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Michael Mayer

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering

Education

  • Ph.D. in Biophysical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Lausanne, Switzerland, 1996 - 2000
  • Diploma thesis as a visiting scientist in Analytical Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1995 - 1996
  • Studies of Biotechnology, with a focus on Cell Biology, Electrochemistry, and Bioanalytics, Technical University Carolo Wilhelmina, Braunschweig, Germany, 1990 - 1996

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 01/2004-present
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological Chemistry, Prof. George Whitesides, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2001-2003
  • Scientist, Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics, Novartis Pharma, Basel, Switzerland, 1996-1998
  • Visiting Scientist, Analytical Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1995-1996
  • Scientist, Molecular Test Systems, Federal Institute for Biotechnology, Braunschweig, Germany, 1993-1995
  • Medic and Nursing Assistant, Army, Helicopter Unit, Laupheim, Germany, 1988-1990

Honors and Awards

  • Translational Research Partnership in Biomedical Engineering Award, Coulter Foundation, USA 2006
  • NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, USA 2005
  • Novartis Foundation, Research Fellowship, Switzerland 2002
  • NATO Post-Doc Fellowship, DAAD, Germany, Declined 2001
  • Swiss National Science Foundation, Research Fellowship, Switzerland 2001
  • Karl Schuegerl Research Award for Biotechnology, Germany 1997
  • Cusanuswerk Scholarship, Germany, Declined 1996
  • Daimler- Benz-Fellow, Germany 1996 - present
  • Ernest-Solvay Scholarship, Germany 1995

Professional Memberships

  • American Chemical Society, 2001
  • Biophysical Society, 2002
  • Acambis, Community Safety Representative, Cambridge, MA, 2002-2003

Research Interests

Our group is working in the following general areas: Arrays of micro-/nanopores for parallel recording of the activity of ion channel proteins in lipid bilayers or suspended cells; Engineered artificial ion channels; Ultrasensitive biomimetic sensors with two-fold amplification; Juxtaposed lipid bilayers for electrophysiological recordings of gap junctions; Biosensors based on artificial synapses.

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