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Michael Hengartner

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President of the ETH Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the ETH Domain at Novartis Venture Fund

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Michael Hengartner, PhD, MBA, is President of the ETH Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the ETH Domain. He previously served as Rector of the University of Zurich (2014-2020) and President of swissuniversities (2016-2020). He studied biochemistry at the Université Laval, earned his PhD at MIT in 1994, led a research group at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and later held a professorship at the University of Zurich, focusing his research on the molecular basis of apoptosis.

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Who is Michael Hengartner?
Michael Hengartner, PhD, MBA, is President of the ETH Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the ETH Domain. He previously served as Rector of the University of Zurich (2014-2020) and President of swissuniversities (2016-2020). He studied biochemistry at the Université Laval, earned his PhD at MIT in 1994, led a research group at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and later held a professorship at the University of Zurich, focusing his research on the molecular basis of apoptosis.
Where does Michael Hengartner work?
Michael Hengartner is President of the ETH Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the ETH Domain at Novartis Venture Fund.