Dr.-Ing. Harald Unterweger M. Sc.
Head of Analytics and Characterization Unit; Nanotechnologist

Sektion für Experimentelle Onkologie und Nanomedizin (SEON)
Glückstraße 10a
91054 Erlangen
Institutions
HNO-Klinik
Education, Training and Academic Positions
Scientific and educational activities
Educational activity
Supervision of doctoral and master theses of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and the Faculty of Technology of the FAU Erlangen/Nuremberg
Supervision of master theses of the Medical Faculty of the FAU Erlangen/Nuremberg
Scientific activity
General: Development, synthesis and analysis of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) for various biomedical and technical applications.
Projects:
- Magnetic resonance imaging in oncology and arteriosclerosis (funded by: Medical Valley Award).
- Magnetic Drug Targeting in Oncology
- Magnetic Drug Targeting in Arteriosclerosis
- Macroscopic Molecular Communication (MaMoKo) for technical application (funded by: BMBF)
- Molecular communication for biomedical application
- Method transfer for clinical approval of nanoparticles
- Scaling of nanoparticle syntheses
Memberships and current offices
Head of Analytics and Characterization Unit of SEON
Person in charge for devices
Internet editor of the SEON-Homepage
Prizes and awards
2021 - Business Plan Competition Nothern Bavaria Award, Phase 1
2020 - Best Paper Award, 12. EAI International Conference on Bio-inspired Information and Communications, Shanghai, China
2019 - Medical Valley Award
2019 - Best Paper Award, 6. ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication, Dublin, Ireland
2018 - Dissertation Award of the Ferrofluidverein Deutschland e.V.
2018 - Dissertation Award of the Freundeskreis der Alumni Technische Fakultaet Erlangen e.V.
2016 - Poster Award, 9th European and Global Summit for Clinical Nanomedicine (CLINAM), Basel, Switzerland
2014 - Poster Award, 10th Meeting International Conference on the Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers, Dresden
2010 - SEMIKRON-Sponsorship Award