Benjamin Pelz Email & Phone Number

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

• Enabling technologies engineer at Lunaphore. A company active in state-of-the-art biomedical technologies that strives to create and commercialize diagnostic platforms for tumor analysis to improve personalized medicine.
• Development of next generation devices and assays
• Managing research projects with in collaboration with external partners
• Image and data analysis
• Working under ISO 13485 and ISO 9001 regulatory environment

• Lead the development of a high resolution optical instrument for cutting-edge research in the field of protein structure and function.
• Development of a high-resolution optical instrument
• Design of optical systems and mechanical components
• Software development including user interface with LabVIEW
• Development and execution of test procedures
• Project management

• Managed the computer network of the biophysics chairs at the Technische Universität München.
• Coordination of procurement and integration of computers and network technology
• Migration of the lab-internal network into the university-wide network
• Maintenance of a computer network with approx. 150 network devices

• Managed and executed research projects focused on protein structure and function as well as nanotechnology.
• Research with focus on the understanding of the role of conformational changes of proteins
• Designing, planning and conducting of experiments
• Analysis and interpretation of research data
• Lab work in the area of protein biochemistry and purification
• Writing and reviewing scientific publications

Tianjin City, China

• Consulted the College of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronic Engineering at the Tianjin University in the development of a high-precision optical instrument.
• Consulting in project planning and execution
• On-site project assessment
• Training of staff members
• Analysis of error reports and development of improvement strategies
• Lecture series about the development of high resolution optical instruments

• Visiting graduate researcher at the biological engineering and mechanical engineering department under supervision of Prof. Matthew Lang.
• Research thesis with focus on molecular biophysics
• Participation in interdiscliplinary research projects
• Presentation of research results at international conferences

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biophysics

Doctoral thesis: "Enzyme mechanics studied by single molecule force spectroscopy"

Education record

Research thesis: Single molecule biophysics of actin filaments and actin binding proteins

Diplom, Biophysics