Tom Zimmermann
Professor, Michigan State University, USA
Title: Automation of biotechnological bioreactor production processes
Biography
Biography: Tom Zimmermann
Abstract
Tom Zimmermann was head of the business unit Biohybrid Systems at Fraunhofer and is with the Michigan State University since 2017. His research activities are in the field of diamond bioMEMS solutions in biomedical diagnostics, automation of biotechnological processes, and food analysis as well as in the development of diamond high-power terahertz systems. He graduated in solid-state electronics at the University Ulm (Germany), in 2002. Having received a PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University Ulm (diamond and III-V devices), he joined the University of Notre Dame, in 2006. Here, he pursued research in high-power high-frequency devices, first as a post-doc and later on as research assistant professor. His research record: 30+ peer-reviewed papers, 60+ conferences.