Urs Utzinger

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Professor of Bio5 Institute for Collaborative Engineering
Associate Professor of Optical Sciences

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Education

  • PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1995

  • MS, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1989

Employment

  • The University of Arizona: Associate Professor, College of Optical Sciences, 2008-date; Bio5 Institute for Collaborative Engineering, 2008-date; Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2008-date; Biomedical Engineering, 2008-date; Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2008-date

  • Assistant Professor, College of Optical Sciences, 2005-2008; Bio5 Institute for Collaborative Engineering, 2005-2008; Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2004-2008; Biomedical Engineering, 2001-2008; Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2001-2008

  • University of Texas at Austin: Spectroscopy Laboratory, Research Associate, 1998-2001, Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1995-1998

  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and University Hospital, Group for Accident Mechanics, Research Associate, 1995; Biomedical Engineering and Cardiology, Research Assistant, 1990-1995

Professional Affiliations, Activities, and Awards

  • Optical Society of America, Member

  • Arizona Cancer Center, Member

  • Applied Optics, Topical Editor

  • University of Arizona Foreign Travel Grant, 2005

  • Swiss Foundation for Medical Biological Scholarship, 1997

  • Swiss National Science Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1995

Teaching

  • BME/ECE 517 Measurement and Data Analysis in Biomedical Engineering

  • ECE 372 Microprocessor Organization

  • Opti/BME 630 Biomedical Optics and Biophotonics

Research

  • Optical tissue spectroscopy

  • Optical biosignatures

  • Bioinstrumentation