PI graduated from the University of Konstanz, Germany with a master degree in Biological Sciences in 2009, and received her PhD from the University of Zurich in 2014. She leads her own group at the Tissue Biology Research Unit at the University Children’s Hospital Zurich since 2019. PI is a specialist in the field of regenerative medicine focusing on skin tissue engineering, wound healing, and skin diseases. In particular, her research interests are characterization and application of human skin cell-based analogs. In particular, her innovations contributed significantly to establish a tissue-engineered skin substitute containing autologous keratinocytes and fibroblasts. This analog has recently started phase III clinical trials for burn injuries.

Moreover, her research group conducts also studies combining aspects related to skin healing and scarring, during skin regeneration following graft transplantation. Her scientific track record includes 49 peer-reviewed scientific publications and the current Hirsch index is 22 (̴1604 citations).