Sandro Carrara receives IAAM Scientist Medal in Stockholm
Sandro Carrara, left, receives his award from congress organizer Ashutosh Tiwari © Sandro Carrara
Sandro Carrara, head of the Bio/CMOS Interfaces Laboratory in the EPFL School of Engineering, has received the Scientist Medal from the International Association of Advanced Materials in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field in the area of biomaterials and biodevices.
The Scientist Medal is a prestigious award that the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) presents to distinguished researchers to recognize their distinctive contributions to the interdisciplinary fields of materials science, engineering, and technology. The association typically considers the work and contributions made in the decade preceding the year of the award.
Carrara received the award at a ceremony on August 27th at the European Advanced Materials Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, where he also delivered a lecture on "Discovery of Memristive Biomaterials for Sensory Aims". The presentation opened with the first ever-reported electrochemical ultrasensitive detection of the cancer biomarker prostate-specific antigen (PSA), which was published by Carrara in 2016, and closed with the latest co-designs of memristive biomaterials and CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) circuits, which the lab has more recently demonstrated to realize the fully automated detection of multiple cancer markers.
Research in the Bio/CMOS Interfaces Laboratory, based in Neuchatel, focuses on the development of new bio/CMOS interfaces by integrating new and innovative nano- and bio-materials in electrochemical-sensing surfaces. Research involves the design of novel biosensing devices, integration of highly heterogeneous systems, and development of electronics with CMOS technology.