Pool of mentors

The following PIs, students or counseling offices can be contacted by BioMed PhD students and BioMed PIs who seek advice in case of problems connected to particular PhD studies. The mentor may give advice to the student and/or PI and help to resolve such problems. All discussions between student and mentor or between PI and mentor are treated confidentially.

Advisory Services UZH/ETHZ

Katrien de Bock, Prof. Dr.
Co-Director BioMed ETHZ
Email: katrien-debock@ethz.ch
Website

Sean Froese, PD Dr.
Co-Director BioMed UZH
Email: sean.froese@kispi.uzh.ch
Website

Ori Bar-Nur, Prof. Dr.
Email: ori.bar-nur@hest.ethz.ch
Website

Christian Grimm, Prof. Dr.
Email: cgrimm@opht.uzh.ch
Website

Gabriela Kania, Prof. Dr. med.
Department of Rheumatology, USZ
Email: gabriela.kania@uzh.ch
Website

Vartan Kurtcuoglu, Prof. Dr.
Institute of Physiology, UZH
Email: vartan.kurtcuoglu@uzh.ch
Website

Thomas Lutz, Prof. Dr.
Institute of Veterinary Physiology, UZH
Email: tomlutz@vetphys.uzh.ch
Website

Ferdinand von Meyenn, Prof. Dr.
Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolic Epigenetics, ETHZ
Email: Ferdinand.vonmeyenn@hest.ethz.ch
Website

Giulia Mazzini, PhD candidate
Student representative UZH
Email: giulia.mazzini@uzh.ch
Website

Kevin Halter, PhD candidate
Student representative ETHZ
Email: kevin.halter@biol.ethz.ch
Website

Greta Lommi, PhD candidate
Student representative UZH
Email: greta.lommi@uzh.ch
Webseite

Andrea Schmitz
Coordinator PhD Program in BioMed
Email: andrea.schmitz@uzh.ch
Website

Central advisory services
Graduate Campus
Coaching, Mentoring and Counseling
Website

Employee Assistance Office (MBS)
Website

Psychological Counseling Services for PhD candidates
Website

Association of Academic Mid-Level Faculty of the University of Zurich
Website

Confidants of the faculties in case of suspicion of unfairness in science
Website