Prof. Dr. Alex Dommann
Current Position
- Member of Directorate
- Head of Department "Materials meet Life"
- Head of Research Focus Area "Health and Performance"
- Titular Professor at the University of Bern (Biomedical Engineering)
Area of Expertise
Material characterization and surface analysis with focus on X-ray techniques; material in medical technology, aging of microsystems, microelectronics and sensors; coating technologies
Memberships and Mandates in National and International Societies / Boards
- ARTORG Center, University of Bern, Member Scientific Advisory Board
- Adolphe Merkle Institute Fribourg, Member Scientific Advisory Board
- Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Member Research Commission
- ETH Domain Strategic Focus Area (SFA) "Personalized Health and Related Technologies", Member Executive Board
- Bridge Evaluation Panel (Joint Program by Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and Innosuisse - Swiss Innovation Agency), Member
- Swiss Academy of Engineering Science (SATW), Member
- Swiss Crystallographic Society, Member
- NPI-Board of the European Space Agency (ESA), Member
- SWISS MEDTECH, Member
- Journal of Functional Biomaterials (JFB), Member Editorial Board
- IT'IS Foundation, Board Member
Awards
- 2001 Technologiestandort Schweiz: Rewritable DVD
- 1998 Technologiestandort Schweiz: Low Cost LIGA
- 1998 Vontobel Award for Project of Particular Importance for Switzerland
- 1997 Award of Schweizerische Vereinigung für Sensortechnik (SVS)
- 1996 Technologiestandort Schweiz: Silicon Pressure Sensor
Teaching / Research Assignments
- Master Course "Biomedical Engineering" at University of Bern, Lecturer
- PhD School of EPFL, Lecturer
Curriculum Vitae
- Professional Career
- 2013 – present Empa, Head of Department "Materials meet Life"
- 2008 – 2013 VP, Program Manager for MEMS at CSEM, Neuchâtel
- 2005 – 2008 CTO at CSEM, Neuchâtel
- 1997 – 2004 Scientific Head of Institute for Microsystems at NTB Interstate University of Applied Sciences of Technology, Buchs
- 1991 – 1997 Professor of Materials Research at NTB Interstate University of Applied Sciences of Technology, Buchs
- 1988 – 1991 Postdoc at California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Pasadena, Applied Physics Department; Research Scientist at Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Würenlingen, and at ETH Zurich, Laboratory for Solid State Physics
- Education
- 1984 – 1988 PhD in Physics, ETH Zurich, Laboratory for Solid State Physics, Prof. Dr. H.C. Siegmann, "Kristallstrukturen und magnetische Eigenschaften intermetallischer Uranverbindungen"
- 1978 – 1984 Diploma in Physics and Crystallography, University of Zurich