Dominic Frutiger

Dominic Frutiger received his diploma in mechanical engineering from ETH Zurich in 2004.

During his undergraduate studies he worked on projects at various international institutions, i.e. in the field nondestructive magnetic inspection with the Applied Magnetics Group at Queen's University, Canada; Artificial Evolution & Cheap Design at the AI-Lab, University of Zurich; Neural Spike Sorting at the Physical Electronics Lab, ETH Zurich; Neural Interfacing at The University of Tokyo, Japan. During his PhD studies he participated in iGEM2005, the international competition in Synthetic Biology as a member of the ETH team (News Feature Nature Vol.438, ETHlife).

His current interests lie in the area of bio-nano electromechanical systems (BioNEMS), more specifically handling and modification of carbon nanotubes as basic building blocks for micro- and nanorobotics, and the design of untethered microrobots called "mites" for 2D dry and 3D fluidic applications.