Prof. Dr. habil. (UniBas) Mathias Bonmarin

Work at ZHAW

Position

Professor, Head of the Sensors and Measuring Systems Group

Focus

Sensors and Measuring Systems Group

Teaching

• Physics I and II (undergraduate)
• Higher Mathematics I and II (undergraduate)
• Thermal Devices in Medicine (undergraduate)
• MSE EVA Swiss Biodesign Inventing next generation medical devices: From clinic immersion to MVP & business plan (graduate)
• MSE TSM_MedDMA – Medical Market Access (graduate)

Experience

• Affiliate Research Engineer
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Biomedical Engineering Department
  07 / 2024 - today
• Head of the Sensors and Measuring Systems group & Professor
  ZHAW School of Engineering
  07 / 2019 - today
• Expert - Biomedical Instrumentation and Sensors
  Swiss Innovation Agency - Innosuisse
  01 / 2021 - 12 / 2024
• Sabbatical leave - Visiting Professor
  Tufts University
  08 / 2023 - 07 / 2024
• Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar
  University of Cincinnati
  08 / 2018 - 07 / 2019
• Senior Lecturer
  ZHAW School of Engineering
  02 / 2014 - 07 / 2019
• Associate Scientific Collaborator
  Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg
  01 / 2016 - 01 / 2017
• Research Associate
  ZHAW School of Engineering
  10 / 2010 - 02 / 2014

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Habilitation / Experimental Medicin
  Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel
  01 / 2022 - 10 / 2024
• PhD / Physical Chemistry
  University of Zurich
  05 / 2006 - 10 / 2010
• Master / Economics
  Catholic University of Louvain-La-Neuve
  09 / 2004 - 07 / 2005
• Master of Science / Optics, Optoelectronics and Microwaves
  Grenoble Institute of Technology
  09 / 2004 - 06 / 2005
• Master of Science / Biomedical Engineering
  Aix-Marseilles University - POLYTECH Marseille
  09 / 1999 - 07 / 2002
• Classe Préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles - / Physique Chimie PC
  Lycée Thiers Marseille
  09 / 1998 - 07 / 1999
• Classe Préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles / Physique Chimie Sciences de l'ingénieur PCSI
  Lycée Jean Perrin Marseille
  09 / 1997 - 07 / 1998

Continuing Education

• Certificate Leadership Skills for Engineering and Science Faculty
  MIT Professional Education
  07 / 2022
• Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in University Didactic
  University of Fribourg
  02 / 2015

Network

Membership of networks

• IEEE - EMBS and IMS (Senior member)
• SKINTEGRITY.CH (Member)
• ZHAW Digital Future Labs (Member)
• SSBE - Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering (Member)
• ZHAW Digital Health Lab

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0227-9247

Awards

• Outstanding Employer Award
  Northeastern University College of Engineering
  11 / 2023
• Lab Sciences Award - as bachelor thesis supervisor
  tool point for lab science
  07 / 2023
• Lab Science Board of Experts
  tool point for lab science
  07 / 2023
• Distinguished Lecturer
  IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
  01 / 2022
• Faculty Course Development Award
  IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
  01 / 2022
• DIZH Fellow
  Digitization Initiative of the Zurich-area Universities
  09 / 2020
• Lab Sciences Award - as bachelor thesis supervisor
  tool point for lab science
  07 / 2020
• Best Application in I&M Award
  IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
  12 / 2019
• Fulbright Visiting Scholarship
  United State Department of State - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
  06 / 2019
• Fribourg Innovationspreis with the startup NanoLockin GmbH
  Freiburger Kantonalbank
  01 / 2018
• Ypsomed Innovationspreis: Start-up project award (co-applicant with Prof. Fink)
  Ypsomed Innovationsfonds
  01 / 2017
• Holcim Scholarship
  Holcim Foundation for the Advancement of Scientific Research
  05 / 2015
• Heuberger Jungunternehmer Award (2nd place)
  Robert & Ruth Heuberger Foundation
  01 / 2015
• Top 10 Papers of the Year
  Computers in Biology and Medicine, ELSEVIER
  01 / 2014
• Lab Sciences Awards - as Bachelor thesis supervisor
  tool point for lab science
  07 / 2013

