Gabriel Leventhal
Chief Scientific Officer at PharmaBiome AG
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolGabriel Leventhal is a microbiome researcher and Chief Scientific Officer with 11 years of experience translating ecological and evolutionary theory into engineered, sustainable microbial consortia. Based in Zurich, he founded and leads scientific strategy at PharmaBiome AG after postdoctoral work at MIT and ETH Zurich, bringing deep expertise in microbial ecology, evolution, and applied biotechnology. His career blends rigorous PhD training in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with hands-on translational roles, including service on Switzerland’s COVID-19 science task force. Known for bridging fundamental science and product-driven development, he has a track record of moving lab concepts toward scalable, societally relevant solutions. An early background in physics and even time as a sound engineer hints at a multidisciplinary curiosity that informs his systems-level approach to microbiomes.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ZürichMaster’s Thesis Exchange, Physics, Master’s Thesis Exchange, Physics at Indiana University BloomingtonMaster, Physics, Master, Physics at EPFLHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
English, German, French
Github Skills (72)
ruby10
linuxbrew10
linux10
science10
macos10
package-manager10
homebrew10
bioinformatics10
cli9
csv9
rna-seq9
seq9
gene-expression9
transcript9
command-line-tool9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
gaberoo/homebrew-bio
May 2018 - Aug 2019
:beer::microscope: Bioinformatics formulae for the Homebrew and Linuxbrew package managers
Contributions:95 pushes, 58 branches in 1 year 3 months
formulaemicroscopepackage-managersmanagerslinuxbrew
gaberoo/cdream
Apr 2015 - Apr 2019
Contributions:29 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
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