Dr Mario Michan is the founder of Daphne Technology. He believes technology is key to minimising our environmental impact and solving the climate crisis. In Daphne Technology, Mario has combined his two previous careers as a professional in the maritime industry and as a scientist and engineer.
Mario held a Research Scientist position at The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland, where Daphne Technology is a spin-off. He has previously worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher for the ALPHA Experiment at the Antimatter Factory in CERN, Geneva. He has co-authored 22 manuscripts (5 Nature publications) and patents, including Daphne Technology's patents, which have been granted in multiple countries on three continents.
Before his science career, he served as an officer in the Colombian Navy, commanding small surveillance and intercept craft and subsequently worked as a merchant ship deck and engineer officer onboard a variety of commercial ships. He sailed multiple times along the entire Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North, Central and South America, the Mediterranean, and he has crossed the Atlantic (twice in a tall-ship).
He received his PhD in Physics from The University of British Columbia, a Post-graduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship from Cambridge Judge Business School, and an Executive MBA in Business Administration and Management from INSEAD.
