Zurich, Switzerland
Tobias is a creative and motivated researcher and engineer with expertise in sensing and applied analytics. While his primary training focused on chemistry and materials, his experience extends now over fields such as instrument I/O programming, manufacturing processes and optical design. Tobias embraces travelling and working in an international community with co-workers of the same and other fields of expertise to guarantee the best outcome for each project.
Lead developer for specific sensor parameter desgins for an upcoming POC blood gas & electrolyte analysis system
Multi-purpose role of... ...monitoring production deviations based on field data and/or quality control monitoring ...identifying possible root-causes based on physical (topography, composition, material) and data (process data, QC data) analysis ...finding simple to implement solutions within the specified process parameters.
Development engineer responsible for the product care and product update activiites of an launched blood gas & electrolyte system.
Self-educated photographer for small (50 - 250 people) concerts in Graz.
Development of optical glucose sensors in microfluidic chips for biotechnological process control as well as cooperating organ-on-a-chip research projects. - Adaption of pre-existing technology towards shifted concentration and lifetime cycles - Optimization of coating and manufacturing to maintain reproducibility (knife coating and screen printing) - Short- and long-time characterization of glucose sensors - I/O programming of characterization instrumentation - Cooperation with project partners within Europe to provide experise where needed
Researcher for the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute at the Dublin City University in an Enterprise Ireland funded innovation partnership with BlueBridge Technologies. - Adaptation from a planar pH sensor material to a implantable fiber optic pH sensor - Development and optimization of fiber preparation, coating and processing - Material research for purpose specific speciality fibers - Review/Research of biocompatibility - Design and assembly of optical readout unit (laboratory breadboard-style) - Design of optical readout unit (3D-printed / CNC-machined) - LabVIEW based programming of control software for optical readout unit
Development of an optical ammonia sensor based for monitoring of fishfarming. - Realtime response of the sensor (t90 of less than 10 seconds) - Development of a simple and cheap sensor manufacturing/ processing - Different, flexible read-out instrumentation (commercially available and home made) - Implementation of two different referencing methods - Evalutation of different materials for flexible application of measurement ranges
Member in a multidisciplinary R&D workgroup revolving around integrated optical sensors and organic photodetectors. - Development of novel and adaption of existing sensing schemes tailored for the planned setup - Research and evaluation of materials - Simulationg the anticipated sensor platform and testing the operability of the sensing schemes - Implementation of referencing methods - Sensor chip manifacturing and processing - Programming of control- and readout-software (LabVIEW) - Extensive data analysis (Excel, Origin)
Sole member for the development of a disposable optical ammonia sensor for ammonia monitoring of bioreactors containing CHO cells. Key parts were pre-existing instrumentation and read-out software as well as compatibility to gamma sterilization and desired pH & temperature range.