Hi there 👋, I am a computational epidemiologist 👨💻🦠 and head of the Interfaculty Platform for Data and Computational Science (INPUT) at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) at the University of Bern 🏫, Switzerland 🇨🇭.
I employ mathematical and computational modeling alongside comprehensive data analyses to investigate how environmental changes and public health interventions influence the health of populations and the spread of infectious diseases. I am an expert on emerging infectious diseases and made major contributions to the better understanding of the transmission dynamics of Ebola, MERS, and COVID-19. I am a member of the Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) and the Bern Data Science Initiative (BeDSI) at the University of Bern, and I served as a member of the Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force. Additionally, I chair the Executive Board of the Swiss Network for Infectious Disease Dynamics (SNIDDY). Beyond academia, I also serve as Deputy Head of the Section for Emerging Infectious Diseases and International Cooperation at the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).