David Pentón

David Penton Ribas was born in Havana, Cuba, and developed a passion for science from a young age. He pursued his studies in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Havana. In 2008, he embarked on his PhD journey at the University of Regensburg in Germany, where he conducted research on the role of potassium channels regulating aldosterone production by the adrenal gland. After completing his PhD in 2011, David worked as a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis in France from 2012-2013. During his time there, he researched the role of mechanosensitive channels and potassium channels in kidney and respiratory regulation of blood pH. In 2014, David joined the University of Zurich as a postdoc, where he studied the renal regulation of sodium and potassium homeostasis. He later became an Oberassistent, where he continued his research in this field. David has published 25 studies in peer-reviewed journals, including seven as first author, with one study as last author currently under revision in JCI-insight (information as of March 2023). David's research achievements have been recognized with the Junior Grant Award from the National Center for Competence in Research (NCCR) Kidney.CH (2018-2022), and the 2018 Meritorious Research Award of the Epithelial Transport Group, American Physiological Society. In addition, he was selected as an Editorial Fellow of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (2020-2021). David has supervised one PhD student (2018-2022) and has served as an ad hoc reviewer for all major physiology and renal scientific journals. In 2020, David founded and became the Managing Director of the Electrophysiology core Facility at the University of Zurich.