Prof. Dr. Andreas Hierlemann

 

 

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hierlemann
ETH Zürich
Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE)
Mattenstrasse 26
4058 Basel, Switzerland

Phone +41 61 387 31 50
Email: andreas.hierlemann@bsse.ethz.ch
Website: Bio Engineering Laboratory BEL

 

Born in Ochsenhausen, Germany, Andreas Hierlemann completed his college education in chemistry at the University of Tübingen (Diploma 1992) and was awarded a PhD degree in Physical Chemistry in 1996 by the Eberhard-Karls University in Tübingen, Germany. After that, he held two postdoc positions at the Texas A & M University, 1997, in College Station, Texas, USA, and at the Sandia National Laboratories, 1997-1998, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. In 1999 he joined the physics department of ETH Zurich, where he was appointed associate professor of Microsensorics in June 2004. In April 2008 he became full professor of Biosystems Engineering at the new Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (BSSE) in Basel.

His research interests include the development of integrated chemical and biomicrosensor systems, the development of microfluidic techniques for cell handling and cell characterization, and the direct coupling of biological entities, such as neurons or heart cells, to microelectronic chips.