Michael Knutzen
MSc. in nano- micro technology. I'm an innovative, goal oriented team player who is behind the idea of Smart Pill. Have established this highly competent team of experts for all fields necessary to make Smart Pill a huge succes.
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Industries: | Biotech, Health, Nanotech |
| Skills: | Danish, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, German, Industrial Engineering, Languages, Leadership, Management, Product design, Writing |
| Groups: | Venture Cup Denmark |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Creating a group, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Growing my group, Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Patenting my idea, Providing services to startups, Sharing my projects, Trading services |
FEATURED STARTUP
SmartPill Enterprise
SmartPill Enterprise
New and smart way of time dependent drug delivery. This technology will ensure effective drug delivery and can be used for e.g. asthma, cancer and Addisons disease.
- Startup type: University Spin-out
- Status: Active
- Stage: Prototyping
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Voluntarily Activities |
| Position: | Volunteer |
| Time period: | January 1999 - Present |
| Description: | 2009-
Second round participation in Global Management Challenge 2009 vii • Ran a fictive company together with 4 other students as Marketing responsible. Gained great knowledge in how a complex company is run. 2008- Member of Top Talent Network, Nova100 viii • Nova 100 is a unique network for the most talented students. 2008- Board member of Stardust-DTU, Entrepreneur Association ix • Leader of the fundraising committee. Have currently raised 45k + an event sponsor. Goal is to raise 100k this year. 2008 Company host on DSE Fair, DTU, Lyngby x • Helped making the fair work optimal. Contributed to the good atmosphere through my positive attitude, surplus of energy and good humour. 2004 Active in the Polytechnic student organization (PF) and selected as freshman introduction leader on PF yearly concept trip. • Developed organizational skills and learned to be responsible for a big group of people. • Received great feedback as leader, due to my listening, open-minded and social skills. 1999 – 2005 Active member of AFS intercultural xi • Co-founder of Frederiksborgs Amt Local Association. Vice chairman 99-01 and treasurer 00-01. • Organized local and national arrangements. Learned active listening, interview skills and constructive criticism feedback. |
| Employer: | Centre National de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Besancon, Frankrig |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | January 2008 - December 2008 |
| Description: | • One week experimental research stay as part of collaboration on M.Sc. project. |
| Employer: | Innovayt A/S, Scion DTU |
| Position: | Student helper |
| Time period: | January 2008 - December 2008 |
| Description: | • Assist companies with making innovation and project management in EU applications. IT support responsible. |
| Employer: | Academic Projects |
| Position: | Experience |
| Time period: | January 2006 - December 2009 |
| Description: | 2008-2009
Master Thesis: Controlled drug-release by inductive heating, DTU • Theoretical, design, fabrication and test of pill. • Made business plan for smart pill, see awards. • Winner of innovation price with the project, see awards. • Will publish two publications from accomplished work. • Supervisors: Professor A. Boiseni, PostDoc L. Ouattara, PostDoc S. Keller, Ass. Professor M. F. Hansen. 2008 Special Course: Laser lithography of human chromosomes (grade 10), DTU • Part of the Nano Bio Integrated Systems group, DTU, developing a new and simple way to cut in human chromosomes. The research will soon be published with me as co-author. • Supervisor: Associate Professor W. Svendsenii. 2007 All-Fiber Parametric Conversion From Near- to Short-Wave Infrared Band, UCSD • First in the world to create an all fiber setup to detect/tunable lasing in over 2000nm wavelength. Achieved the impressive results to Co-authoring two scientific publications. • Conducted weekly presentations, synthesized conclusions and results from the data achieved. Tested and modified models to describe the data. • New in a laboratory, fast to cope the challenges, due to my great communicative skills and excellent engagement. • Success due to my ability to immerse in the subject, interpersonal skills and goal-oriented skills. • Supervisors: Professor S. Radic and K. Rottwittiii. 2006-2007 Bachelor Project (grade 10) • Networked successfully to build cross-departmental connections. • Organized and handled the simulation data and experimental results. • Assisted in structuring and planning team project which lead to great results. • Supervisor: K. Rottwittiii. |
| Employer: | International Office, DTU |
| Position: | International student counsellor |
| Time period: | January 2006 - December 2008 |
| Description: | • Solve international student’s problems, using active listening, empathy and problem recognition. I always find a solution.
