Team

Franca Schmid

PhD, SNF Ambizione Fellow, Junior group leader

PhD, Postdoc, University of Bern
02/2025 – present

Focus: Whole brain vascular data set.

PhD Student, University of Bern
06/2022- present

Focus: In silico blood flow modeling of stroke and reperfusion.

Joint supervision with Prof. Susanne Wegener (University Hospital Zurich)

PhD Student, University of Bern
11/2022 – present

Focus: Numerical modeling of oxygen transport in the brain.

Master Student, Politecnico di Torino
03/2026 – 08/2026

Focus: Spatial features of cortical arteries and veins.

Master Student, Université Grenoble Alpes
03/2026 – 08/2026

Focus: Stroke modelling in semi-realistic whole brain datasets.

External PhD Student, Paris Brain Institute
01/2026 – present

Focus: Blood flow modelling in retinal vascular networks.

Joint supervision with Dr. Nicolas Renier (Paris Brain Institute)

02/2026 – 05/2026

Nicolas Müller (B.Sc, Semester Thesis, ETH Zurich).

12/2025 – 05/2026

Dominic Campbell-Pitt (B.Sc., Internship, TU Delft).

11/2025 – 04/2026

Ana Barrio Laguna (B.Sc., Internship, University of Malaga).

09/2025 – 12/2025

Tim Eicher (B.Sc., Semester Thesis, ETH Zurich).

03/2025 – 08/2025

Emilio Zorzi (B.Sc., Master Thesis, Politecnico di Torino).

03/2025 – 08/2025

Giorgia Barra (B.Sc., Master Thesis, Politecnico di Torino).

08/2024 – 01/2025

Manuel Fernandez Lopez (B.Sc., Internship, TU Delft).

11/2024 – 04/2025

Ketan Guptan (B.Sc., Student assistant, ETH Zurich).

08/2023 – 01/2024

Javier Tejeda Chas (B.Sc., Master Thesis, Politecnica de Valencia).

05/2023 – 12/2023

Artemisia Sarteschi (M.Sc., Internship, University of Milano-Biocca).

10/2016 – 12/2022

Robert Epp (PhD Student). Project: Inverse model for bi-phasic blood flow in the microcirculation. Co-Supervision. Main supervisor: Prof. Patrick Jenny (ETH Zurich).