Bio/CMOS Interfaces and Co-Design

Sandro Carrara is an IEEE Fellow for his outstanding record of accomplishments in the field of design of nanoscale biological CMOS sensors. He is also the recipient of the IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award in 2016 for his leadership in the emerging area of co-design in Bio/Nano/CMOS interfaces. He is a Professor at the EPFL, the École Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (Switzerland). He is former professor of optical and electrical biosensors at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Biophysics (DIBE) of the University of Genoa (Italy) and former professor of nanobiotechnology at the University of Bologna (Italy). He holds a PhD in Biochemistry and Biophysics from University of Padua (Italy), a Master degree in Physics from University of Genoa (Italy), and a diploma in Electronics from National Institute of Technology in Albenga (Italy). His scientific interests are on electrical phenomena of nano-bio-structured films, and include CMOS design of biochips based on proteins and DNA. Along his carrier, he published 8 books with prestigious publishers, including this book with Springer about Bio/CMOS interfaces and a Handbook of Bioelectronics with Cambridge University Press. He also published more than 350 scientific papers and is author of 17 patents. He is now Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Sensors Journal (one of the largest among more than 220 IEEE publications); he is also founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal BioNanoScience by Springer, and Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems. He is an executive member of the IEEE Sensors Council and was a member of the Board of Governors (BoG) of the IEEE Circuits And Systems Society (CASS). He has been appointed as IEEE Sensors Council Distinguished Lecturer for the years 2017-2019, and CASS Distinguished Lecturer for the years 2013-2014. His work received many international recognitions: several Top-25 Hottest-Articles (2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, and two times in 2012) published in highly ranked international journals such as Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Sensors and Actuators B, IEEE Sensors journal, and Thin Solid Films; Best Student Paper Award at the International Conference MOCAST in 2022 (in Bremen); the Best Paper Award by the Sensors Council at the IEEE Symposium MeMeA in 2020 (Bari); Best Paper Award at the IEEE Sensors Conference in 2019 (Montréal), the Gold Leaf Prize at the 1st IEEE NGCAS Conference in 2017 (Genoa), Best Paper Award at the MOBIHEALTH Conference in 2016 (in Milan); three Best Paper Awards at the IEEE PRIME Conference in 2015 (Glasgow), in 2010 (Berlin), and in 2009 (Cork); three Best Poster Awards at the EMBEC'17 Conference in 2017 (Tampere), at the Nanotera workshop in 2011 (Bern), and at the NanoEurope Symposium in 2009 (Rapperswil); a NATO Advanced Research Award in 1996 for his original contribution to the physics of single-electron conductivity in nanoparticles. He also received the Best Referees Awardfrom the journal Biosensor and Bioelectronics in 2006. From 1997 to 2000, he was a member of an international committee at the ELETTRA Synchrotron in Trieste. From 2000 to 2003, he was scientific leader of a National Research Program (PNR) in the field of Nanobiotechnology. He was an internationally esteemed expert of the evaluation panel of the Academy of Finland in a research program for the years 2010-2013. He has been the General Chairman of the Conferences IEEE MeMeA 2021, the international symposium in medical measurements and applications, and IEEE BioCAS 2014, the premier worldwide international conference in the area of circuits and systems for biomedical applications.

Sandro Carrara 是 IEEE Fellow，因其在納米生物 CMOS 感測器設計領域的卓越成就而獲得此榮譽。他於 2016 年獲得 IEEE Sensors Council 技術成就獎，以表彰他在生物/納米/CMOS 接口共同設計新興領域的領導地位。他是瑞士洛桑聯邦理工學院（EPFL）的教授，曾任意大利熱那亞大學（University of Genoa）電機工程與生物物理系（DIBE）光學與電氣生物感測器教授，以及意大利博洛尼亞大學（University of Bologna）納米生物技術教授。他擁有意大利帕多瓦大學（University of Padua）生物化學與生物物理學博士學位、意大利熱那亞大學物理碩士學位，以及意大利阿爾本加國立技術學院（National Institute of Technology in Albenga）電子學文憑。他的科學興趣集中在納米生物結構薄膜的電氣現象上，包括基於蛋白質和 DNA 的生物晶片 CMOS 設計。在他的職業生涯中，他與知名出版社出版了 8 本書籍，包括與 Springer 合作的有關生物/CMOS 接口的書籍，以及與劍橋大學出版社合作的生物電子學手冊。他還發表了超過 350 篇科學論文，並擁有 17 項專利。目前，他是 IEEE Sensors Journal 的主編（該期刊是 220 多本 IEEE 出版物中最大的期刊之一）；他也是 Springer 出版的期刊 BioNanoScience 的創辦人及主編，以及 IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems 的副編輯。他是 IEEE Sensors Council 的執行委員會成員，曾任 IEEE Circuits And Systems Society (CASS) 理事會成員。他於 2017-2019 年被任命為 IEEE Sensors Council 傑出講者，並於 2013-2014 年擔任 CASS 傑出講者。他的工作獲得了許多國際認可：在高排名的國際期刊如 Biosensors and Bioelectronics、Sensors and Actuators B、IEEE Sensors Journal 和 Thin Solid Films 發表的多篇 Top-25 Hottest-Articles（2004、2005、2008、2009 及 2012 年兩次）；在 2022 年的國際會議 MOCAST 獲得最佳學生論文獎（在不來梅）；在 2020 年的 IEEE Symposium MeMeA 獲得 Sensors Council 的最佳論文獎（巴里）；在 2019 年的 IEEE Sensors Conference 獲得最佳論文獎（蒙特利爾）；在 2017 年的第一屆 IEEE NGCAS 會議獲得金葉獎（熱那亞）；在 2016 年的 MOBIHEALTH 會議獲得最佳論文獎（米蘭）；在 2015 年的 IEEE PRIME 會議獲得三次最佳論文獎（格拉斯哥）、2010 年（柏林）和 2009 年（科克）；在 2017 年的 EMBEC'17 會議、2011 年的 Nanotera 研討會和 2009 年的 NanoEurope 研討會獲得三次最佳海報獎；因其對納米顆粒中單電子導電性的原創貢獻而於 1996 年獲得北約先進研究獎。他還於 2006 年獲得期刊 Biosensors and Bioelectronics 的最佳審稿人獎。從 1997 年到 2000 年，他是位於的 ELETTRA 同步輻射中心的國際委員會成員。從 2000 年到 2003 年，他是國家研究計畫（PNR）在納米生物技術領域的科學領導者。他曾是芬蘭學院研究計畫（2010-2013 年）的評估小組的國際知名專家。他曾擔任 IEEE MeMeA 2021 會議的總主席，該會議是醫學測量與應用的國際研討會，以及 IEEE BioCAS 2014，該會議是生物醫學應用電路與系統領域的全球首屈一指的國際會議。