Social media

LinkedIn

Projects

• Exploration of Microwave-Based Dynamic Thermal Imaging for Lymphedema Diagnosis / Project leader / Start imminent
• Skin assessment near catheters using sensors / Project leader / ongoing
• Saliva-based Monitoring System to predict Asthma Exacerbation Risk / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• Multi-mode Raman Optical Activity Instruments for Complex Molecular Analysis / Co-project leader / ongoing
• SpectralPad / Project leader / completed
• ZHAW Summer School for HealthTech Innovators / Co-project leader / completed
• Conductive Skin / Deputy project leader / completed
• DermatoTherma / Deputy project leader / completed
• Development of a point of care device prototype for blood ammonia monitoring / Deputy project leader / completed
• Development of a stable and triggerable ultrasound transducer for in-vitro hyperthermia application / Project leader / completed
• Digital Dermatology: Studying the impact of digitalization on dermatologists, patients and healthcare / Project leader / completed
• Swiss Biodesign Bootcamp for MedTech Innovators / Deputy project leader / completed
• Wearable Device for Lymphedema Diagnostics / Project leader / completed
• Increasing the Capabilities of Dermatoscopy Using Thermal Imaging Sensors / Project leader / completed
• Skinobi – Affordable Sensor to Track Skin Condition and Age / Project leader / completed
• PhD Network in Data Science / Team member / completed
• Thermal Imaging in Dermatology / Project leader / completed
• Dermolockin – A New Diagnostic Tool for Skin Cancer Detection / Project leader / completed
• A New Diagnostic Tool for Skin Cancer Detection / Project leader / completed

Publications

• Mehreganian, N.; Safa, Yasser; Boiger, Gernot Kurt; Bonmarin, Mathias; Fallah, A. S.,

  2025.

  Dynamic response of armour steel hollow cylindrical shells to blast loading : a comparative study.

  Results in Engineering.

  28(107258).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.107258

• Katepalli, Anudeep; Mohankumar, Thiraj; Gandharapu, Meher Saketh; Shrestha, Sagar; Harfmann, Anton; Bonmarin, Mathias; Krupczak, John; Shi, Donglu,

  2025.

  Photon recycling for indoor energy harvesting : optical optimization of LED-driven silicon photovoltaic systems.

  Journal of Energy and Power Technology.

  7(3), pp. 013.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21926/jept.2503013

• Bajrami, Dardan; Spano, Fabrizio; Wei, Kongchang; Bonmarin, Mathias; Rossi, René M.,

  2025.

  Human skin models in biophotonics : materials, methods, and applications.

  Advanced Healthcare Materials.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202501894

• Gong, Liuyu; Bonmarin, Mathias; Spano, Fabrizio; Shen, Ya; Shen, Lin; Han, Guocheng; Wei, Shanshan; Zhang, Qihan; Chen, Zhencheng; Zhao, Feijun,

  2023.

  Integrated device based on a sudomotor nanomaterial for sweat detection.

  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

  15(25), pp. 29866-29875.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c03401

• Schneider, Lukas; Kalt, Martina; Koch, Samuel; Sithamparanathan, Shanmugi; Villiger, Veronika; Mattiat, Johann; Kradolfer, Flavia; Slyshkina, Ekaterina; Luber, Sandra; Bonmarin, Mathias; Maake, Caroline; Spingler, Bernhard,

  2023.

  BODIPY-based photothermal agents with excellent phototoxic indices for cancer treatment.

  Journal of the American Chemical Society.

  145(8), pp. 4534-4544.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c11650

• Hagen, Raphael; Fehr, Daniel; Spano, Fabrizio; Babity, Samuel; Brambilla, Davide; Bonmarin, Mathias,

  2023.

  Portable multi-wavelength fluorescence measurement device : empirical evaluation.

  IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.

  72(4005409).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2023.3270999

• Mirabello, Giulia; Steinmetz, Lukas; Geers, Christoph; Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara; Bonmarin, Mathias; Fink, Alke Susanne; Lattuada, Marco,

  2023.

  Quantification of nanoparticles’ concentration inside polymer films using Lock-In Thermography.

  Nanoscale Advances.

  5(11), pp. 2963-2972.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NA00091E

• Drexelius, Amy; Fehr, Daniel; Vescoli, Vincent; Heikenfeld, Jason; Bonmarin, Mathias,

  2022.

  A simple non-contact optical method to quantify in-vivo sweat gland activity and pulsation.

  IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

  69(8), pp. 2638-2645.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2022.3151938

• Kirsch, Christoph; Fehr, Daniel; Babity, Samuel; Polomska, Anna; Detmar, Michael; Bonmarin, Mathias; Brambilla, Davide,

  2022.

  Development of a diffusion-weighed mathematical model for intradermal drainage quantification.

  Drug Delivery and Translational Research.

  12(4), pp. 897-905.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13346-021-01114-1

• Babity, Samuel; Couture, Frédéric; Campos, Estefânia V R; Hedtrich, Sarah; Hagen, Raphael; Fehr, Daniel; Bonmarin, Mathias; Brambilla, Davide,

  2021.

