BIOGRAPHY OF ALEXANDER V. SHIRINOV

Alexander Shirinov was born on May 3, 1976, in Gagra, Georgia, and grew up in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia and Baku, Azerbaijan. In 1997, he earned a Bachelor's degree in Instrument-Making (with a minor in Biomedical Engineering) from the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy (University of Technology) and received the diploma with honours (summa cum laude). Shirinov earned Master degree in Biomedical Engineering, Instrument-Making and received the diploma with honours (summa cum laude) from the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy in 1999. During his study at the University Shirinov earned numerous awards at competitions on Physics, Programming and at student scientific conferences. From 1998 till 2000, he worked at the Open Society Institute - Azerbaijan as an Advisor - Biomedical Engineer, installing and servicing medical equipment and consulting technical staff at hospitals in the Baku city. During this time Shirinov worked by contracts with Biomed and BTS companies and repaired medical equipment at different hospitals in the Baku city. In 2000 Shirinov successfully competed for a PhD fellowship scholarship in Instrument-Making and started his PhD work at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy. In 2001 Shirinov started to work at the Institute of Microrobotics and Control Engineering, Oldenburg University, Germany. At the University of Oldenburg he has developed haptic interfaces for the control of microrobots, he performed integration of force micro sensors into end-effectors of microrobots, and realised nanohandling of micro objects and nanotubes in a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The haptic device and system for the control of microrobots were presented at several International Exhibitions and described in journal articles and conference papers.

From 2004 till 2007 Alexander Shirinov worked at the Institute of Construction and Development of Microsystems (KEmikro), Aachen University of Technology (RWTH), where he obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. The topic of his Ph.D. thesis was the Development of Pressure Sensors from Polyvinylidenefluorid. Now Alexander Shirinov works as a research and development engineer at one company in Hessen, Germany.