In this role I facilitate strategic collaborations between industrial partners, academia and non-profit institutions providing project management and technical support to initiatives for the evaluation, development and testing of early-stage TB diagnostics & novel diagnostic strategies • Designed and implemented a framework to support and guide external partners through assay development and evidence generation • Lead and management of R&D projects through their lifecycle, in collaboration with the scientific lead or the programme head; • Build and sustain external partnerships to promote novel immunoassay development. • Assessment of novel diagnostics technologies for inclusion in FIND’s programmes • Support of clinical and scientific teams in developing study summaries, protocol overviews, and coordinate clinical operations •Liaise and report with internal and external stakeholders, to ensure project alignment with strategic objectives, recognize synergies between projects, and disseminate lessons learned

Setup and management of a portfolio (>20) of high-complexity clinical studies • acted as Key client contact, mediating collaboration between internal and external project stakeholders and facilitating the successful and timely delivery of clinical operations, • orchestrated the implementation of personalized client services to ensure timely startup of clinical trials with a narrow enrolment window• management of timelines, budget, clinical specimens and collection supplies• provided resolution of escalations

Detection of bacterial infections in urine with an optical biosensor. • Authored an innovation grant for the detection of bacterial infections in urine with a multiplexed nanoplasmonic biosensor; secured a a 100K CHF budget and one-year timeframe for the R&D initiative, which resulted in an academic publication and a follow up project • Submitted a research proposal for Nanoplasmonic biosensor for point-of-care assessment of iron deficiency biomarkers in blood

Development of a mobile health platform for point of care diagnostics, with focus on the optimization of biological and regulatory aspects• Served as technical SME to create, follow and control the integration of a point of care assays into a handheld reader operated via a smartphone. • scouted and integrated cutting-edge technologies, ensuring alignment with emerging industry standards.• Served as QMS manager, driving assessment and assurance to secure ISO13485:2012 and ISO9001:2015 certifications.• Fostered partnerships with external R&D institutions, laying the groundwork for financial collaboration and effective project operations.

Design and Prototyping of an implantable lab-on-a-chip for continuous monitoring of drug cocktails and endogenous metabolites for precision medicine applications20 publications; 2 research awards

Design, development and test of a soft biocompatible packaging for a fully implantable biosensor; conducted testing to align with ISO 10993-1 requirements

prototyping and characterization of a biosensor for label-free DNA detection.