Our group works on molecular sensing integrating concepts of chemistry, physics and engineering. We offer a unique bouquet of fundamental and applied research on sensor technologies to respond to societal needs.
We develop wearable tools based on our sensing concepts that enable the detection of critical biomarkers from breath or interstitial fluid minimally invasive at the point-of-care.
Ranging from air quality monitoring, over the detection of contaminants in food, to the safe handling of green fuels, our lab develops tools to detect and quantify critical molecules at trace-level concentrations.
Congratulations to Matteo D’Andria and Stephan Kohler for being awarded with two Willi-Studer Awards and one ETH Medal for the best Master degrees in Process Engineering / Micro & Nanosystems and outstanding MSc Theses performed at HSL.
Breath sensors as a tool to guide personalized nutrition? Our research about measuring breath acetone was covered in yesterday's SRF show Einstein (min. 12:25-17:00, in German) together with Simone Hersberger, Philipp Gerber, Lia Bally and Marcel Salathé.
As part of the Emerging Technologies session, Prof. Andreas Güntner presented our vision on “Providing electronics the sense of smell” and discussed its importance to meet societal challenges.
Inspiring presentations and discussions at the kick-off event BioMed@MAVT! Thank you for the valuable exchange of biomedical research with our colleagues from D-MAVT and the industry.
The breath analysis community was meeting at the Zurich Exhalomics Breath Forum. An intruiging keynote talk was given by Prof. George Hanna from the Imperial Collage London about breath tests for multiple gastrointestinal cancer detection. Thank you for sharing your expertise!