Raphael began his career as a technician in synthetic materials at Sika AG and Johnson Electric. He pursued undergraduate studies in Materials Science at ETH Zurich and Queen Mary University London, earning his master’s degree in 2012. In 2013, Raphael commenced his doctoral studies in polymer science at ETH Zurich. Following his Ph.D., he conducted postdoctoral research and in January 2017, Raphael joined nolax, where he established the start-up “Thin-ply”. By October 2018, he took over the role of CTO at nolax. Since January 2024, Raphael has held the position of CTO at Collano AG.
