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Austria

Graz, Styria, Austria

Graz, Styria, Austria

Verification and Validation of multianalyte optical blood sensor for ICU Patients Disciplinary and technical senior manager of the test unit.Development and implementation of customized test equipment by a multidisciplinary teamEnforcement of standardization for test procedures during product development phase and conversion into the product release process. Enhancement of test scopes. Development of test procedures and test strategies.Health and safety officer at the BBraun site in Graz

Graz, Styria, Austria

Installation and implementation of an ISO 134845 certificated prototype production site at BBraun Graz. Disciplinary and technical senior manager of the production team. Evaluation of production process parameters and introducing production key figures. Cross divisional communication between BBraun sites in Graz and Melsungen.

Graz

Designing glucose sensor system for ICU use. Development of sensor prototypes in GLP, GMP environment. Responsible for prototype performance evaluation, data analysis, risk management, product certification, implementation of series production and product launch.

Cork

Institute of Biophysics and Bio-analysisDevelopment of Biosensors based on optical detection for food packaging (smartpack).The use of fluorescence microscope in sensor Quality control and characterisation. Applications development using nanoparticle based Biosensors in complex biological samples, such as bacteria, cells, spheroids, invertebrates and tissue samples.Development of intracellular oxygen imaging systems. Implementation of SOP’s for image analysis and data interpretation.

Lecturing and supervising students in practical biochemistry laboratory classes.Assuring and assessing understanding of the class subject.

Development, manufacture and Quality control of Biosensors for high throughput schemes in biological, pharmaceutical, food safety and agricultural applications.

Technical inspection of medical devices, such as infusion pumps, EKG-monitors, electrical surgery equipment and laboratory equipment.Classification of the (mal-)function and documentation of the results Reporting results to the responsible safety officer

The development of a sampling system for the analysis of metabolites in whole blood, including in in vitro and clinical in vivo studies.

Development of a body interface for a closed loop insulin infusion system for critically ill patients. This project was funded by the European Union (“CLINICIP”).

Production of polymer additives.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biochemistry, Biophysics

Thesis Advisor: Prof. Dmitri Papkovsky Thesis: Phosphorescence Based Oxygen Sensing Probes and Imaging Systems for the Analysis.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Member of the Hochspannungszeichensaal, Infeldgasse.Advisor: Prof. Hermann Scharfetter Thesis: Design.