EDUCATION:

• Engineering degree in micro-engineering (mechatronics), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, 1995
• Ph.D. degree in applied sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, 1999
  Doctoral thesis title: Biopatterning of neural cells on microelectrode arrays

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• 2012 to present - Senior Researcher, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
• 2012 to 2013 - Director of Microtechnologies, Malibu IQ, Malibu, CA, USA
• 2011 to 2012 - Senior Research Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
• 2008 to 2011- Acting Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
• 2004 to 2007- Research and Development Engineer, National Center for Space Biological Technologies & Transducers Lab, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
• 2000 to 2004 - Post-doctoral fellow at the Transducers Lab, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
• 1999 to 2000 - Research associate at the Institute of Physical Chemistry (ICP), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

TEACHING:

• EE312: Micro-machined Sensors and Actuators (graduate course, winter 2008-2011)
• EE122A: Analog Electronics Lab (undergraduate lab course, fall 2008-2011)
• EE122B: Introduction to Biomedical Electronics (undergraduate lab course, spring 2008-present, currently co-taught with Prof. Kovacs)

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biological microsystems and their applications to fundamental research, biosensing and drug screening, biomedical devices and biosignal analysis. Current projects include the development of novel high-frequency electrophysiology modalities, physiological monitoring and remote care technologies.

PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCES:

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AWARDS AND HONORS:

• Ville de Lausanne Award (1994), Innovative research task of high level in the exact, natural or biomedical sciences.
• Omega Prize (1994), Best diploma thesis

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Stanford University
Department of Electrical Engineering
Center for Integrated Systems
CISX-218X
Stanford, CA 94305-4075

Office Phone: 650-723-5646

Email: giovan_at_stanford_dot_edu