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Else Kröner Professorship combines materials research and electronics with medicine

At the beginning of June, Ivan R. Minev took over the Else Kröner Professorship for Electronic Tissue Technologies at the Technical University of Dresden. The professorship was established jointly by the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF) and the Else Kröner Fresenius Centre for Digital Health (EKFZ-DG).
09/06/2023

Minev is considered one of the leading researchers in the field of bioelectronic implant systems and has previously worked at the University of Sheffield in the UK since the end of 2019. In his scientific work, he combines materials research and electronics with medicine and biology. His aim is to intensify the collaboration between engineers, materials scientists and physicians in order to jointly develop new treatment and therapy options for a variety of diseases.

„The aim of my research is to develop materials that are electrically conductive and biologically active so that they can interact with cells and surrounding tissue and transmit information. These materials will be used in implantable devices to enable continuous monitoring and targeted treatment of diseases. I want to merge electronic and biological systems to better treat neurological diseases such as Parkinson's or epilepsy," explains Minev.

Before taking up the professorship for Intelligent Healthcare Technologies at the University of Sheffield in the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE), he was a research group leader at the BIOTEC Biotechnology Centre at the Technical University of Dresden from 2016 to 2019. From 2012 to 2016, he was a postdoc at the Centre for Neuroprosthetics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), where he focused on the development of soft implants for the nervous system.

The Else Kröner Fresenius Centre for Digital Health (EKFZ-DG) at TU Dresden was founded in September 2019. It is being funded by the Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation with 40 million euros over a period of ten years. The centre focuses its research activities on innovative, medical and digital technologies at the direct interface to patients. The aim is to promote a new generation of doctors with comprehensive technical knowledge and skills and, conversely, to equip engineers with a comprehensive understanding of the needs of doctors and patients.

Source: medtech-zwo from 09/06/2023

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