Urs Frey


Urs Frey received the diploma in electrical engineering from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, in 2003 and the 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 moved back to Switzerland and co-founded MaxWell Biosystems AG, where he is currently the CEO.