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Scaling Nanosurf ! Research Interests:Advanced research in micro- and nanofabrication, bio-MEMS, lab-on-a-chip, and instrumentation of scanning probe microscopies. My current research interests focus on the development of bio sensors for fundamental research at the nanoscale, or diagnostic devices for life sciences, medicine, and biomedical research.Research Projects:Scanning Probe Force Microscopy:-High-speed AFM development of a new instrument with optical access, photo-thermal excitation, liquid cell capabilities achieving 10 frames/second on large scan sizes. -Reconstruction of topographic images using position sensor (Inpainting Algorithms, Spiral Scanning)-Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy techniques (tip radius limited lateral resolution, Lift-mode, and single-scan using higher eigenmodes)-Layer thickness dependent work function of Graphene, (DFT, Raman, Kelvin Probe)-High Bandwidth Photo-detector Readout Electronics (20MHz Bandwidth)-Feed-Forward Kelvin Probe compensation electronics (Soft and Hardware Implementations)Cantilever Based Sensing: -Inventor of encased cantilevers. More then 10 fold increase in sensitivity, ideal for gentle AFM on soft matter or bio mass-sensing in liquids -Co-Founder of Scuba Probe Technologies LLC www.scubaprobe.com-Cantilevers with integrated interferometric readout -FEM simulations of Squeeze Film Damping (ANSYS, Comsol)Neural Implants:-Artificial Retina Implant (CMOS, Design and Oscillating Pixel Concept)-Encapsulation of thinned CMOS silicon devices in Polyimide -Neural Implants with Fluidic Channels for Drug DeliveryCertified user of the following clean room facilities:- Nanofabrication Facility, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab USA (2010-2020)- Marvell Nanolab, UC Berkeley, CA, USA (2010-2020)- Laboratory for Integrated Micro Mechatronic Systems, IIS, University of Tokyo, (2003-2004)- CMI Ecole Polytéchnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL, Switzerland (2003)

Listed skills include Nanotechnology, Afm, Nanofabrication, Mems, and 46 others.