Michael Mayer Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering 2174 Lurie Biomedical Engineering Building (734) 763-4609 FAX: (734) 763-4371 mimayer@umich.edu Communication and transport across biomembranes, membrane biophysics, ion channels and carrier proteins, electrophysiology, micro/nanofabrication, biosensors. Short Bio Research Publications Teaching Group Page

Biographical Information

	Ph.D.	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland	Biophysical Chemistry	2000
	Diplom Thesis	University of Washington, Seattle	Bioanalytical Chemistry	1996
	M.S.	Technical University Carolo Wilhelmina, Braunschweig, Germany	Bioengineering	1996
	B.S.	Technical University Carolo Wilhelmina, Braunschweig, Germany	Bioengineering	1992

Professional Experience

	University of Michigan Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Departments Ann Arbor, Michigan
	Assistant Professor	2004-
	Postdoctoral Associate in Biological Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge	2001-2003
	Scientist (part of Ph.D.), Bioanalytical Research, Novartis Pharma, Basel, Switzerland	1996-1998

Funding and Awards

	Novartis Foundation, Research Fellowship, Switzerland, 2002
	NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship, DAAD, Germany. Declined, 2001
	Swiss National Science Foundation, Research Fellowship, Switzerland, 2001
	Karl Schuegerl Research Award for Biotechnology, Germany, 1997
	Daimler-Benz-Fellow, Germany, 1996
	Ernest-Solvay, Scholarship, Germany, 1995