Phone: +41 79 800 39 84

Email: christophe@farfallelab.ch

Current Role at Farfalle Lab Services:

• Responsibilities:
  • Oversees chemical applications and engineering.
  • Manages instrument operation, servicing, and handling.

Academic Background:

• Undergraduate Studies:

  • Focused on Organic Chemical Technology.
  • Specialized in Synthetic Organic Chemistry and the Engineering of Therapeutic Agents.

• PhD in Physical Chemistry:

  • Concentrated on the generation of ions, radicals, and radical ions of organic and bioorganic origin.
  • Studied photochemical transformations in argon matrices.

Postdoctoral Experience:

• Gained extensive experience at various universities across Europe and the United States.
• Developed a solid background in:
  • Analytical Techniques:
    • Electronic (UV) and Vibrational Spectroscopy (IR).
    • Mass Spectrometry with a focus on Quadrupole and Time-of-Flight (TOF) Mass Spectrometry.
    • Advanced MS/MS Analytical Techniques (CID, IRMPD, ECD) for peptide structure analysis.
  • Technical Skills:
    • Worked with vacuum systems and cryogenic equipment (4-77K).
    • Designed scientific instruments and programmed with SolidWorks and SIMION.
    • Generated high harmonics of Nd lasers.
    • Modeled molecular spectra and chemical processes using quantum chemical calculations.

Professional Career:

• PerkinElmer Switzerland:
  • Began as a Service Engineer.
  • Quickly advanced to Service Chromatography Line Leader for Switzerland and later for the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).
  • Responsibilities included:
    • Maintenance, repairs, qualifications, and troubleshooting.
    • Conducting software and hardware training sessions.
  • Certified Instructor in:
    • Gas and Liquid Chromatography.
    • Mass Spectrometry.
    • Headspace and Thermal Desorption Automatic Injectors.
  • Proficient in working with, repairing, maintaining, and qualifying:
    • UV-Vis, Infrared (IR), and Atomic Absorption (AA) systems.

Personal Interests:

• Music:
  • Taking piano classes at the Fribourg Conservatory, started as an adult.
• Astronomy:
  • Conducts public night sky gazing and solar observations at the Épendes Astronomical Observatory.

Meet our team

Dr. Christophe Piech

Owner

Phone: +41 79 615 28 41

Email: pawel@farfallelab.ch

Current Role at Farfalle Lab Services:

• Responsibilities:
  • Oversees chemical engineering, instrument servicing, and handling.
  • Manages IT services.

Academic Background:

• Undergraduate Studies:

  • Focused on Physical Chemistry.
  • Specialized in Radiation Chemistry, Chemical Kinetics, and Applied Computational Methods.

• PhD in Physical Chemistry:

  • Concentrated on the generation of radicals and radical ions of organic and bioorganic origin.
  • Studied their photochemical transformations in freon and argon matrices.

Postdoctoral Experience:

• Completed several years of postdoctoral studies at various universities across Europe and Australia.
• Gained expertise in multiple analytical techniques and methods used in physical chemistry, including:
  • Electronic (UV) and Vibrational Spectroscopy (IR).
  • Gas Chromatography (GC) and Mass Spectrometry (MS).
• Operated advanced scientific equipment, including:
  • Linear Electron Accelerator.
  • Radioactive 60Co Gamma Source.
  • Nd Lasers.
• Worked extensively with vacuum systems and cryogenic equipment (4-77K).
• Modeled molecular spectra and chemical processes using methods such as:
  • DFT, CCSD(T), CASSCF, and CASPT2.

Personal Interests:

• Scuba Diving
• Motorcycling
• Trading: Actively trades forex and futures markets using Elliott Wave Theory, Fibonacci, and algorithmic trading.

Dr. Pawel Bednarek

CTO

Current Role at Farfalle Lab Services:

• Responsibilities:
  • Manages customer relations.
  • Oversees offers and billing.

Phone: +41 76 606 24 24

Email: catherine@farfallelab.ch

Academic background

• Master of Laws (LL.M.) with Distinction:
  • Specialized in Economic Law.

Professional Experience:

• Law Firm Experience:

  • Responsible for the preparation of commercial and employment contracts.
  • Provided legal opinions on contracts.
  • Prepared procedural writs.

• PhD Research:

  • Currently working on a PhD thesis titled "Risk and Liability in Leasing Contracts – A Historical and Comparative Approach," under the supervision of Prof. Ord. P. Pichonnaz.

Personal Interests:

• Reading
• Photography
• Hiking
• Traveling

Mrs. Catherine Piech

Lawyer

Phone: +41 79 800 39 84

Email: software@farfallelab.ch

Mr.  Wojciech Lukasz Gajewski

software developer

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Tel: + 41 79 800 39 84

E-Mail: info@farfalle-lab-services.ch

FARFALLE LAB SERVICES SÀRL

Company address:

Boulevard de Perolles 63

CH-1700 Fribourg

Switzerland

Lab address:  

Lab 232 , Rte Ancienne Papeterie 190

CH-1723 Marly

Fribourg

Switzerland