Contact
University of Zurich
Institute of Forensic Medicine Zurich
CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
akos.dobay@irm.uzh.ch
+41 (0)44 635 5611
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DEGREES / HIGHER EDUCATION
University of Zurich (UZH), PD, 2023. The PD (Dr. habil.) request was supported by Thomas Krämer. Department of Forensic Pharmacology and Toxicology, Zurich Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich.
Title: Bacteria and their effects on human health and societies.
University of Lausanne (UNIL), PhD, 1998 – 2002. PhD supervisor: Jacques Dubochet (Nobel laureate in Chemistry 2017). Department of Biology, Laboratory of Ultrastructural Analysis (LAU).
Title: Étude sur les propriétés statistiques et physiques des nœuds aléatoires.
University of Lausanne (UNIL), MSc, 1996 – 1997. MSc supervisor: Jean-Jacques Loeffel. Department of Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics (ITP).
Title: Supersymétrie en physique des particules élémentaires.
University of Lausanne (UNIL), 1992 – 1996. Department of Physics Focus area: quantum physics, quantum field theories, particle physics.
EMPLOYMENT / PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Co-Director, Forensic Machine Learning Technology Center (ForMaLTeC), January 2022 – present.
Research Associate and Lecturer, University of Zurich (UZH), Zurich Institute of Forensic Medicine (IRM), January 2018 – present.
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Zurich (UZH), Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies (EBES), September 2010 – December 2017.
Postdoctoral researcher, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Biozentrum, January 2005 – December 2009, Munich.
Oberassistant, University of Lausanne (UNIL), Laboratory of Ultrastructural Analysis (LAU), October 2002 – December 2004, Lausanne.
PhD candidate, University of Lausanne (UNIL), Laboratory of Ultrastructural Analysis (LAU), October 1998 – September 2002, Lausanne.
SCIENTIFIC STAYS ABROAD
Max-Delbrück-Center (MDC), June – September 2006, Berlin, postdoctoral researcher.
University of Charlotte North Carolina (UNCC), March – April 2004, Charlotte (North Carolina, USA), postdoctoral researcher.
University of Santa Barbara (UCSB), March – April 2003, Santa Barbara (California, USA), postdoctoral researcher.
APPROVED RESEARCH PROJECTS AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Emma Louise Kessler Foundation (CH), Applications of Deep Learning methods for forensic Imaging, 2023. (Circa 66,000.- CHF)
Emma Louise Kessler Foundation (CH), Applications of Deep Learning methods for forensic Imaging, 2022. (Circa 16,000.- CHF)
Emma Louise Kessler Foundation (CH), Deep Learning for automated Analysis of Pathological Features for forensic Investigations, 2018 – 2021. (Circa 400,000.- CHF)
Wolfermann-Nägeli Foundation (CH), Social selection in wild house mice, 2015 – 2017. (Circa 100,000.- CHF)
RPH-Promotor Foundation (LI), Social selection in wild house mice, 2014. (Circa 8,000.- CHF)
Bavarian-French Higher Education Grant (D), Implementation and development of noise reduction for live cell images, 2009. (Circa 900.- Euros)
SUPERVISION OF SCIENTISTS
Already promoted:
Maria Muscalu, Master (MNF/UZH), 2023
Samson Apostolakis, Master (MeF/UZH), 2022
Norio Zimmermann, Master (MeF/UZH), 2022
Philippe Handschin, Master (MeF/UZH), 2022
Astrid Kurmann, Master (MeF/UZH), 2021
Larissa Schuh, Master (MNF/UZH), 2020
Brian Kümmel Nielsen, Master (MeF/UZH), 2019
Dominic Gaspar, Internship program (MNF/UZH), 2018
Samuel Gunz, Internship program (MNF/UZH), 2018
Svenja Erne, Master (MeF/UZH), 2018
Tobias Wechsler, Master (MNF/UZH), 2017
Alejandra Manjarrez-Casas, Research Assistant (MNF/UZH), 2013-2014
TEACHING ACTIVITIES / ACADEMIC DUTIES
2014 – present
Semester Lecture Series (3 hours per week) for BA, MSc and PhD students including weekly assignments and programming sessions. In addition, each student has to complete during the semester an original research project. Since 2014 over 100 projects have been completed.
Title: Interdisciplinary Research Methods in Computational Biology (module name: BIO 394)
2017
Block course and practical training, UZH, in collaboration with Prof. B. König (responsible for the course) Title: Animal Behaviour (module name: BIO 324), Research Internship in Animal Behaviour (module name: BIO 358)
2012 – 2013
Semester Lecture Series for BA and MSc students, UZH, selected topics in numerical simulations and mathematical modeling, in collaboration with Prof. H. Bagheri (responsible for the course). System administrator in the group of Prof. H. Bagheri.
2006 – 2009
Co-supervision of Master and PhD student projects, LMU, in collaboration with Prof. H. Leonhardt and Dr.
L. Shermelleh. Semester practicals for students in Biology including courses in mathematical modeling and biostatistics, LMU.
1998 – 2005
System administrator, UNIL / LAU. Co-supervision of student semester projects, UNIL / EPFL. Biophysics training for 3rd and 4th year students in Biology, UNIL / EPFL, in collaboration with Prof. J. Dubochet.
INDUSTRIAL COLLABORATION
2019
Simple prototype using machine learning techniques to automate segmentation of volumetric data for virtual reality applications (client: InnoSuisse, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland)
2015 – 2016
Software to detect imperfections in pre and post polished sapphire watch covers, ingots and non-polished wafers. The software visualise and analyse volume defects in raw sapphire (client: Scientific Visual SA)
2011 – 2012
HPC stress test on SGI UV Series. Large simulation campaign using a custom-made open source platform called GC3Pie: a Python package for executing computational workflows (client: University of Zurich, Silicon Graphics Inc.)
FELLOWSHIP
SNF Grant for advanced researchers, The function of topology on DNA with transcription factors and in knotted macromolecules, 2005 – 2006.
