Biographies of Authors and Editors
Gasser, Beat Dr. rer. nat.
Head of Basic Research
Dr. Robert Mathys Foundation
Bischmattstrasse 12 / P.O. Box, CH-2544 Bettlach, Switzerland
E-mail: gasserb@rms-foundation.ch
Web-site: www.rms-foundation.ch
Beat Gasser, Ph.D., is Head of the Basic Research group of the Dr. Robert Mathys Foundation (RMS) in Bettlach, Switzerland. He joined MATHYS in 1990, and helped to build up the RMS since its reorganization as an independent research and service laboratory with focus on medical technology in 1992. He finished his studies as a mechanical engineer at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich in 1981, and took a 2 yearÕs position as an assistant at the Institute for Mechanics at the ETH. Before joining MATHYS, he was a scientific collaborator at the M.E. Müller Institute for Biomechanics of the University of Berne for 6 years. He finished his Ph.D. thesis in surface science with studies on titanium in the Physics Institute at the University of Fribourg in 1998. Current interests include biomechanical and biomaterials problems with application in trauma and orthopaedic surgery.
