Dr. Mathias Kuphal Email & Phone Number

Switzerland

Lead for instrument architecture and system integration topics for a fully automated Blood Gas & Electrolytes Point-of-Care device

Hombrechtikon, Switzerland

• At HSE, I planned and coordinated technical instrument development tasks.I designed and tested microfluidic-based consumables. I developed systems and built system architectures to automate workflows of biological.
• Coordinate and plan… Show more At HSE, I planned and coordinated technical instrument development tasks.I designed and tested microfluidic-based consumables. I developed systems and built system architectures to.
• Coordinate and plan technical instrument and consumable development tasks
• Analysis of workflows and development of systems and system architectures for the automation of biological processes
• Design and test instrument interfaces
• Generate and maintain user needs and product requirements

Barcelona Area, Spain

• STAT-Dx is a start-up company acquired by Qiagen in 2018. STAT-Dx has developed a fully integrated point-of-care medical device for syndromic testing in the healthcare sector.Main tasks
• Development of a cartridge-based Point-of-Care system with particular focus on the integration of qPCR sample preparation
• Development lead of assay automation software
• Plan and execute the tasks to develop the cartridge regarding the microfluidics and dry chemistry integration… Show more STAT-Dx is a start-up company acquired by Qiagen in 2018. STAT-Dx has developed a fully.
• Plan and execute the tasks to develop the cartridge regarding the microfluidics and dry chemistry integration (patented)
• Development of a novel method for blood plasma separation integrated in a disposable immunoassay cartridge (patented)

Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain

• Senior Engineer for development of industry prototypes:
• Mobile analyzer of volatile components in hot gases via Fourier-Transform-Infrared-Spectroscopy
• Light stimulated bioreactors for pigmented algea

Thesis title:A new platform for polymer-based biosensing - Fabrication technologies for an electrochemical biosensor.

I designed, developed and fabricated a novel multi-electrode array of gold electrodes on a polymer substrate for a point of care device to diagnose deep vein thrombosis. I characterized the device using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry.

• Degree in Electrical Engineering (Dipl.Ing.), on March 31th, 2006
• Field of study: Precision and Micro Engineering
• Specialization: Biomedical Engineering

• Department of Electrical Engineering, Chair in Electronic Packaging
• In vitro cytotoxicity assays of electronic and medical products
• Topographical analysis of electronic and medical products

Berlin Area, Germany

• Charité-Universitary Medicine Berlin, GermanyClinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, Laboratory of Biofluidmechanics
• Scholarship for the work at an new non invasiv method to measure the human blood pressure
• Measurement of power parameters of a hydraulic electric pump for an artificial heart and an intra-aortal balloonpump
• Cooperation at the project: xray particle tracking velocimetry (XPTV)

Dresden

• Observation of neurological navigation of the system VectorVision2 Navigation System, BrainLab
• Assistances at the electrical stimulation of eloquence areas at the human cortex

Dresden Area, Germany

• Institute of Bioinorganic and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry/Positron-Emission-Tomography (PET),
• Cooperation at the development of an injection pump
• Network-administration for the Positron-Emission-Tomography-System

Berlin Area, Germany

• Validation-Test-Center
• Saving dates of international airplane turbine tests

• Learn the abilities of turn, mill and weld
• Assistant at the Technical Service for the fabrication of the Mercedes Vario

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Physics

Field of Specialization: Sensors and Materials of Micro- and Nano Systems. Thesis title: A new platform for polymer-based biosensing.

Dipl.-Ing., Biomedical Engineering

Degree in Electrical Engineering, on March 31th, 2006 • Field of study: Precision and Micro Engineering • Specialization: Biomedical.