Jerjen Iwan

Jerjen Iwan has a diverse work experience spanning several industries and research organizations. Jerjen started their career in 1995 as a Lecturer at Kantonsschule Obwalden. Jerjen later worked as a Trainee at CSEM in 1997, where they focused on the characterization of photodiodes and CCDs. In 1998, they completed their Master's thesis at CSEM, specializing in the characterization of photodiodes and programming a FPGA for the control of a CMOS camera.

In 1999, Iwan joined CRPP as a Scientist, programming a graphical user interface for bolometric computer tomography of plasmas. Jerjen then worked at armasuisse as a Scientist, providing consulting for defense procurement, conducting field tests, and collaborating with industrial partners.

In 2002, Iwan became a PHD Researcher at Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), conducting research at the Laboratory for Astrophysics and teaching assistant at ETH Zurich. Their research focused on energy resolving single photon detection with superconducting tunnelling junctions.

Iwan joined Photonfocus AG in 2005 as a Test-characterization Engineer, where they developed the concept for a test laboratory analyzing CMOS active pixel sensors and cameras. Jerjen then worked as a Scientist at ESA/ESTEC from 2006 to 2008, characterizing superconducting single photon detectors.

From 2008 to 2014, Iwan worked as a Scientist at Empa, specializing in non-destructive testing and material analysis using micro computer tomography. Jerjen also developed reconstruction and artifact reduction algorithms and optimized uCT systems. Additionally, they contributed to national and international research projects.

Since 2015, Iwan has been a Senior Research Associate at ETHZ, collaborating in the Differential Phase Contrast Mammography research project and exploring new applications for differential phase contrast and dark-field X-ray imaging.

Jerjen Iwan completed their basic education and university preparation at Academic High School, Kantonsschule Obwalden, Switzerland from 1985 to 1992. Jerjen then pursued a Master's Degree in Physics at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) from 1993 to 1999. Later, from 2001 to 2007, they attended ETH Zürich where they obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the field of Superconducting energy-sensitive single photon detectors.