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      Christoph Holliger

      Christoph Holliger

      Activities at FHNW

      • Lecturer for Physics
      • Founder and Senior Consultant to Project Oriented Learning Environment POLE

      Profile

      Biography

      2017–
      Member of the Advisory Board of the Swiss University of Sports, Magglingen

      2016–
      Member of the Board of Directors of “Boötes”, NGO for Cultural Exchange, Hong Kong

      2015–2017
      Consultant to the Technical University Lodz, Poland, for the founding of the transdisciplinary  program  “Advanced Design & Technology”

      2015–
      Member of the Advisory Board of  "Akademie Menschenmedizin" (Academy for Human Centred Medicine)

      2015–
      Guest Professor at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara, Mexico in its Lideres Academicos Program

      2012–2016
      President of the Research Council at  the Swiss Federal Office of Sports BASPO

      2005–2013
      Guest Lecturer at the Bern University of Applied Sciences in Architecture

      2002–2015
      Member of the Advisory Board to the European Graduate School

      2001–2016
      Guest Professor at the Academy of Art & Design, University of Applied Sciences and Arts North Western Switzerland

      1999–2015
      Professor of Physics, University of Applied Sciences and Arts North Western Switzerland
      Director for International Partnerships
      Initiator and founding director of the “Project Oriented Learning Environment” (POLE), a program for international and transdisciplinary collaboation

      1999–
      Founding director of  “artec design”, the company for design of art in public space

      1997–1998
      Guest professor at Stanford University; Stanford Learning Laboratory and Center for Design Research
      Studies at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco in its Expressive Arts Program

      1996–1998
      Member of the Advisory Committee to the Government of the State of Aargau for the founding of a new School of Art and Design

      1993–1997
      Postgraduate Studies in Expressive Arts

      1992–1996
      Consultant to SWISSCONTACT (Swiss Foundation for Technological Development) in Indonesia 

      1990–1997
      Vice-President of HTL Brugg-Windisch (predecessor of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts North Western Switzerland)

      1987–1994
      Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal ‘Physik & Didaktik’, Munich

      1989–1999
      Member of the Board of Pro Argovia, Cultural Foundation;
      President of its Advisory Board for Art in Public Space

      1983–
      Active collaboration with artists in art projects

      1983–
      Consultant for several Swiss industries

      1982–2015
      Professor of Physics, University of Applied Sciences North Western Switzerland

      1981
      Consultant for Venture Capital Company Engenics (Genetical Engineering), Palo Alto

      1980–1981
      Postdoctoral Fellow, Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
      Research: Microcirculation of the kidney
      Teaching: Bioengineering; Rheology of blood flow

      1975–1980
      Doctoral studies at ETH Zürich; Thesis: Effects of hormones on microcirculation and re-absorption in the small intestinal tract.
      Ph.D. degree, ETH Zürich

      1974–1975
      Fellowship of the Swiss National Science Foundation for Studies in Physiology and Medicine at Stanford University, USA
      Master of Science Degree in Medicine/Bio-Engineering, Stanford University

      1969–1974
      Studies in Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich
      Master of Science Degree in Physics at ETH Zurich

      1956–1969
      Schools in Switzerland
      Maturity (with emphasis on languages and literature)

      1949
      March 19, born in Boniswil, Switzerland

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      Christoph Holliger

      Christoph Holliger

      Lecturer for Physics

      Telephone

      +41 56 202 73 35

      E-mail

      christoph.holliger@fhnw.ch

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      Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW Hochschule für Technik und Umwelt Klosterzelgstrasse 2 5210 Windisch

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      Hochschule für Technik und Umwelt FHNW, Brugg-Windisch

      Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
      Hochschule für Technik und Umwelt

      Klosterzelgstrasse 2

      5210 Windisch

      Phone+41 56 202 99 00

      E-Mailinfo.technik@fhnw.ch

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