Background
Hierlemann, Andreas was born on August 17, 1964 in Ochsenhausen, Germany. Son of Reinhold and Brunhilde Hierlemann.
Hierlemann, Andreas was born on August 17, 1964 in Ochsenhausen, Germany. Son of Reinhold and Brunhilde Hierlemann.
From 1985-1991 Hierlemann studied chemistry at the University of Tübingen, Germany. He received a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Tübingen in 1996 for his work on Mass-sensitive detection of organic volatiles using modified polysiloxanes.
He is known for his work in the field of Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor-based chemical and biomicrosensors and high-density microelectrode arrays. 1997-1998 he held postdoctoral positions at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University in College Station, Texas, United States of America, and at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. From 1999 to 2004 he was research team leader at the Physical Electronics Laboratory in the Department of Physics of Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland, becoming associate professor for microsensors in 2004. 2008 he was named full professor of Biosystems Engineering, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering of Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich in Basel, Switzerland.
Hierlemann’s research initially was mostly in the area of chemical sensors and microsensors.
In particular, he worked on the detection of organic volatiles and the discrimination of enantiomers in the gas phase. He then adopted microtechnology and, specifically, Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor-based microelectronics to devise complex microsensor systems
The current interdisciplinary research is rooted in engineering and physics and targeted at questions in biology and medicine. lieutenant includes the development of Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor-based integrated chemical and biomicrosystems, as well as bioelectronics and high-density microelectrode arrays.
The high-density microelectrode arrays are used for fundamental research in information processing and signaling characteristics of neurons or brain cells.
Moreover, the research group is engaged in the development of microfluidics for investigating the characteristics of single cells and microtissues. Applications of Hierlemann"s and his group"s technologies are in the fields of systems biology, drug testing, personalized medicine, and neuroscience. Thomson Reuters ResearcherID
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Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Donald G Fink award 2005).