| Business Address: Institute for Biomedical Engineering University and ETH Zurich Gloriastrasse 35 CH-8092 Zurich Phone: +41 44 632 45 81 e-mail: boesiger  biomed.ee.ethz.ch
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Home Address: Rebbergstrasse 73 5408 Ennetbaden Phone: +41 56 222 2951 |
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| Academic Position: Professor for Biomedical Engineering of theUniversity of Zurich and ETHZ Director of the Institute |
Personal Data: Born October 3, 1946 Swiss citicien married, four children |
| Education and Professional Experience: | |
| 1973 | Diploma in Experimental Physics (principal advisor: Prof. Dr. E. Brun) at the UZH |
| 1973-1977 | Graduation to Dr. phil. nat. sc. (principal advisor: Prof. Dr. E. Brun) at the UZH. Award of the Faculty. |
| 1977-1979 | Research associate at the Institute of Physics of the UZH. |
| 1979-1991 | Senior research associate at the Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBTZ) of the University of Zurich and of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ). |
| 1984-1985 | Research fellowship at Philips Medical Systems in Best NL, at the Philips Research Laboratories in Hamburg BRD, and at Emory University in Atlanta GA. |
| 1985 | Habilitation at the Medical Faculty of the UZH. |
| 1985-1991 | Head of the MRI/MRS research division. |
| since 1991 | Professor for Biomedical Engineering of UZH. Head of the division Biophysics of IBTZ. |
| 1993-2003 | "Permanent Guest Professor" of ETHZ. |
| 1997 | Initiation of the International Zurich Magnetic Resonance Education Center. |
| since 2001 | Chairman of the Center for MRI of UZH and ETHZ>. |
| since 2003 | Full professor of UZH and ETH Zurich; Director of the Institute for Biomedical Engineering |
| Publications and Patents: | |
| • | 370 original scientific publications in international reviewed scientific journals (recent publication see publication list) |
| • | 61 further publications and book contributions |
| • | more than 300 publications in conference proceeding and extended abstract books |
| • | 37 scientific or technical patents (author and co-author) |
| • | Author of the book "Kernspin-Tomographie für die medizinische Diagnostik", B.G. Teubner, 1985. |
| Honors: | |
| 1977 | Award of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Zurich |
| 1988 | Award of Georg Friedrich Götz, University of Zurich |
| 1989 | Thermology Commendation Award, American Academy of Thermology |
| 2001 | Günther-Laukien-Award |
| 2010 | Fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicien (2010) |
| 1993-2010 | Several medals and awards for best congress presentations | Further Awards of the research group: |
| 2001 | Philips Innovation Award (Prize winners: Dr. Klaas P. Pruessmann, Dr. Markus Weiger) |
| 2001 | Ake Senning Award (Prize winner: Roger Luechinger) |
| 2003 | Award 2003 of the Swiss Soc. for Biomed. Engineering (Prize winner: Dr. Ulrike Dydak) |
| External Fundings: | |
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Cumulated external funding of approx. CHF 25 Mio. (industry, scientific grants and sponsors) |
| Teaching activites: | |
| • | Lectures on Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanics, and Magnetic Resonance in Medicine |
| • | Practical studies in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics |
| • | Seminars in Biomedical Engineering, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and in Vivo Spectroscopy, Cardiology and Heart Surgery, Neurological, Neuroradiological, and Nuclear Medicine for Functional Imaging, Stochastic Case Examples for Engineers |
| • | International Zurich Magnetic Resonance Educational Courses (blocks, 1 week) |
| • | International Zurich Magnetic Resonance Pulse Programming Course (block, 50 hours) |
| Memberships: | |
| • | International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (board member 2002-05) |
| • | European Society of Engineering and Medicine (executive board member 1993-1999) |
• | European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (scientific program committee) |
| • | Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance |
| • | Cardiovascular System Dynamics Society |
| • | Swiss Association of Biomedical Engineering (SGBT) (board member 1981-1996; president 1987-93) |
| • | German Society of Biomedical Enginering (member of scientific advisory committee) |
| • | Swiss Society of Radiation Biology and Medical Physics |
| • | Swiss Association of Neuroradiology |
| • | Zurich Physical Society |
| • | International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (representative of SGBT) |
| • | Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (representative of SGBT) |
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| Reviewer of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), the Austrian Foundation for Promotion of Scientific Research, the Deutsche Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) and the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zurich, May 14, 2010, Prof. Dr. Peter Boesiger