About
Yann Pierson is an independent strategic advisor focused on innovation and company creation. In 2020, he co-founded Limula, a Swiss company developing a tool to make personalized cancer cell therapies more scalable, and served as its founding CEO for six years, during which the company raised CHF 10 million in equity and CHF 12 million in non-dilutive funding. He previously worked as a scientific advisor to former EPFL President Martin Vetterli and holds a DPhil in Chemical Biology from the University of Oxford.
Founder & CTO at Limula
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Experience
- FreelanceIndependent Strategic Advisor - Innovation and company creationcurrent2026 — presentSwitzerland
- LimulaCo-founder and CEO2020 — 2026Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)Visiting Scientist2021 — 2022Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- University of GenevaVisiting Scientist2020 — 2022Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- wemakeit.ch GmbHCo-founder Science Booster2016 — 2021Zurich
- Ecole polytechnique fédérale de LausanneScientific Advisor to the President2017 — 2020Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- HackuariumCo-founder and President2014 — 2019Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- SNSFScientific Advisor2016Bern
- LargeNetworkManaging Editor2014 — 2015Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- LIFT ConferenceEditorial Board Member2014 — 2015Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- The Conversation UKFreelance Writer2013 — 2014London Area, United Kingdom
- EPFLPostdoctoral Fellow2012 — 2014Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- Universität UlmVisiting Researcher2013Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- University of LausannePostdoctoral Researcher2012Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- CartusCross-Cultural Trainer2010 — 2011Greater London
- EPFLResearch Assistant2007
Skills & more
Early Stage VenturesStart-up LeadershipInnovation ManagementMolecular Biology23Science15Research9Biochemistry19Life Sciences9PCR4Protein Chemistry9Bioinformatics1Mass Spectrometry3
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MicrobiologyCell CultureLifesciencesOrganic ChemistryProtein PurificationChemistryFluorescenceCell BiologyCreativity and InnovationWritingPublic SpeakingWindowsLanguages English · French · German · Italian · Swedish
- Innosuisse Business Creation — Venturelab
- Europe and US Drug/Device Product Development and Regulations — SDSU Global Campus
- PH125.1x: Data Science: R Basics — edX
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yann Pierson?
- Yann Pierson is an independent strategic advisor focused on innovation and company creation. In 2020, he co-founded Limula, a Swiss company developing a tool to make personalized cancer cell therapies more scalable, and served as its founding CEO for six years, during which the company raised CHF 10 million in equity and CHF 12 million in non-dilutive funding. He previously worked as a scientific advisor to former EPFL President Martin Vetterli and holds a DPhil in Chemical Biology from the University of Oxford.
- Where does Yann Pierson work?
- Yann Pierson is Founder & CTO of Limula.
- What companies did Yann Pierson found?
- Yann Pierson founded Limula.
- Where did Yann Pierson go to school?
- Yann Pierson studied at University of Oxford (DPhil, Chemical Biology); EPFL (MSc, Chemical Biology); Uppsala University (Erasmus exchange program, Biochemistry).
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