Ruther
Patrick Ruther received the Diploma degree in physics and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering in 1993 and 1996, respectively. From 1996 to 1998, he held a post-doctoral position at the Research Center Karlsruhe, Germany, where he was developing LIGA-based microoptical components. Since 1998, he has been a Senior Scientist at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg. His focus is on the design, fabrication, and characterization of CMOScompatible MEMS devices, including microoptical functionality for biomedical applications, such as neuroscience and optogenetics. He coordinated the EU project NeuroSeeker targeting the next generation
of neural probes comprising electronic and optical functionality. He is a Co-Founder of the spin-off company ATLAS Neuroengineering, Belgium. He is a member of the Cluster of Excellence BrainLinks-BrainTools at the University of Freiburg.