Team

Danuta is responsible for the company’s strategy development and implementation, general management and fundraising. Danuta is a microbiologist by training.

She completed her PhD at the UFZ Leipzig in 2008. In 2016 she completed the Executive MBA program at the EPFL and obtained a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Management of Biotech, Medtech & Pharma Ventures.

In 2017 Danuta initiated the collaboration with EPFL-LPMV on the commercialization of nanoscale motion detection technology for phenotypic AST, which resulted in the establishment of Resistell AG in 2018. In the little free time left, Danuta enjoys photography and skiing.

Greg leads the company’s operations, including high level supervision and planning of the product development, IT infrastructure and company’s finances.

Greg is an IT engineer by education and a serial entrepreneur. Since 2007, he has co-founded, managed and coached multiple technology-based start-ups in different sectors.

Greg is also a startup coach and teaches other younger entrepreneurs how to build and keep motivated cross-functional teams. Outside of work he enjoys mountain biking, skiing and most of all cooking.

Alex completed his PhD in Microbiology with focus on Salmonella virulence at the ETH in Zurich in 2011. He subsequently moved to New York to study antibiotic tolerance at Columbia University before working on Tuberculosis at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. During this time, he acquired a wide knowledge of the physiology and genetics of human pathogens.

In 2020 Alex joined the team of Resistell AG as a Senior Scientist in Microbiology to perform preclinical studies and R&D of our nanomotion technology to improve and accelerate diagnostics of antibiotic resistance in the hospital. He is highly involved in the basic research of the technology where he collaborates closely with the team of engineers and data analysts at Resistell AG as well as external collaboration partners at CHUV, EPFL and Fachhochschule Nordwest in. Basel.

During his past times he enjoys playing Indiana Jones by exploring equatorial jungles and crawling inside forgotten temples, however, he also takes pleasure in the more refined arts such as visiting concert halls and museums. On the weekend you probably find him in the Swiss mountains. He is curious about different cultures and loves to entertain and cook.

Next to being a Biologist and Engineer, Martin brings a deep understanding of business finances and processes honed over 15 years of experience in finance, IT and legal departments across Pharma, Biotech and retail. He has a proven track record with audits by Big Four firms under his belt, as well as successfully completing 2 double-digit capital raises during his time at life science scale-up InSphero. Martin’s expertise and diverse experience will undoubtedly help to propel Resistell’s growth and we can’t wait to get started!

After completing her PhD in Neuroscience at the ETH Zurich in 2013, Clara entered the medtech industry coordinating different cross-functional projects focused on medical device design and development. In 2018, she transitioned to the healthcare sector, managing several international multi-centric clinical studies. Clara joined Resistell in August 2022 as Clinical Operations Manager to coordinate clinical evaluation studies of our IVD device and to provide operational management of third party vendors. She brings expertise to the team leveraging her knowledge of medtech products development, clinical studies and applicable regulations and standards. In her free time, Clara enjoys reading books, photography and travelling with her family and friends.

Adrian is responsible for Resistell’s Quality Management System, compliance with regulatory requirements and quality control of Resistell products. A biotechnologist by education, Adrian has vast experience in microbiology lab and quality departments throughout the industry, with special focus on the medical devices market, and specifically in-vitro technologies.

Adrian joined Resistell as a Quality Compliance Specialist and after achieving a Certificate of Advanced Studies in the scope of CAS Clinical, Regulatory and Quality Affairs for Medical Devices and In-Vitro Diagnostics, he became the company coordinator for quality control of all company devices and production processes.

Outside of work, he enjoys strategy games and is a big fan of the history of the Middle Ages, including participating in fencing and archery.

PhD in Life Sciences with specialization in Molecular Biology and Clinical Microbiology.

Clinical microbiologist and operator of the Resistell AST device. In charge of all the activities of the nanomotion microbiology laboratory at our UniverCité-based laboratory, including R&D, pre-clinical experimentation and microbiological quality testing of new devices and mechanical parts.

Strong experience in the main fields of microbiology (bacteriology, mycology and virology) of both clinical and agricultural relevance, with a deep focus on antibiotic/antifungal resistance and yeast infections. Skilled in experimental design and troubleshooting.

Scientific at work as at home, passionate about culinary experimentation, fermentation, meat curing and vegetables pickling. Always enjoy a good hike all year round as well as winter sports.

PhD in Life Science, Microbial science, at University of Lausanne.

Carried out studies focused in molecular biology and microbiology fields of clinical relevance, including mainly mycology, as also bacteriology and virology. Solid experience in antibiotic and antifungal resistance and in particular yeast-like fungi infections.