• Provides a good service even to sometimes demanding customers. • Motivated many Danish students to study abroad using my experience and conducting presentations without anxiety for big groups of students. |
| Employer: | DTU’s international Erasmus students and Master students |
| Position: | Introduction guide |
| Time period: | January 2006 - December 2007 |
| Description: | • Helped organizing the introduction week. Leader of two groups of 15.
• Used teambuilding games and humour to make the group work social. |
| Employer: | Others – always have had a work |
| Position: | Various |
| Time period: | January 1998 - December 2005 |
| Description: | • Private math teacher, Lokal Brugsen – bread section responsible, Quick Brugsen, Oriflame, moving company, Netto, fabric work, newspaper delivery. |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | 2008
J. M. Chavez Boggio, J. R. Windmiller, M. Knutzen, R. Jiang, C. Bres, N. Alic, B. Stossel, K. Rottwitt, and S. Radic, "730-nm optical parametric conversion from near- to short-wave infrared band," Opt. Express 16, 5435-5443 (2008). 2007 All-Fiber Parametric Conversion From Near- to Short-Wave Infrared Band J.M. Chavez Boggio, M. Knutzen, C. Bres1, N. Alic1, J.R. Windmiller, B. Stossel, K. Rottwitt and S. Radic, ECOC 2007, EDAS. |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | 1992-
• Football (second team captain - Slangerup SOIF and Kampsax dormitory) • Badminton - single and double, cooking, fitness, movies, running, snowboard, travelling, social get together with friends and family. |
| Awards: | 2008 Dec
C:O:N:T pre-doc scholarship for elite students. • Copenhagen Graduate School for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, given to talented students. 2008 Nov Winner of DTU Nanotech Conference 2008 for ”Best Innovation”. • A total of 150 MSc- and Phd students, Postdocs, ass. prof. and professors participated. iv 2008 Dec Venture Cup Zealand 3rd price winner. v • Established the venture ”Smart Pills Enterprise” and engaged a team of 5 experts from CBS, DTU, pharmacy industry and Risø-DTU. Won 10k and are working hard to win the first price of 250k in the national final. |
Michael's Startups (1)
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SmartPill Enterprise
New and smart way of time dependent drug delivery. This technology will ensure effective drug delivery and can be used for e.g. asthma, cancer and Addisons disease.
Michael is Following (5)
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VIDZDOWNLOAD.COM
The anti-YOUTUBE site. This is a paid service unlike YOUTUBE. Expect everything to be better in terms of features & design. For the professional video uploader or a rich dude who wants to show off his video but not in the for masses YOUTUBE site.
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frontier sciences group
The Frontier Sciences Group is an international consortium with base in Copenhagen, Denmark. We do cutting-edge research and development on new diagnosis and treatments based on the latest scientific studies from complementary and alt. medicine
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Small Screen Network
Small Screen Network is a media company that combines broadcast quality video development and production techniques with principles of the Internet and state of the art distribution technology to target niche communities.
Michael's Contacts (6)
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Theresa Dahl
Smart and Social! I am successful at combining a tender care for the people around me (friends, colleagues, strangers) with a disciplined and interested approach to my study in Int. Mrkt. & Mng. as well as my student job and voluntary work.
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Christian Stefansen
PhD in Computer Science and Mathematics from University of Copenhagen (2008), Partner and Co-founder at Concentric IT (1997-2008), Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Copenhagen (2008-2009), at Google since 2009
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Rade Glomazic
Currently a Doctoral candidate in Political science at the European Center for Peace and Development of the UN University of Peace. Have over ten years of professional experience working in socio-economic development activities and int. cooperation