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Stefan Catsicas, born in 1958, is a Swiss molecular biologist specialised in neurosciences of italian and greek origins. He was Executive Board member of Nestlé from 2013 to 2018, vice-president of research of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne (EPFL) from 2000 to 2004 and director of cell biology at the Faculty of Medicine in Lausanne from 1996 à 2000. He is currently managing Skyviews Life Science, a Swiss company dedicated to investments in life sciences.

Biography
Stefan Catsicas starts his scientific training with studies in natural sciences at the University of Lausanne, and a doctoral thesis on the development of the nervous system, obtained in 1987. He continues his studies in this field at the Research Institute of Scripps Clinic in San Diego, California.

Back in Switzerland, he becomes Head of the Neurobiology Department of Glaxo in Geneva from 1991 to 1996, before pursuing his academic career at the University of Lausanne as professor and chairman of Cell Biology, and then as professor of Cellular Engineering at the EPFL.

In 2000, Patrick Aebischer appoints him as Vice President of Research at the EPFL. Fervent believer of pluridisciplnarity, he will lead the collaborations with Alinghi for the America's Cup, and with Solar Impulse for the world tour with solar-powered energy.

In 2004, he leaves his position at the EPFL and co-founds Tilocor Life Science, a biotechnology group of private companies.

In 2011, Catsicas returns to the academic world as Provost and Executive Vice-president of the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology.

In 2013, he is appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Executive Board member of Nestlé, a position he will hold from 2013 to 2018,.

In 2018, he publishes his first book, La Séquence (Editions Favre) which sets in the field of genetic research,.

Since 2018, Stefan Catsicas is the co-founder and Managing Director of Skyviews Life Science, a Swiss company dedicated to investments in life sciences, including biotechnology, advanced nutrition and digital health.