Matthias Schneider Assistant Professor Boston University Assistant Professor Email: mfs http://www.bu.edu/me/people/faculty/pz/schneider/

Biography

Matthias Schneider obtained his basic education in Physics at the University of Gottingen. His thesis was on Membrane biophysics at the Max Planck Institute of biological Chemistry. He received his PhD in Physics from the Technical University of Munich in 2003, where he wrote his thesis in Biophysics under one of the pioneers in the field, Professor Erich Sackmann. After obtaining his PhD, he was a faculty member in the University of Augsburg where he headed the Biological Physics Group. He is a member of the Center of Nanoscience in Munich, the Nano Initiative Munich and Head of the Membrane Section of the German Biophysical society.