Urs Utzinger
Associate Department Head Biomedical Engineering
Tucson, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolUrs Utzinger is an associate professor and Associate Department Head of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Arizona with over 25 years in academia and 11 years in his current leadership track. He specializes in optical diagnosis, spectroscopy, microscopy, and multispectral imaging, translating photonics research into practical measurement and design courses. His career includes roles from postdoctoral fellowships to interim department head, reflecting deep experience in research, teaching, and administration. Trained at ETH Zurich (Dr. sc. Tech. in Biomedical Engineering), he blends rigorous engineering foundations with hands-on lab innovation. Based in Tucson, he is known for bridging advanced optical methods and biomedical applications, mentoring students to deploy imaging tools in real-world diagnostic settings. Beyond academia, his early work on simulation of passenger restraint systems hints at a longstanding aptitude for applied simulation and complex system modeling.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Kantonsschule Zürcher UnterlandDr. sc. Tech., Biomedical Engineering, Dr. sc. Tech., Biomedical Engineering at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
German
Github Skills (96)
displays10
a2dp10
digital-signal-processing10
encoding10
arduino-library10
stm32cubeide10
i2s10
streaming10
dac10
midi10
audio10
aac10
music10
mp310
teensy10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
uutzinger/C12880MA
Feb 2019 - Aug 2022
Contributions:28 commits, 20 pushes in 3 years 7 months
uutzinger/camera
Jan 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:1 release, 91 commits, 72 pushes in 2 years 3 months
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