Hi! I'm Jo, a Master's student in Digital Health at the Hasso Plattner Institute, currently writing my thesis at Stanford University School of Medicine (Snyder Lab) on BCR repertoire analysis on long COVID patients.

Before academia, I founded multiple companies across digital health, personalized medicine, agri-tech, and hardware — from scaling Cada Health to $2M ARR, to leading the most commercial drone flights in East Africa with Lima Labs, to co-founding a pharmacogenomics startup with the Director of Biomathematics at the Stanford Genome Technology Center.

My research interests span:

  • AI for drug discovery and translational science
  • Personalized medicine and pharmacogenomics
  • Digital health technologies and clinical trials

What's new:

Master's thesis at Stanford (Snyder Lab)

BCR repertoire analysis on long COVID patients.

Senior Venture Builder at Fraunhofer

Building ventures in explainable AI, photonic systems, and advanced imaging.

TRACED Project · Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science

Collaborating on clinical trial analytics in digital health.

Research:

BCR Repertoire Analysis on Long COVID Patients

Master's Thesis · Stanford University School of Medicine, Snyder Lab

TRACED: Trials Research, Analysis, Connectivity, Exploration, and Digital Health Technologies

HPI × Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science · Prof. Stern. Building a GUI for advanced clinical trial analytics in digital health.

AI for Translational Science

HPI × Fraunhofer. Built an AI-powered tool to assess research papers using the Cloverleaf Model of Technology Transfer.

N-of-1 Trial: Effect of Hydration on Cognition

Hasso Plattner Institute. Designed and conducted a 6-week N-of-1 trial investigating hydration's effect on cognitive performance.

Pharmacogenomic & Personalized Medicine Recommender System

Stanford Genome Technology Center · Dr. Kumm. Developed ML-based recommender system integrating pharmacogenomics and chemovar data. Led to the founding of Cavivi Inc.

Companies:

Cada Health  · Founder & CEO

Berlin · Personalized telemedicine startup. AI recommender system for plant-based medicine based on 1,000+ scientific publications. Scaled to $2M ARR. Exited.

Cavivi  · Co-Founder & CEO

Stanford · Pharmacogenomic DNA testing to move from trial-and-error to personalized medicine. Co-founded with the Director of Biomathematics at Stanford Genome Tech Center. Raised $150K pre-seed at $10M valuation.

Lima Labs  · Co-Founder & COO

Nairobi · Computer vision for crop detection in East Africa. Deployed 600 hardware prototypes across 380 hectares. Grew to 25 employees and led the most commercial drone flights in East Africa.

Ceden  · Founder & CEO

Berlin · Smart, app-controlled indoor greenhouses. Led a team of 20 in hardware and software development. Multiple design and technical patents granted.

Awards & Fellowships:

Dr. Friedrich Jungheinrich Scholarship

€30,000 merit-based award for academic excellence and innovation.

Generation Google Scholarship

€10,000, selected as top STEM student in Europe.

Sigma Squared Society  · Global Fellow

Network of young entrepreneurs and innovators.

Kairos Society  · Fellow

Global fellowship for young entrepreneurs solving society's most pressing challenges.

Community:

Startup Mentor  · Jacobs University, Startup Teens & Young Founders Network

Mentoring young entrepreneurs and serving as juror in startup competitions.

Transatlantic Startup Exchange  · Founder & Host

Founded and hosted meetups connecting 350 entrepreneurs and investors between Berlin and the U.S.

Lupila & Marafiki  · Leading Member

Led a team of 16 volunteers, raising €50,000+ to install solar power infrastructure at Lupila Secondary School in Tanzania, powering light for 760+ pupils.

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