  A naked eye-invisible ratiometric fluorescent microneedle tattoo for real-time monitoring of inflammatory skin conditions.

  Advanced Healthcare Materials.

  11(6), pp. 2102070.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202102070

• Polomska, Anna; Gousopoulos, Epameinondas; Fehr, Daniel; Bachmann, Andreas; Bonmarin, Mathias; Detmar, Michael; Lindenblatt, Nicole,

  2021.

  Development and clinical validation of the LymphMonitor technology to quantitatively assess lymphatic function.

  Diagnostics.

  11(10), pp. 1873.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11101873

• Steinmetz, Lukas; Geers, Christoph; Bonmarin, Mathias; Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara; Petri-Fink, Alke; Lattuada, Marco,

  2021.

  Experimental and theoretical validation of plasmonic nanoparticle heat generation by using lock-in thermography.

  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

  125(10), pp. 5890-5896.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c11419

• Bonmarin, Mathias; Steinmetz, Lukas; Spano, Fabrizio; Geers, Christoph,

  2021.

  Using lock-in thermography to investigate stimuli-responsive nanoparticles in complex environments.

  IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine.

  24(4), pp. 3-10.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/MIM.2021.9448265

• Steinmetz, Lukas; Geers, Christoph; Balog, Sandor; Bonmarin, Mathias; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Laura; Taladriz-Blanco, Patricia; Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara; Petri-Fink, Alke,

  2020.

  A comparative study of silver nanoparticle dissolution under physiological conditions.

  Nanoscale Advances.

  2(12), pp. 5760-5768.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NA00733A

• Steinmetz, Lukas; Kirsch, Christoph; Geers, Christoph; Petri-Fink, Alke; Bonmarin, Mathias,

  2020.

  Investigating a lock-in thermal imaging setup for the detection and characterization of magnetic nanoparticles.

  Nanomaterials.

  10(9).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10091665

• Zhao, Yuan; Lin, Jou; Kundrat, David M.; Bonmarin, Mathias; Krupczak, John; Thomas, Som V.; Lyu, Mengyao; Shi, Donglu,

  2019.

  Photonically-activated molecular excitations for thermal energy conversion in porphyrinic compounds.

  Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b09374

• Bonmarin, Mathias; Le Gal, Frédérique-Anne,

  2016.

  Thermal Imaging in Dermatology.

  In:

  Imaging in dermatology.

  Elsevier.

  pp. 437-454.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802838-4.00031-5

• Grossmann Aybar, Christian; Fehr, Daniel; Bonmarin, Mathias; Spano, Fabrizio,

  2025.

  Innovative 3D printed semi-dry electrodes for EEG portable device[poster].

  In:

  BMT Dreiländertagung, Muttenz, Switzerland, 9-11 September 2025.

  ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34133

• Wyrsch, Mario; Brühlmann, Leo; Näf, Raphael; Fehr, Daniel; Spano, Fabrizio; Röhrnbauer, Barbara; Bonmarin, Mathias,

  2025.

  Production and electro-mechanical characterization of biocompatible wet-spun fibers[poster].

  In:

  BMT Dreiländertagung, Muttenz, Switzerland, 9-11 September 2025.

  ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34105

• Bonmarin, Mathias; Haarmann, Jens; Zigan, Nicole,

  2025.

  Integrating HealthTech Summer School into biomedical engineering education : a translational approach[poster].

  In:

  BMT Dreiländertagung, Muttenz, Switzerland, 9-11 September 2025.

  ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34104

• Verstockt, Jan; Clarys, Warre; Hillen, Michaël; Verspeek, Simon; Bonmarin, Mathias; Thiessen, Filip; Broche, Lieve; Steenackers, Gunther,

  2024.

  HypIRskin : thermography-guided device for diagnosis and characterization of skin cancer lesions[paper].

  In:

  2024 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA).

  2024 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 26-28 June 2024.

  IEEE.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMEA60663.2024.10596792

• Häusler, Ian Caetano; Paparo, Davide; Fehr, Daniel; Hagen, Raphael; Velez Mestre, Marta Sofia; Bonmarin, Mathias,

  2024.

  Assessment of skin impedance in radiofrequency therapy : a study utilizing unique electrode form for cutaneous Leishmaniasis treatment[paper].

  In:

  2023 IEEE International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC).

  IEEE International Humanitarian Technologies Conference (IHCT), Cartagena, Colombia, 1-3 November 2023.

  IEEE.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/IHTC58960.2023.10508818

• Hagen, Raphael; Spano, Fabrizio; Bonmarin, Mathias; Fehr, Daniel,

  2023.

