Dr. Marianne Schmid Daners
Dr. Marianne Schmid Daners
Lecturer at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering
Bio
Marianne Schmid Daners graduated from ETH Zurich as a mechanical engineer in 2006. Under the supervision of Professor Guzzella, she completed her doctorate at ETH Zurich’s Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control (IDSC) on the topic “Adaptive Shunts for Cerebrospinal Fluid Control” in 2012. Since then, she has led the institute’s Biomedical Systems Group as a Senior Scientist.
At the interface of clinical research and engineering, pathophysiological understanding of the dynamics of the intracranial and cardiovascular systems is her passion. Her research focuses on modeling, control, and testing of biological systems, as well as development and control of biomedical devices for the treatment of heart failure and hydrocephalus. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, her research has been complemented by studies to better understand and control ventilation and to develop and test ventilators for low resource settings.
She promotes national and international interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary projects funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, Innosuisse, NCCR Automation or the Botnar Research Centre for Child Health. She received the ASAIO Mock Circulation Loop Challenge Award. Marianne Schmid Daners has authored numerous publications in the field of hydrocephalus or cardiovascular support and she holds several patents on physiological controllers for cardiac assist devices and related sensor technology. She is advancing her projects with the goal of rapid translation to the clinic.
My portrait in the Globe magazine and on DownloadHiggs about one of my working days.
Detailed project descriptions
Biomedical Applications including research on hydrocephalus, ventilation, mechanical circulatory support, and MRI-conditional extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
News
external pageNCCR Automation article on hydrocephalus
Ventilator project Downloadbreathe, first steps and refined development to design low-cost medical devices
Testing of low-cost ventilators from own inititives and from the Give a Breath Challenge
Offers
Technology Offers for Sensors and Controllers for Artificial Hearts