Rinaldo Zurbriggen, Ph.D., Co-founder, Pevion Biotech, and Senior Program Manager, Lonza, Ltd. Rinaldo Zurbriggen was co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Pevion Biotech. Prior to joining Pevion Biotech, Rinaldo Zurbriggen was head of the virus research department at Berna Biotech, where he was responsible for the development of virosome-based vaccines from 1996 on. During this period his department enabled Berna Biotech to register the first virosome-based vaccine (Epaxal) in Europe. Rinaldo Zurbriggen is a leading expert for virosomes and has published more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals in this field. Rinaldo Zurbriggen earned his degree at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Currently, he is Senior Program Manager at Lonza.