Andreas Schober's Biography

Andreas Schober, Head of Department Nano-biosystem Technology, University of Technology Ilmenau, Technische Universitat Ilmenau

Andreas Schober is Professor at Department of Nano-Biosystem Technology (NBST) at the Technische Universität Ilmenau. He received his Ph.D. (1994) from Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Göttingen and habilitation (2002) from Institute for Nano-Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Science Vienna. Before joining Ilmenau University of Technology in 2004 he acted almost 10 years as project and group leader at research institutes and industry (Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Jena (1994-97) and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt/ IPHT, Jena (1997-2003)). In 2004 he joined TU-Ilmenau. He was awarded two Junior research groups and headed in addition many research grants for developing systems for microfluidic and 3D-cell cultivation. He acted as head of the nanotechnology group and as temporary Professor (2007 – 2011). Since 2011 he obtained full professor position at TU-Ilmenau. His research interest is focused in the last years on biological systems and their emulation within the frameworks of Biotechnical Multi-scale Engineering (BME). Applications of BME range from the Life Sciences to Medical and Biotechnology.
He started his career within the context of evolutionary biotechnology developing online PCR facilities and nanofluidic drop-on-demand devices for biotechnical applications. During several industrial cofounded projects he became interested in 3D cell cultivation for application in the pharmaceutical industry. His group is an interdisciplinary team focusing on the development of micro reactors especially micro bioreactors including new 3D supports for the 3D cultivation and analysis of cells e.g. gene expression analysis. He is author of more than 120 publications and more than 40 patent applications.