ETH Zürich · UC Berkeley · Medical Technology MSc

Jillian

Biomedical engineer building tools for medicine — gut microbiome, neurotech, AI. Also: dancer, traveller, maker of things.

MSc student building tools at the intersection of biomedical engineering, AI, and the microbiome.

Berkeley CA → Zürich CH
Currently
Building CRISPR gRNA design pipeline + gut sonification tools
Reading Moral Ambition — Rutger Bregman
Listening Whatever makes sense to move to
Based Berkeley, CA — back to Zürich soon
Dancing Exploring salsa, loving kpop and hip hop
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About

On the
edges.

I'm a Health Sciences & Technology MSc student at ETH Zürich on the Medical Technology track, currently on a visiting semester at UC Berkeley Bioengineering. Growing up across three countries probably explains why I'm most comfortable at the edges between disciplines.

My work lives at the intersection of biomedical engineering, computational biology, cognitive neuroscience, and AI/ML health applications. I'm drawn to the gut microbiome and the gut-brain axis — two of the body's most interesting and underexplored interfaces.

I also founded a non-profit dance studio and the Taiwanese Student Association Switzerland. Building community is as interesting a design problem as building software. Rigor and beauty are not at odds — the best science is, in some sense, also art.

Neurotech Cognitive neuroscience Gut microbiome Biosensors CRISPR AI/ML in health Glycemic modeling Biocompatibility Artificial organs Dance Music Philosophy Art Travel

Projects.

06 projects
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Biome Sound
Real-time gut microbiome sonification. Maps biosensor signals — H₂, CH₄, pH, temperature — plus breath analysis and endoscopic imaging to audio output. The gut, made audible.
Python · Biosensors · Audio synthesis · Vercel
Live
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MicrobiomeRx
Drug-microbiome interaction analyzer built with FastAPI and the Claude API. Surfaces how pharmaceutical compounds interact with gut flora — a relationship medicine has mostly ignored until now.
FastAPI · Claude API · Microbiome DB · Python
Deployed
03
GutMind Explorer
Gut-brain microbiome correlation visualizer trained on synthetic data from published studies. Explores the enteric nervous system through interactive data graphics.
React · D3.js · Synthetic data · Next.js
Deployed
04
GlycoCast
Glycemic prediction tool that forecasts blood glucose trajectories from continuous sensor data using ML — helping people understand how their body responds before it responds.
Time-series ML · CGM data · Python · Deployed
Deployed
05
CRISPR gRNA Design System
AI-assisted CRISPR biodesign pipeline using MCP server architecture. Off-target prediction, guide RNA scoring, and edit verification in one unified environment.
MCP · CRISPR · Biodesign AI · Python
In progress
06
CURE-C
Integration & Biocompatibility Engineer on a student team building a prototype total artificial heart. At the boundary of materials science, fluid dynamics, and surgical reality.
Biocompatibility · Mechanical design · SOLIDWORKS
Team

Organizations.

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Founder

The Rookie Dance Studio

A non-profit dance studio built on the idea that movement belongs to everyone. Community-focused, technically serious, and a lot of fun.

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Founder

Taiwanese Student Association Switzerland

Connecting Taiwanese students across Swiss universities — shared identity, shared meals, and occasionally shared lab stress.

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Integration & Biocompatibility Engineer

CURE-C Student Team

Contributing to a student-led total artificial heart project — bridging disciplines and making sure what we build can actually live inside a human body.

Dance· Gut microbiome· Music· Philosophy of mind· Art· Biosensors· Travel· Sonification· CRISPR· Community building· Dance· Gut microbiome· Music· Philosophy of mind· Art· Biosensors· Travel· Sonification· CRISPR· Community building·
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