Clinical microbiologist, principal user of the Resistell AST device, developing and implementing the nanomotion protocol. In charge of all the activities of the nanomotion microbiology laboratory at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), including R&D, pre-clinical and clinical experimentations.

Passionate about hard rock music and art, enjoy guitar playing, woodburning pyrography and painting. Always been a fan of winter sports, recently discovered love for gym and fitness.

MSc in Life Science, Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, in collaboration between Novartis and the University of Neuchâtel (magna cum laude).

Anthony has been working as a microbiologist for eight years and used multidisciplinary techniques to fight against infectious diseases with global impacts, such as tuberculosis and leprosy.

With very strong experience of handling dangerous microorganisms (bacteria, fungus and virus), he is licensed in class 1, 2 and 3 biosafety level laboratories. Study director of several preclinical and clinical projects (phase I and II), he was particularly involved in the discovery and development of a new antituberculosis drug called “Macozinone”.

Active participant of multiple European consortium of infectious diseases, he successfully generated data, wrote reports and brilliantly presented and discussed data in front of a massive audience.

Anthony is passionate about sports and plays football and floorball in official teams. For a touch of adrenaline and freedom, he likes to escape on his motorcycle.

MSc in Life Sciences, Bioanalytics, at Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW).

Marta is conducting her MSc Thesis at Resistell, working on method development of the technology.

Interested in research and wanting to understand the environment from a new point of view, she did a Degree in Microbiology at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). With it, she gained in-depth knowledge about the biology of microorganisms and their applications and developed her laboratory skills. She also participated in an Erasmus biotechnology project at HAMK, in Finland.

Specially concerned with the increasing spread of bacterial resistances, she participated in Small World Initiative (SWI) informational projects to raise awareness of the topic in secondary schools.

In her free time, Marta enjoys playing basketball, singing and learning about the world’s curiosities.

PhD and Habilitation in Electronics Engineering, Wrocław University of Science and Technology.

Data scientist, digital signal processing expert with solid experience in application of DSP techniques to MEMS/NEMS devices.

Fluency in application of spectral analysis, ordinary/robust regression, sparse approximation and filtering, image analysis, segmentation and registration, optimization and machine learning techniques.

Likes sailing, hiking and tormenting people by playing guitar.

PhD in microelectronic engineering (Wrocław University of Science and Technology, 2014)

Worked on construction, development and application of atomic-force microscopy systems for 8 years and on development of a soft X-ray microscopy system for another 1.5 years (at University College Dublin/SiriusXT Ltd), which resulted in experience in designing precision electronic and mechanical devices, as well as in programming microcontrollers and PC-based applications, with exceptional focus on non-routine approach to AFM measurements, required for examination of non-standard samples.

Responsible for guiding the software development, coordinating design & assembly of the AST device, and overlooking quality management and control.

Vintage fountain pen user and amateur calligrapher, plays classical guitar, enjoys telling stories about places he has travelled to.

MSc in Electronic engineering, specialization in Microelectronics.

Worked for over a decade as a researcher at Wrocław University of Science and Technology at the Division of Nanometrology.

Took part in many research projects (EU and domestic) related to MEMS in biology areas and development of atomic-force microscopy systems.

Has experience as a serviceman of Beauty&Healthcare equipment. Designed and constructed riddles for one of the leading Escape Room company in Poland.

Electronic engineer responsible for product R&D and assembly of Resistell AST device, supply chain coordinator.

Geocacher, escape roomer and youngtimer enthusiast - devoted to VW Beetle&Co.

Amateur of analog tricks in digital photography.

Enjoys steam engines on rails as much as ones on the water.

• MD-PhD, FAMH
• Full Professor of Bacteriology, Head of Microbiology Diagnostics at Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)
• Director of the Institute of Microbiology of the University of Lausanne (UNIL)
• Specialist FAMH in medical microbiology and FMH in infectious diseases

• Associated Professor of Clinical Microbiology at Complutense University in Madrid, Spain
• Head of the Clinical Microbiology Department at the University Hospital Ramón y Cajal-IRYCIS in Madrid, Spain
• Former president of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC) and former Chairman of the European Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST)
• Over 650 publications and over 31000 citations

• Professor in Physics at EPFL
• Head of Laboratory of Physics of Living Matter (LPMV) devoted to the study of DNA topology, cellular machines, protein mechanics and high-resolution low temperature Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
• Over 230 scientific publications, over 7500 citations
• Inventor of nano-motion detector

• Medical Doctor
• Privat Docent in embryology and histology
• Senior Researcher at LPMV (EPFL)
• MER at the Plateforme de Morphologie, the Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland
• Over 90 scientific publications, over 3400 citations
• Inventor of nano-motion detector