PROF. DR. RENÉ SALATHÉ
René Paul Salathé
’s
research activities at
the Ecole
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
covered medical laser applications,
biomedical optics, industrial applications of Excimer-, Nd-YAG-, diode-, and
femtosecond-lasers, and automated assembly technologies for optical systems. He
retired from his teaching duties in 2010 and continued working as consultant to
private companies and as technology expert for assessing the impact of research
activities in private and public organizations.
Currently he is
working as technology consultant to a private capital advisor firm, for a
company manufacturing embossing tools, as Senior Partner with ExpertInnova SA,
and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Essential Medical Devices
Foundation.