her alma mater as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Health Sciences and Technology. She has been working at ARI for almost 25 years and is a Principal Scientist in the Regenerative Orthopaedics Program. Within the Regenerative Orthopaedics Program, she is the Focus Area Leader for Intervertebral Disc and Cartilage Biology.
Grad obtained her degree in Pharmacy and her PhD in Natural Sciences from the Department of Cell Biology of ETH Zurich (Federal Institute of Technology). After completing her first post-doctoral training she joined AO Research Institute Davos in 2000. She has since then acquired extensive research expertise in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine with focus on articular cartilage and intervertebral disc repair and regeneration. In 2018, she obtained her habilitation in Biomedical Engineering from the Department of Health Sciences and Technology at ETH Zurich.
The newly appointed Prof Grad said: “I’m very honored to receive this professorship. It is an important recognition of my contributions to research and education at a translational academic level. It is also a great motivation for me to continue teaching at ETH and to continue with my translational research activities at ARI. This is a big step for me because it means better integration in the Department of Health Sciences and Technology, closer collaborations with the professors of the department, better visibility, and better access to the facilities of ETH. I want to thank my colleagues at ARI, especially Geoff Richards, Mauro Alini, and Martin Stoddart, for their support, and I would like to thank my mentor at ETH, Prof Viola Vogel, and all professors at the Institute for Biomechanics for the long-lasting collaborations. I am very much looking forward to this new role.”
Grad obtained her degree in Pharmacy and her PhD in Natural Sciences from the Department of Cell Biology of ETH Zurich (Federal Institute of Technology). After completing her first post-doctoral training she joined AO Research Institute Davos in 2000. She has since then acquired extensive research expertise in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine with focus on articular cartilage and intervertebral disc repair and regeneration. In 2018, she obtained her habilitation in Biomedical Engineering from the Department of Health Sciences and Technology at ETH Zurich.
The newly appointed Prof Grad said: “I’m very honored to receive this professorship. It is an important recognition of my contributions to research and education at a translational academic level. It is also a great motivation for me to continue teaching at ETH and to continue with my translational research activities at ARI. This is a big step for me because it means better integration in the Department of Health Sciences and Technology, closer collaborations with the professors of the department, better visibility, and better access to the facilities of ETH. I want to thank my colleagues at ARI, especially Geoff Richards, Mauro Alini, and Martin Stoddart, for their support, and I would like to thank my mentor at ETH, Prof Viola Vogel, and all professors at the Institute for Biomechanics for the long-lasting collaborations. I am very much looking forward to this new role.”