Research focus: Sports neuroscience, sleep electrophysiology, auditory sleep modulation, neurorehabilitation, sports medicine.

Short Description: My research lies at the intersection of neuroscience, sleep medicine, sports medicine, and neurorehabilitation, with a particular focus on performance, recovery, and long-term brain health in youth and elite football. My current work examines how sleep and auditory deep sleep modulation may support neurocognitive recovery, brain function, and long-term neurological outcomes after mild traumatic brain injury and repetitive sub-concussive head impacts in children and adolescents. My previous work has also investigated the effects of auditory deep sleep modulation on cardiac autonomic functions, hormonal markers, and cardiovascular dynamics during sleep. 

Academic CV: 

2025-present: Scientific and Medical Director, Medical Department, Swiss Association of Football Players, Zurich (SAFP), Switzerland
2023-present: PhD in Neuroscience, University of Zurich / University Children's Hospital Zurich (Huber SLEEP Lab, Prof. Dr. Reto Huber)
2021-2023: Head of Science Department at ETS Diagnostics, Zurich, Switzerland
2020-2021: Master thesis at ETH Zurich (SLEEP Lab of Dr. Caroline Lustenberger), Title: “Effects of auditory deep sleep modulation on cardiac autonomic functions and testosterone” 
2019: Research internship in Sportneuroscience at Hamburger SV (HSV), German Bundesliga
2018-2021: M.Sc. in Elite Sport Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen  & ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2017-2018: Research internship in the Neurodegenerative Disease Lab of Prof. Dr. Smita Saxena at the Department for Biomedical Research (DBMR), Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
2017-2018: Bachelor thesis in the Neural Stem Cell Lab of Dr. Boris Egger, University of Fribourg, Title: “Hypoxia in the regulation of neural stem cells” 
2014-2015: Research internship in the Department of Cardiology and Clinical Research, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
2014-2018: B.Sc. in Biomedicine, Medical Faculty, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Further Educations:

2023: MRI Operator Certificate, MR Center, University-Children’s Hospital Zurich
2020: Neurobiology and Sport Performance, FC Barcelona, Spain
2014: LTK Modules, University of Zurich 

Funding & Prices:

2025: FIFA  — In-kind support (event infrastructure and hospitality), CHF 25,000
2025: Swiss Association of Football Players — Conference grant, CHF 10,000
2024: ETS Diagnostics - Travel grants, CHF 6,000
2024: Ralf Loddenkemper Foundation / ETH Zurich Foundation — Research grant, CHF 130,000 

Publications:
 https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9770-8864