Gert E. Nilsson

Professor PhD

Gert E. Nilsson was born in Malmö, Sweden on the 12th of June 1947. He received the M.Sc. degree from Lund University 1972 and the PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering from Linköping University, Sweden 1977. From 1980 to 1983 he served as associate professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University. He worked as a development manager for Gambro Cardio AB from 1983 to 1985 and as development manager for Perimed AB from 1985 to 1987. Dr Nilsson became full professor in Biomedical Instrumentation at Linköping University, Sweden 1987. From July 1990 to June 1993 he served as head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University. From 1993 to 1996 Dr. Nilsson held the position as chairman of the faculty committee for appointment of associate professors at the Technical Faculty, Linköping University. From 1994 to 1995 he coordinated a group for planning and preparation of the NIMED Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Engineering at Linköping University. Between 1997 and 2000 Dr. Nilsson served as coordinator for the EU-project HIRELADO (High Resolution Laser Doppler Perfusion Imaging in Dermatology) and between 1997 and 2001 ha was a member of the board of directors for Berzelius Science Park, Linköping. Dr. Nilsson is currently the Director of the competence centre NIMED.

Activity and Interest:Research manager; Laser Doppler perfusion monitoring and imaging; Tissue pH and pO2 measurement; Biomedical technology transfer to industry.

Current research projects: Tissue viability instrumentation.

E-post:

gerni@imt.liu.se

Telefon:

013 222461

Fax:

013 101902

Adress:

Linköpings universitet
Inst. för medicinsk teknik
SE-581 85 Linköping