Denis Prim
Married since 2012, supported by a remarkable wife and father of two wonderful girls.
Affiliation: HES-SO Valais-Wallis
Field: Bioanalytics & Point-of-Care Diagnostics
I’m a Swiss engineer and scientist working at HES-SO Valais-Wallis, where I focus on bioanalytics and point-of-care diagnostic technologies. My path, how to say that, has never been linear! And I’ve learned to see that as a strength. Alongside my scientific work, I’ve spent two years studying philosophy, even if my brain was not really made for it. And participated in humanitarian projects in the early 2000s.
Those experiences, far from a chemistry lab, showed me something that equations or chemical formulas can’t always express: The value of context, the empathy, and the purpose of my actions.
Many years later… I co-founded and was the CEO of a start-up dedicated to analytical and chemical innovation. It was an intense experience for sure! At once creative, demanding, or humbling, this gave me a deep connection with the equilibrium between vision and resilience.
After that period, I returned to research (but did I really leave it :D) with a more precise sense of what is important: of course, precision is essential, but meaning gives my work direction.
Today, in 2025, I work across multiple disciplines, exploring how innovation can arise from what initially seems chaotic and complex, whether in a laboratory based system or wherever my ideas take me.
Between Systems is my own little website that expands on that personal search, combining analytical thinking with a questioning spirit, a touch of philosophy, and a lot of imagination and fun.
When I’m not in the lab or writing articles, I take pleasure in exploring ideas that go between multiple disciplines. From science to market behavior, of course, but from AI to a bit of philosophy to understand the connection. And, not to forget all the time I spend in nature, walking, paragliding, or simply wandering through a forest near my house in Valais.
All of them, in their own way, try to ask the same question: how do I make sense of the world around me?