Group Members
Chair

- Name / Titel
- Prof. Dr. Dominik Obrist
- Funktion
- Professor for Cardiovascular Engineering
- dominik.obrist@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 14 22
- Phone2
- +41 31 684 14 00
Administration

- Name / Titel
- Diana Bethge
- Funktion
- Head Central Services
- diana.bethge@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 14 00
Senior Scientific Staff

- Name / Titel
- Dr. Aurelia Lucilla Bucciarelli
- Funktion
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- aurelia.bucciarelli@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 14 52

- Name / Titel
- PD Dr. Francesco Clavica
- Funktion
- Head Urogenital engineering (UGE)
- francesco.clavica@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 14 28

- Name / Titel
- Dr. Sofia Farina
- Funktion
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- sofia.farina@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 14 85

- Name / Titel
- Dr. Lorenzo Ferrari
- Funktion
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- lorenzo.ferrari@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 14 48

- Name / Titel
- Dr. Silje Ekroll Jahren
- Funktion
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- silje.jahren@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 6684 14 47

- Name / Titel
- Dr. Franca Schmid
- Funktion
- SNF Ambizione Fellow
- franca.schmid@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 14 38

- Name / Titel
- Dr. Till Zeugin
- Funktion
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- till.zeugin@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 14 99

- Name / Titel
- Dr. Shaokai Zheng
- Funktion
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- shaokai.zheng@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 14 33
PhD Students

- Name / Titel
- Valérie Kulka
- Funktion
- PhD Student
- valerie.kulka@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 14 46

- Name / Titel
- Chryso Lambride
- Funktion
- PhD Student
- chryso.lambride@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 14 45

- Name / Titel
- Ali Mokhtari
- Funktion
- PhD Student
- ali.mokhtari@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 638 14 42

- Name / Titel
- Nataliya Sevryugina
- Funktion
- PhD Candidate
- nataliya.sevryugina@unibe.ch

- Name / Titel
- Gaia Stievano
- Funktion
- PhD Student
- Gaia.stievano@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 14 36
- Name / Titel
- Ross Straughan
- Funktion
- PhD Candidate
- ross.straughan@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 14 35
Internship

- Name / Titel
- Sofia Gonzalez Martinez
- Funktion
- Exchange Student
- sofia.gonzalez@unibe.ch
- Name / Titel
- Merel Meulendijks
- Funktion
- Exchange Student
- merel.meulendijks@unibe.ch
MSc Students
- Name / Titel
- Giorgia Barra
- Funktion
- MSc Student
- giorgia.barra@unibe.ch
- Name / Titel
- Emilio Zorzi
- Funktion
- MSc Student
- emilio.zorzi@unibe.ch
Alumni
2025:
- Lorenzo Ferrari, PhD
- Yannick Rösch, PhD
- Sofia Gonzalez
- Manuel Fernandez-Lopez
- Karoline-Marie Bornemann, PhD
2024:
- Anastasia Milusev, PhD
- Javier Tejeda Chas, BSc
- Artemisia Sarteschi, MSc
- Pascal Corso, PhD
- Eric Buffle, PhD
2023:
- Aurelien Lacourt
2022:
- Leonardo Pietrasanta, PhD
- Lukas Bereuter, PhD
2021:
- Michael Stucki
2020:
- Maximilien Tholl, PhD
- Dario De Marinis, PhD
- Alberto Mantegazza, PhD
- Hadi Zolfaghari, PhD
- Mirunalini Thirugnanasambandam, PhD
- Deming Liang, PhD
2019:
- Barna Becsek, PhD
2018:
- Sabrina Frey, PhD
- Danaël Gasser, Project Engineer
- David Hasler, PhD
- Silje Ekroll Jahren, PhD
prior 2018:
- Thomas Niederhauser, PhD
- Alois Pfenniger, PhD
- Tohid Pirbodaghi, PhD
- Joy Roth, Project Engineer
- Mathieu Soutrenon, PhD
- Bernard Vennemann, PhD
- Ben Wardleworth, Industrial Designer
- Sascha Weidner, Technician
- Adrian Zurbuchen, PhD
- Mark Keller, MSc
- PD Andreas Häberlin, MD, PhD
- Magnus Jonsson, PhD
- PD Stijn Vandenberghe, PhD
- Prof. Rolf Vogel, MD, PhD
In Memorian
Pascal Buchs (1997-2024)
It is with deep sadness that we learned of the unexpected passing of our friend and colleague, Pascal Buchs. Pascal had joined the ARTORG for his MSc thesis, which paved the way for his work on TightValve, winning the Stage Up competition in 2024 and receiving an SNSF Proof-of-Concept Grant. Pascal will be remembered for his dedication, kindness, and positive attitude. His absence will be deeply felt.
