Curriculum Vitae
Michael A. Nash, Ph.D.
Associate Professor for Engineering of Synthetic Systems
University of Basel | Department of Chemistry | Institute for Physical Chemistry
With joint affiliation: ETH Zurich | Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering
Mattenstrasse 22, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland
michael.nash@unibas.ch | michael.nash@bsse.ethz.ch
EDUCATION
9/06 – 12/10 University of Washington – Seattle (Seattle, Washington, USA) Doctor of Philosophy, Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (dual degree), Dissertation: “Mixed Nanoparticle System for Purification, Enrichment and Detection of Biomarkers”; Advisors: Profs. Patrick Stayton and Paul Yager
9/01 – 3/06 University of California – Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California, USA) Bachelor of Science, Cybernetics (Now Computational & Systems Biology; highest honors, concentration in Biomedical Systems) Honors thesis: “Formation of Lipid Bilayer Membranes in Microfluidic Devices for Nanopore Sensing”; Advisors: Profs. Jacob Schmidt & Noah Malmstadt
APPOINTMENTS
Since 8/21 Associate Professor, University of Basel, Department of Chemistry & ETH Zurich, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering
9/16 – 7/21 Assistant Professor (tenure track with dual affiliation) University of Basel, Department of Chemistry & ETH Zurich, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering
5/13 – 8/16 Group Leader, Chair for Applied Physics & Center for Nanoscience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich, Germany
5/11 – 4/13 Postdoctoral Fellow, Chair for Applied Physics & Center for Nanoscience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich, Germany
9/06 – 3/11 Research Assistant/ PhD student, Department of Bioengineering & Center for Nanotechnology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
6/08 – 8/08 Summer Intern, Chemical and Biological Signature Science Group (Biosensors, microfluidics) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
5/06 – 12/06 Technical Intern, In-Situ Instruments Group (Capillary electrophoresis, amino acid chemistry) California Institute of Technology NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, USA
AWARDS / HONORS / FELLOWSHIPS
2023 Teaching Excellence Award
2022 ERC Consolidator (funded via SERI)
2021 ACS Editor's Choice
2019 Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Wiley) Editor's Choice Special Issue
2018 Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) - Young Innovator Special Issue
2017 Swiss Nanoscience Institute Senior Member
2016 ERC Starting Grant
2015 Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Young Investigator
2013 Society in Science – Branco Weiss Fellowship (ETH Zurich)
2011-2013 Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Postdoctoral Fellowship
2010 Society for Biomaterials STAR Award (honorable mention)
2008-2011 U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship
2007 – 2008 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Graduate Research Fellowship
2006 Phi Beta Kappa
2006 UCLA Department of Cybernetics Highest Honors
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The Nash Lab works in the broad area of biomolecular engineering and biophysical chemistry. Our focus is on engineering artificial proteins for biomedical and technological applications, and better understanding biomolecules to build synthetic systems that interface with biology.
Please see the Research page for more information.