Pedro D. Wendel-Garcia

Pedro D. Wendel-Garcia pursued a Bachelor and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the ETH Zurich. Thereafter he studied Medicine as well as Biostatistics at the University of Zurich.

He currently is a research associate at the Institute of Intensive Care Medicine at the University Hospital Zurich. Following his mechanical engineering studies, he focused his research primarily on novel materials and micro- and nanorobots for biomedical applications.

Now, his main research interests lie in mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in ARDS, as well as blood purification therapies and novel biomarkers in sepsis and septic shock.