Dr. Johann Schwiedrzik

Biography

Johann Jakob Schwiedrzik studied Mechanical Engineering at Vienna University of Technology, including an exchange year at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Bern in 2014. Following his studies, he joined Empa as a Postdoc, focusing on scientific instrument development, experimental micromechanics, variable temperature strain rate, and the mechanics of thin films and biological materials. In 2017, he was awarded the Ambizione grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to establish his own research team in biomechanics. His team's work emphasizes the microscale investigation of deformation mechanisms and yield properties of bone, particularly changes associated with aging skeletons, aiming to enhance understanding of bone fractures and predict fracture risks for individual patients accurately in the future. Additionally, he is exploring biological materials with hierarchical architecture, like wood, and is developing new methods to identify nanoscale material properties through a combined experimental and modeling approach. He teaches courses in the Biomedical Engineering Master's Program.

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