Co-founder and CSO, is Associate Professor and Director of the laboratory of molecular chemical biology of neurodegeneration at the EPFL since 2005 (Website), and served as executive director of the Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) (2014 – 2016). Prof. Lashuel is recognized globally as one of the key opinion leaders in the field of neurodegenerative diseases, with 185 publications in major journals, 5 patents, hundreds of invited lectures, and more than 21000 citations. Dr. Lashuel has received numerous scientific research grants and prestigious awards and was named “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum (WEF), and as one of the “100 Outstanding Personalities” in the French-speaking part of Switzerland by the Swiss business magazine “L’Hebdo.”