Dr.-Ing. Can Dincer
Junior research group leader
Vita
Dr.-Ing. Can Dincer is currently junior research group leader at the Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies (FIT) and the head of Disposable Microsystems group at the Laboratory for Sensors at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) of the University of Freiburg. The main research interest of his working group is the development of bioanalytical microsystems for various applications including diagnostics, especially wearables and point-of-care diagnostics, food and environmental monitoring.
Having completed his studies in microsystems engineering, Dr. Dincer graduated from the Technical Faculty of the University of Freiburg. He received his PhD degree with summa cum laude in 2016 through his work on the topic "Electrochemical microfluidic multiplexed biosensor platform for point-of-care testing”. In early 2017, he has been awarded by the second place in Gips-Schüle Young Scientist Award for his dissertation.
Between June 2017 – June 2019, Dr. Dincer also worked as a visiting researcher at the Department of Bioengineering at the Imperial College London. During this time, his focus was on the paper-based analytical devices and their different applications. In September 2019, he joined the editorial team of the journal “Biosensors and Bioelectronics” as an Associate Editor.
In late 2019, Dr. Dincer received the Adolf Martens Prize in the category "Analytical Chemistry" for his research on the optimization of electrochemical biosensors for the point-of-care diagnostics. In September 2020, he has been awarded with the Best Paper Award 2020 of iba Heiligenstadt for his publication “CRISPR/Cas13a powered electrochemical microfluidic biosensor for nucleic acid amplification-free miRNA diagnostics” in the journal “Advanced Materials”. Besides, in 2020 Dr. Dincer is also recognized within 25 early-stage investigators advancing the field of sensor science in the Special Issue “Rising Stars in Sensing” of the journal “ACS Sensors”.
Research interests
- Microfluidic diagnostics
- Disposable sensors
- Bioanalytical microsystems
- Microfluidic paper-based analytical devices – µPADs
- Lab-on-a-chip
- Multiplexed point-of-care testing – xPOCT
- Personalized medicine
- miRNA profiling
- Exhaled breath sensing
Honors and awards
- Recognized in the Special Issue “Rising Stars in Sensing” of ACS Sensors (2020)
- Best Paper Award 2020 of iba (1. Place)
- Adolf Martens Prize 2018
- Associate editor of “Biosensors and Bioelectronics” and "Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X" (since Sep 2019)
- MicroTAS technical programme committee member (2018 – 2021)
- Member of the FIT directorate as young researcher (Aug 2018 – Aug 2019)
- Gips-Schüle Young Scientist Award 2017 (2. Place)
- Best poster prize "Biosensors conference 2012" in Cancun, Mexiko
Memberships
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE)
- German Society for Biomedical Engineering (DGBMT) in the VDE
- MicroTEC Südwest
Publications
Patents
In the media
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Contact
University of Freiburg | email: | dincer@imtek.de c.dincer@imperial.ac.uk | ||
| phone: | +49 761 203 95129 / 7264 | |||
| mobile: | +49 171 531 7678 | |||
| fax: | +49 761 203 7262 | |||
| FIT – Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, Room 02-028 79110 Freiburg, Germany | ORCID: | 0000-0003-3301-1198 | ||
| url: | www.imtek.de/sensors www.fit.uni-freiburg.de |