Urs Frey

Urs Frey received a diploma in electrical engineering from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, in 2003 and a Ph.D. degree for his work on high-density neural interfaces and microhotplate gas sensors from the Physical Electronics Laboratory, ETH Zurich, in 2008. From 2009 to 2010, he was with IBM Research Zurich, Switzerland, where he worked on mixed-signal circuit design for non-volatile memory devices. In 2011 he joined the RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center in Kobe, Japan, where he was heading an independent laboratory focusing on CMOS-based bioelectronics and biosensors. In 2016, he co-founded MaxWell Biosystems AG in Switzerland, where he is currently the CEO.