Dora Fitzli was the Counselor for Science and Technology at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, DC, from February 2005 to June 2009.

Prior to that, she held the position of Scientific Coordinator for the ETH Domain in the State Secretariat for Education and Research in Bern, Switzerland, from August 2001 to January 2005. She also worked as scientific assistant at the Collegium Helveticum of ETH Zurich, where she led a research project investigating the motivation of scientists to engage in dialog with the public.

Fitzli holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Zurich, and a master’s degree in biochemistry from ETH Zurich.

• Switzerland: The Stem Cell Research Act (July 13, 2005)