Boris Mizaikoff received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at the Vienna University of Technology in 1996. Heading the Chemical Sensor Laboratory (CSL), he has been responsible for numerous research projects in the field of chemical IR sensors, including several multinational projects funded by the European Union. In 1997, he has been with the University of Texas, Austin/USA as a postdoctoral fellow. In 2000 he finalized his Habilitation (Assoc. Prof. for Analytical Chemistry) at the Vienna University of Technology. Since 2000, he was faculty member at the Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, heading the Applied Sensors Laboratory (ASL). Since 2004 he was Director of the Focused Ion Beam Center (FIB2 Center) at Georgia Tech, and since 2005 member of the Center for Cell andMolecular Signaling at Emory University, School of Physiology. In Fall 2007, he has joined the faculty at the University of Ulm, Germany, as a Chaired Professor and Director of the Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (IABC). Today, his research interests focus on optical sensors, biosensors, and biomimetic sensors operating in the mid-infrared spectral range, applications of novel IR light sources (e.g., quantum cascade and interband cascade lasers), system miniaturization and integration based on micro- and nanofabrication, multifunctional (nano)analytical platforms (e.g., combination AFM-IR, etc.), focused ion beam (FIB) microscopy, development of (bio)molecular recognitionarchitectures for separation and sensing applications (e.g., molecularly templated materials), chemometric data evaluation, environmental analytical chemistry with focus on water quality monitoring, process analytical chemistry, and biomedical diagnostics. He is author/co-author of 270 peer-reviewed publications, 16 patents, and 100 plenary, keynote, and invited contributions at scientific conferences; his current h-index is 39 (Web of Science). His research interests are: Optical chemical sensors, biosensors and biomimetic sensors in the mid-infrared (3-20 µm) spectral range; quantum cascade laser based sensors; multifunctional (nano)analytical platforms; system miniaturization, integration and micro-/nanofabrication; on-chip diagnostic; focused ion beam based nanofabrication; (bio) molecular recognition architectures for separation and sensing applications; molecularly templated materials; functionalized sol-gel membranes; solid phase extraction with functionalized materials; multivariate/chemometric data evaluation; hyperspectral imaging; advanced vibrational spectroscopy in the far- and nearfield; integrated THz probes; environmental analytical chemistry; process analytical chemistry; biomedical diagnostics.
