Sylvia holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Bergen, Norway, and and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Toronto, Canada, as a Marie Curie Fellow.

She joined smartbax in 2022, where she currently leads internal biological research projects and manages scientific collaborations, including partnerships with industry. Sylvia has co-authored 15 peer-reviewed publications and brings extensive expertise in molecular biology and translational research to support the discovery of next-generation antibiotics.