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Awards*

Member of D-BSSE

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(*Awards before 2008 have been received under the affiliation of the Physical Electronics Laboratory (PEL)).

Dechema_large

2011

DECHEMA Award 2011 (20'000 Euro)

of the Max-Buchner Research Foundation for pioneering interdisciplinary work in developing sensor systems by combining chemical and biological systems with microelectronics.

>> Press release (German) >>

ERC_small

2010

ERC Advanced Grant 2010 (2.5 Mio Euro)

for a proposal entitled "NeuroCMOS: Seamless integration of neurons with CMOS microelectronics" from the European Research Council (ERC).

>> ETH life article (German) >>

Eurosensors

2008

Eurosensors Fellow Award 2008

for outstanding contributions to the field of chemical and biological sensors and to Eurosensors.

swisstechaward

2007

Swiss Technology Award 2007

Awardee for "Integrated blood pressure monitoring system".

>> ETH life article (German) >>

IEEE

2005

Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award 2005

for the most outstanding review paper in all journals, magazines and transactions of the IEEE societies or in the Proceedings of the IEEE during the year 2004:

"Microfabrication Techniques for Chemical/Biosensors", Proceedings of the IEEE, 2003, 91, 839-863.

swisstechaward

2004

Swiss Technology Award 2004

Awardee for "Mc Gas: Microchemical gas analysis system".

>> ETH life article (German) >>

 

2004

Special Award of the Swiss “Stiftung Natur und Umwelt” (10.000 CHF)

for the development of the microchemical gas analysis system.

swisstechaward

2001

Swiss Technology Award 2001

Awardee for "Application-specific monolithic multisensor system to detect organic volatiles".

>> ETH life article (German) >>

Awards of Students and Coworkers

SystemsX

2011

Best Student Poster Award at the 1st International SystemsX.ch Conference on Systems Biology in Basel, Switzerland.

to Michele Fiscella

for his poster entitled "Recording of Light Induced Neural Activity of Mouse Retinal Ganglion Cells on an Integrated High-density Microelectrode Array".

Heuberger_Award

2009

Heuberger Winterthur Young Entrepreneur Award (CHF 150'000)

to Jan Lichtenberg and InSphero AG

for starting up a company to produce 3-dimensional tissue spheres for testing and validation of pharmacological compounds.

Venturekick

2009

Venture Kick (third stage, CHF 100'000)

to Jan Lichtenberg and InSphero AG

for their business idea to market  3-dimensional tissue spheres for testing and validation of pharmacological compounds and for founding a spin-off company.

de_Vigier

2009

De Vigier Award (CHF 100'000)

to Sadik Hafizovic, Flavio Heer and Beat Hofstetter

for starting up a new and dynamic company in Switzerland,  Zurich Instruments AG. The award is given away by the W.A. de Vigier foundation in Solothurn.

>> ETH life article (in German)  >>

Venturekick

2009

Venture Kick (second stage, CHF 20'000)

to Jan Lichtenberg and InSphero AG

for their business idea to market  3-dimensional tissue spheres for testing and validation of pharmacological compounds and for founding a spin-off company.

Venturekick

2008

Venture Kick (third stage, CHF 100'000)

to Sadik Hafizovic, Flavio Heer and Beat Hofstetter

for their business idea to market high-tech instrumentation for dynamic signal analysis and for their spin-off company Zurich Instruments AG.

Venturekick

2008

Venture Kick (first stage, CHF 10'000)

to Jan Lichtenberg and InSphero AG

for their business idea to market  3-dimensional tissue spheres for testing and validation of pharmacological compounds and for founding a spin-off company.

ETH_logo

2008

ETH Medal (CHF 1'500)

to Urs Frey

for his dissertation "High-density neural interface and microhotplate gas sensor in CMOS technology".

Venturekick

2008

Venture Kick (second stage, CHF 20'000)

to Sadik Hafizovic, Flavio Heer and Beat Hofstetter

for their business idea to market markets high-tech instrumentation for dynamic signal analysis and for their spin-off company Zurich Instruments AG.

Venturelab

2008

Venture Leaders Award (CHF 10'000)

to Sadik Hafizovic

a prize awarded to selected high-tech entrepreneurs by Venturelab, the national initiative of the CTI, for the spin-off idea and presentation (Zurich Instruments).

Venturekick

2008

Venture Kick (first stage, CHF 10'000)

to Sadik Hafizovic, Flavio Heer and Beat Hofstetter

for their business idea to market markets high-tech instrumentation for dynamic signal analysis and for their spin-off company Zurich Instruments AG.

eurosensors

2006

Best Oral Presentation Award at Eurosensors XX, 2005 in Gothenburg, Sweden

to N. Goedecke and F. Greve 

for the presentation "Perforated CMOS microchips for cell immobilization and monitoring of their electrical activity".

omega

2005

Prix Omega 2005 (CHF 5'000)

to Markus Graf 

for his doctoral thesis "Microhotplate-based chemical sensor systems in CMOS technology".

JeuneEntrepren

2005

Prix du Jeune Entrepreneur de la Section Suisse des Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur de la France 2005 (CHF 20'000)

to Olivier Frey

for his Diploma thesis "Microfluidic Chip for Polymerase Chain Reaction" – Start-up disPCaRt.

>> ETH life article (German) >>

ESSDERC

2005

Best Young Scientist Presentation Award at the ESSCIRC/ESSDERC 2005 in Grenoble, France

to Flavio Heer 

for his presentation "CMOS micro-electrode array for bidirectional interaction with neuronal networks".

 

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