Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
Email: mimayer@umich.edu
Education
- Ph.D. in Biophysical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Lausanne, Switzerland, 1996 - 2000
- Diploma thesis as a visiting scientist in Analytical Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1995 - 1996
- Studies of Biotechnology, with a focus on Cell Biology, Electrochemistry, and Bioanalytics, Technical University Carolo Wilhelmina, Braunschweig, Germany, 1990 - 1996
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2009-Present
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2004-2009
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological Chemistry, Prof. George Whitesides, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2001-2003
- Scientist, Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics, Novartis Pharma, Basel, Switzerland, 1996-1998
- Visiting Scientist, Analytical Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1995-1996
- Scientist, Molecular Test Systems, Federal Institute for Biotechnology, Braunschweig, Germany, 1993-1995
- Medic and Nursing Assistant, Army, Helicopter Unit, Laupheim, Germany, 1988-1990
Honors and Awards
- Monroe-Brown Foundation Research Excellence Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, USA 2010
- Departmental Excellence Award, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, USA 2008
- Translational Research Partnership in Biomedical Engineering Award, Coulter Foundation, USA 2006 and 2007
- NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, USA 2005
- Novartis Foundation, Research Fellowship, Switzerland 2002
- NATO Post-Doc Fellowship, DAAD, Germany, Declined 2001
- Swiss National Science Foundation, Research Fellowship, Switzerland 2001
- Karl Schuegerl Research Award for Biotechnology, Germany 1997
- Cusanuswerk Scholarship, Germany, Declined 1996
- Daimler- Benz-Fellow, Germany 1996 - present
- Ernest-Solvay Scholarship, Germany 1995
Professional Memberships
- American Chemical Society, 2001
- Biophysical Society, 2002
- Acambis, Community Safety Representative, Cambridge, MA, 2002-2003
Research Interests
Our group is working in the following general areas:
Arrays of micro-/nanopores for parallel recording of the activity of ion channel proteins in lipid bilayers or suspended cells;
Engineered artificial ion channels;
Ultrasensitive biomimetic sensors with two-fold amplification;
Juxtaposed lipid bilayers for electrophysiological recordings of gap junctions;
Biosensors based on artificial synapses.
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