Summary

My broad interdisciplinary background and international experience in academia and industry with multiple research institutions in Switzerland and USA bring a deep knowledge of how Swiss people abroad can benefit the home country of Switzerland while enabling stronger intellectual, economic and cultural engagement and interactions across the world.

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Detail

Dr. Zenhausern received his B.S. in biochemistry from the University of Geneva, his M.B.A. in finance from Rutgers University and his Doctorate Es Science in Applied Physics / Condensed Matter at the University of Geneva. Dr. Zenhausern has several academic affiliations. He is "Professeur Ordinaire" at the University of Geneva’s School of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He is also Endowed Chair Professor (tenured) of Basic Medical Sciences, Professor of Clinical Translational Sciences, Professor of Translational Neurosciences, Professor of Radiation Oncology at the College of Medicine, Phoenix, and Director of the Center for Applied Nanobioscience and Medicine at the University of Arizona. He is also member of the Therapeutic Development Program at the University of Arizona’s Cancer Center, and Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering. His clinical research role includes Sr. Clinical Investigator at the Honor Health Research Institute. 

 

He is Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).

 

He is co-founder of 4 startup companies and authored more than 90 peer-reviewed publications and more than 33 U.S. Patents. He spent over a decade in industry at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (NY) and Motorola Labs (AZ).

Membership/Active involvement in Swiss Associations/groups
Member of the local Swiss Arizona Chapter; Active joint academic affiliation with University of Geneva ("professeur ordinaire") with graduate students exchange program.

 

Profession

University Professor and Director

 

Languages

French, English, German

Interests
Science and technology, innovation, medicine, macroeconomics, government-industry relations, international affairs. 

Contact
fzenhaus@arizona.edu

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