Short bio
Moritz Queisner is a professor in the field of digital health at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. He is an expert in health technologies with a focus on future applications, technology assessment, knowledge transfer, and design principles. Moritz has an academic background in in media studies, science and technology studies and digital health.
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I’m available for press or expert requests, for reviews, conferences, workshops and other collaborations in the field of digital health. I’m also open for collaborating with health tech companies to discuss new approaches, designs and innovations. If you are interested to write your thesis at our lab (BA, MA, PhD and other student projects) please get in touch no matter what disciplinary background you have. Feel free to send me an email.
Affiliations
- Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chirurgische Klinik, CCM | CVK, Experimentelle Chirurgie, Digital Surgery Lab, junior professor Interdisciplinary Technology Transfer and Digitization in Surgery
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, principal investigator
- DFG Priority Programme The Digital Image, project 4D imaging, project leader
- Berlin XR Lab, Berlin University Alliance, founding member
- XR4Europe – Moving the European XR tech industry forward, member
- Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (GfM), member
Past Affiliations
- University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, DFG Priority Programme The Digital Image
- Einstein-Schering-Zirkel Life Imaging, coordinator
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Cluster of Excellence Image Knowledge Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory,
- Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Center for Digital Cultures, Post-Media Lab
- Adaptive Imaging group, co-founder
- Drone Research Network, co-founder
- Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, DFG Centre for Advanced Study Picture Act and Embodiment
- Universität Potsdam, Research Training Centre „Visibility and Visualisation“, doctoral student
- Universität Potsdam, Institute for Arts and Media, research assistant
- Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Sudan Office, Khartoum,
Long bio
Moritz is professor for Interdisciplinary Technology Transfer and Digitization in Surgery at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, where he leads the Digital Surgery Lab. The junior professorship is associated with the Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, where he is a principal investigator. He is an expert in digital media and digital health with a focus on future applications, technology assessment, knowledge transfer, and design principles. His academic work investigates the impact of contemporary media technology on medical practice. His latest books are »Adaptivität«, »Image – Action – Space« and »Image Guidance« (publications). Moritz is a regular speaker at conferences (lectures), organized a variety of academic workshops and conferences (events) and taught university courses on graduate and postgraduate levels. He was the co-founder of the Adaptive Imaging group, a collective of scholars, designers and scientists who study image-guided practices in contemporary media technology, and the Drone Research Network, an inter-disciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas and projects relating to the study of drones.
Moritz held academic positions at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, where he received his PhD with a thesis on extended reality in surgery, at the University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, the Cluster of Excellence Image Knowledge Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory at Humboldt University Berlin, where he was part of the research team Image & Action (Bild & Handlung), the Collegium for the Advanced Study of Picture Act and Embodiment at Humboldt University Berlin, the Post Media Lab at the Center for Digital Cultures at Leuphana University Lüneburg and the Institute for Arts and Media at the University of Potsdam. He has been a member of the research training group Visibility and Visual Production: Hybrid Forms of Iconic Knowledge at the University of Potsdam and the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. Besides his PhD in medical science Moritz holds a master’s degree in European Media Studies and a bachelor’s degree in Media and Communication Studies.
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Education
- Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Surgery (PhD)
- Universität Potsdam, DFG Research Training Centre Visibility and Visualisation – Hybrid Forms of Pictorial Knowledge (PhD student)
- Universität Potsdam, European Media Studies (MA)
- Freie Universität Berlin, Communication Science (BA)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Human Security (Erasmus year)
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