GERMAN DELEGATION

Prof. Dr. Roland Zengerle

Prof. Dr. Roland Zengerle is the head of the Laboratory for MEMS Applications at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) at the University of Freiburg, Germany. In addition he is a director at the Institute for Micro- and Information Technology of the Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft (HSG-IMIT). HSG-IMIT is a non-profit organisation supporting industries in development of new products based on MEMS technologies.

The research of Dr. Zengerle and his team of 50 engineers is focused on microfluidics and covers topics like miniaturized and autonomous dosage systems, implantable drug delivery systems, nanoliter & picoliter dispensing, lab-on-a-chip systems, thermal sensors, miniaturized fuel cells as well as micro- and nanofluidics simulation. Dr. Zengerle co-authored more than 200 technical publications and 25 patents. He is the European editor of the Springer Journal of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Dr. Zengerle serves on the international steering committee of the IEEE-MEMS conference as well as on the technical program committees of several other international conferences.

Freiburg, 01.03.2007

Roland Zengerle