  Modular and portable time-resolved fluorescence measurement system[paper].

  In:

  Precision Photonic Systems, Buchs SG, Switzerland, 24-25 October 2023.

  Zenodo.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10124361

• Wilcox, Logan M.; Bonmarin, Mathias; Donnell, Kristen M.,

  2022.

  Pulsed-active microwave thermography[paper].

  In:

  2022 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC).

  IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), Ottawa, Canada, 16-19 May 2022.

  IEEE.

  pp. 1-6.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC48687.2022.9806511

• Hagen, Raphael; Fehr, Daniel; Spano, Fabrizio; Brambilla, Davide; Bonmarin, Mathias,

  2022.

  Portable multi-wavelength fluorescence measurement device[paper].

  In:

  2022 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA).

  XVII IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, Messina, Italy, 22-24 June 2022.

  IEEE.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/MeMeA54994.2022.9856591

• Fehr, Daniel; Sassenburg, Renske; Blunschi, Jacqueline; Lay-Ekuakille, Aimé; Massaro, Alessandro; Bonmarin, Mathias; Spano, Fabrizio,

  2021.

  A capacitive color-changing electronic skin for touch sensing applications[paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications.

  2021 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), Lausanne, Switzerland, 23-25 June 2021.

  IEEE.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/MeMeA52024.2021.9478674

• Bonmarin, Mathias; Holzer, Lorenz; Schmid, Bruno; Münch, Beat,

  2015.

  Aktive Thermographie für Hautkrebs Diagnose : Möglichkeiten und Grenzen[poster].

  In:

  25. Deutscher Hautkrebskongress, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dermatologische Onkologie ADO, München, 10.-12. September 2015.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23968

• Polomska, A.; Proulx, S. T.; Fehr, Daniel; Bonmarin, Mathias; Leroux, J.; Detmar, M.,

  2019.

  A minimally-invasive method for the quantification of lymphatic vessel function in the skin.

  In:

  Society for Investigative Dermatology 2019 (SID 2019), Chicago IL, USA, 8-11 May 2019.

  Elsevier.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2019.03.1106

• Bonmarin, Mathias,

  2017.

  Skinsure : eine neue Methode zur Bestimmung der thermalen Eigenschaften der Haut.

  In:

  Forum Cosmeticum, Basel, 10.-12. Mai 2017.

  Gesellschaft Schweizerischer Kosmetik-Chemiker.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• M. Bonmarin and J. Helbing, Polarization control of ultrashort mid-IR laser pulses for transient vibrational circular dichroism measurements, Chirality: the pharmacological, biological, and chemical consequences of molecular asymmetry, volume 21, number 1E, E298–E306, 2009
• M. Bonmarin and J. Helbing, A picosecond time-resolved vibrational circular dichroism spectrometer, Optics letters, volume 33, number 18, pages 2086–2088, 2008
• J. Helbing and M. Bonmarin, Time-resolved chiral vibrational spectroscopy, CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry, volume 63, number 3, pages 128–133, 2009
• J. Helbing and M. Bonmarin, Vibrational circular dichroism signal enhancement using self-heterodyning with elliptically polarized laser pulses, The Journal of chemical physics, volume 131, number 17, page 174 507, 2009
• A. Bibas, A. G. Podoleanu, R. Cucu, M. Bonmarin, G. Dobre, V. Ward, E. Odell, A. Boxer, M. Gleeson, and D. A. Jackson, 3d optical coherence tomography of the laryngeal mucosa, Clinical Otolaryngology & Allied Sciences, volume 29, number 6, pages 713–720, 2004

Patents and patent applications

• Häusler, Ian; Paparo, Davide; Fehr, Daniel; Bachmann, Andreas; Hagen, Raphael; Bonmarin, Mathias; Spano, Fabrizio,

  2024.

  Device for skin or tissue treatment.

  Patent number WO2024245572 A1

  (2024-12-05)

  .

  Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DWO2024245572A1

• Bonmarin, Mathias; Festel, Gunter; Geers, Christoph; Lattuada, Marco; Mirabello, Giulia,

  2024.

  Determination of an unknown volume or weight of a sample by dynamic thermal imaging.

  Patent number EP4459265 A1

  (2024-11-06)

  .

  Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DEP4459265A1

• Reinke, Nils; Fastrich, Andreas; Bonmarin, Mathias,

  2015.

  Device and method for characterization of tissue.

  Patent number EP2897520 A1

  (2015-07-29)

  .

  Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DEP2897520A1

Affiliations

Current Affiliations

NanoLockin GmbH: Founder NanoLockin GmbH
Founder., Fribourg
01 / 2018 - 01 / 2026

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