Tobias Zehnder

Tobias Zehnder is a Senior Computational Biologist at OWKIN since March 2023, having previously held the position of Research Scientist. Tobias served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at CHARITE UNIVERSITATSMEDIZIN BERLIN from February 2021 to February 2022, where leadership in an international collaboration focused on bat wing evolution and experience in project management, mentoring PhD students, and contributing to grant proposals were key accomplishments. Prior to this, Tobias completed a PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, developing a machine learning algorithm for predicting gene regulatory elements, and conducted a research stay at the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, creating a method for detecting evolutionary conservation in diverged genomes. Academic credentials include a PhD in Bioinformatics from Freie Universität Berlin, an MS in Computational Biology from the Biozentrum, University of Basel, and a BS in Molecular Biology from the University of Basel.