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Lilian Witthauer

Lilian Witthauer

Administrative Assistant @ Student Services

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Assistant Professor for Sensing

  • Education

    • Universität Basel

      2007 - 2010
      Master of Science (M.Sc.) Physics

    • ETH Zürich

      2012 - 2014
      Master of Advanced Studies ETH Medical Physics

    • Universität Bern

      -
      Venia Docendi Biomedical/Medical Engineering

    • Universität Basel

      2004 - 2007
      Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Physics

    • Universität Basel

      2010 - 2015
      PhD Experimental Physics summa cum laude

      Thesis: Measurement of Cross Sections and Polarization Observables in Eta Photoproduction from Neutrons and Protons Bound in Light Nuclei in collaboration with the University of Mainz and the University of Bonn.

  • Experience

    • Universität Basel

      Apr 2008 - Dec 2009
      Administrative Assistant @ Student Services

    • Universität Basel

      Feb 2010 - Oct 2018

      Developed optical sensors for surgical navigation and tools for surgical planning in virtual reality. Planned and conducted hadron physics experiments at the electron acceleration facilities MAMI in Mainz and ELSA in Bonn. Data analysis and maintenance of experimental equipment (detectors).

      • Postdoctoral Researcher and Group Leader @ Department of Biomedical Engineering

        Apr 2016 - Oct 2018

      • Research Fellow & Assistant @ Department of Physics

        Feb 2010 - Mar 2016

    • Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital

      Nov 2018 - May 2021
      Research Fellow @ Wellman Center for Photomedicine

      Development of a portable device for quantifying tissue oxygenation in trauma patients @ the Evans‘ Lab

    • Universität Bern

      Sept 2021 - now
      Assistant Professor with Tenure Track

      Head of the samlab at the Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Nutritional Medicine and Metabolism, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and the Diabetes Center Berne. Development of sensing technologies for the diagnosis and management of diseases with a focus on diabetes.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Medical Device Development

      Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center
      Sept 2019

    • Introduction to Translational Medicine

      Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center
      Apr 2019

    • CITI Good Clinical Practice

      CITI Program
      Dec 2020
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Lilian Witthauer
      Antelope Professorship Mentee University of Basel Feb 2018 Antelope professorship is the career program for highly qualified female postdocs from the University of Basel. Over a 10-month period, participants receive training in leadership and appointment procedures and profit from individual coaching sessions on funding, career planning, presentation skills, and empowerment.https://www.unibas.ch/en/Research/Graduate-Center/antelope-Programs0/antelope-professorship.html
    • Awarded to Lilian Witthauer
      CHIPP Prize 2015 Swiss Institute of Particle Physics Jun 2015 Prize for the best PhD student in experimental or theoretical particle physics. Laudatio: "For her comprehensive study of photoproduction of η-mesons on nucleons bound in deuterium and 3He with polarized beams and targets, which covered all aspects from data-taking with two different experimental set-ups at two medium energy electron accelerators to detector calibration and a challenging analysis" http://www.chipp.ch/chipp-prize.html
    • Awarded to Lilian Witthauer
      Camille- and Henry-Dreyfus Grant 2015 Department of Physics, University of Basel Feb 2015