Mathias Busek joined HTH as postdoctoral fellow in March and is financed by a Scientia fellowship. He studied electrical and biomedical engineering at TU Dresden, Germany and develops microfluidics and Organ-on-a-Chip systems (OoC) since 2010, when he started working as researcher at TU Berlin in the group of Uwe Marx. Later, he worked on his PhD at the Fraunhofer IWS in Dresden. The main focus here was to develop mathematic models for fluid flow and nutrient distribution in OoCs. After his PhD, he was appointed as a postdoctoral fellow at the Chair of Microsystems at TU Dresden.
In his fellowship he wants to utilize different microfabrication technologies and bioprinting to develop in-vivo like OoCs under the supervision of Prof. Krauss. The focus lies on the liver as this is a key organ for metabolism and protein synthesis. In particular, oxygen levels and flow conditions should be controlled precisely to drive zonation of the liver cells.
In his spare time he likes running and hiking in the nature, playing Squash, boardgames, programming and tinkering.