Michael Bassler's Biography

Michael Bassler, Principal Investigator, Institut fuer Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH

Dr. Michael Bassler studied physics at the Friedrich-Alexander University, Institute of Applied Physics, Erlangen, Germany, where he received the doctoral degree in 2000 for his work on electrical and optical properties of MOS structures on silicon carbide. From 2001 to 2005 he served as project manager and director of sales at Thermosensorik GmbH, Erlangen, Germany, focussing on the development and marketing of industrial applications for state-of-the-art infrared camera systems. From 2005 to 2008 he joined the optofluidic group at Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Palo Alto, California, as a principal investigator for the development of Lab-on-a-Chip systems with integrated optical components. He re-joined Thermosensorik GmbH in 2008 and served as director for R&D moving innovative ideas into industrial solutions. In 2009 he took the position of a scientist in the fluidic and simulation department at IMM, Mainz, Germany. He was awarded with a Starting Grant from the European Research Council in 2010 to establish as a principal investigator a new research group in the field of on-chip cytometry. Since 2012 he is concurrently heading the Simulation and Modeling Group at IMM.