Wasu Mekniran
Wasu Mekniran
Research Associate, Research Associate
Institute of Technology Management
Dufourstrasse 40a
9000 St Gallen
Business Analytics
Digital Health
Business Models
Longevity Economy
Business Analytics
Business Model Innovation
Digitalization
- ETH Zurich, Switzerland: Ph.D. Candidate in Emerging Business Models for Digital Health
- RWTH Aachen University, Germany: MS in Computational Sciences and MBA in Healthcare Digitalization
- Kyushu University, Japan: BS in Mechanical Engineering - Medical Robotics
Wasu is a doctoral researcher specializing in the healthcare market, focusing on business model innovation through digital health technologies. His work explores how these technologies drive proactive care, identify unmet needs in the longevity sector, and create scalable business models for disease prevention.
Previously, he was an engineer at Bosch, overseeing preventative quality in series production. He holds a B.Eng. in Medical Robotics, an MSc in Computational Sciences, and an MBA in Digitalization.
Currently, he leads research projects in healthcare innovation, applying unsupervised learning methods on value proposition design and financial modeling for digital health ventures.
Representer: Operations Management
EDEN: Emerging Business Models in Digital Healthy Longevity
Our team is developing a business model framework that makes disease prevention measurable, actionable, and accountable.
- National University of Singapore (NUS) HLTI 2024 Research Grant
- Deutschlandstipendium Scholarship
- MEXT Japanese Government Scholarship
- DAAD Programm STIBET III Matching Funds
- Kyushu University International Undergraduate Scholarship
- US Program of Academic Highschool Exchange (PAX) Scholarship
- Guest lecture ‘Enabling Healthy Longevity: How to innovate healthcare with digital health’, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand
Emerging Business Models in Digital Health