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Philipp Osterwalder

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Gastdozent Advanced Process Design Lab Automation / Laboratory Informatics at ZHAW Life Sciences und Facility Management
📍 Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Philipp Osterwalder is the CEO and co-founder of 1LIMS, leveraging his extensive background as a lab technician and environmental engineer from ZHAW Zurich University. He is dedicated to transforming analytical labs by replacing manual processes with digital solutions, aiming to triple sample throughput, ensure compliance, and reduce quality costs for his clients.

Driven by a passion for nature, health, and climate solutions, Philipp is deeply committed to sustainable food production. This interest stems from his environmental engineering studies and has manifested in co-founding startups focused on agricultural technology. His work is centered on creating a tangible, positive impact.

Unique fact: While studying, Philipp co-organized a project that successfully saved 30 tons of carrots from being discarded.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Gastdozent Advanced Process Design Lab Automation / Laboratory Informatics
Location
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Lab Automation
As co-founder of 1LIMS and self-proclaimed #TheDigitalLabGuy, his career is focused on moving laboratories away from manual processes and spreadsheets to increase efficiency.
Quality Management
His professional headline highlights slashing quality costs by 45%, and his work history includes multiple roles in quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) labs.
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Career

Work history

5-2022
Gastdozent Advanced Process Design Lab Automation / Laboratory Informatics
ZHAW Life Sciences und Facility Management
4-2020 - 12-2021
Wissenschaftlicher Laborant
ZHAW Life Sciences und Facility Management
1-2020 - 1-2022
Business Development
Project Aurora - smart grow lights
8-2019 - 9-2020
Teamleader - SWAG System a ESA_LAB@CH IGLUNA Project
SWAG System
8-2018 - 7-2020
ESA_LAB@CH PROJECT IGLUNA - LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM - SWAG System
Swiss Space Center
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Education
2016 - 2021
Bachelor of Applied Science
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
2020 - 2020
Diplom
HarvardX
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