About Me

Hello, I’m Laurence R. I’m a former Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Immunology and Cancer, a former Bioscience Network Lausanne (BSNL) Event Organizer in career opportunities in Life Sciences. I am currently Project Lead, Business Intelligence in Life Sciences in Switzerland.

Who I am

I’m Laurence R. living in Switzerland. I am passionate about science. So much passionate about science that, for a significant period, I was driven by the ambition to become a researcher. I also always wanted to live abroad and to master English speaking. That’s why in 2017 I enrolled in a PhD program in Immunology and Cancer at UNIL. Now as a Project Lead, Business Intelligence, I am supporting the development of the Swiss Life Sciences ecosystem.

Quick Facts About Me

  • I started my Doctotal Research in 2017 at Lausanne University, graduating in 2022.

  • Before starting the PhD program, I was not an English speaker (The PhD program was in English).

  • I enrolled in a PhD and Postdoctoral association BSNL in 2019 to organize events and became president of the association in 2021.

  • The first event that I organized was FameLab Switzerland 2020. In total, I organized/supervised 15 events (1871 attendees) between March 2020 and December 2022.

  • I was born in France. I now live in Switzerland.