Background
Wintermantel, Erich was born on May 3, 1956 in Tuttlingen, Baden-Württ., Germany. Son of Wilhelm and Hilde (Renz) Wintermantel. arrived in Switzerland, 1986.
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Erich Wintermantel
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Education
Abitur, Gymnasium for Science, Tuttlingen, 1975. State Diploma in Medicine, University Tubingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1981. Doctor of Medicine, University Tubingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1982.
Career
Research fellow, U. Toulouse, France, 1979; research fellow, U. Western Ontario, Canada, 1979; research fellow, U. Montreal, Canada, 1980; research fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, 1981; assistant in neurosurgery, U. Saarland, Homburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1983-1984; assistant in surgery, U. Saarland, Homburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1984-1985; assistant in surgery, Technology U. Munich, 1985-1986; senior lecturer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1986-1990; habilitation private dozent, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, since 1991; head, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, since 1995. Visiting scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990, permanent visiting scientist, since 1990, chairman and professor biocompatible materials science and engineering, 1992.
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Membership
Member American Society Artificial Internal Organs, American Chemical Society, Society Biomaterials, Materials Research Society, International Society Artificial Internal Organs, Polymer Group of Switzerland, Swiss Society Optic and Electron Microscopy, Swiss Society biomedical Engineering, German Society biomedical Engineering, German Society Materials, German Society Surgery, Verein Deutscher Ingenieure.
