PALESTRA

Measurement and modeling of the

middle ear: from basic insights to
diagnostic tools
By Prof. Joris Dirckx
Joris J.J. Dirckx was born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1960. He graduated in Physics
and in Didactics at the University of Antwerp, taught physics and mathematics in
high school, and then became assistant at the University of Antwerp. In 1991, he
obtained the PhD in Physics, with the dissertation “Automated moiré topography
and its use for shape and deformation measurements of the eardrum”. From 1992
to 1993, he worked as scientific advisor for the government (IWT), where he
assessed and audited industrial research projects. In 1994, he returned to
research and worked at the ENT department of St. Augustinus hospital as clinical
audiologist, and performed research on oto-acoustic emissions and cochlear
implants. In 1996, he joined the University of Antwerp as post-doc researcher.
He became professor in 2003, and is now director of the laboratory of Biomedical
Physics (www.uantwerp.be/bimef) and full professor in the department of
Physics. In 2014 he was elected chair of the department. He teaches courses in
general physics for pharmacy, biology and biochemistry students, physics of
optical microscopy, and courses in practical holography and biomedical imaging
for physics students.
His current research interests focus on the development of opto-electronic
metrology systems, and on the mechanics of biological systems. In the field of
measurement techniques, he focuses on the development of optical metrology to
measure shape, deformation and vibration of small objects, such as the eardrum,
the middle ear ossicles, blood vessels and bird skulls. In the field of middle ear
research, his interest is mainly in middle ear pressure regulation and its effect
on middle ear mechanics, and in high resolution imaging and modeling of the
middle ear system.

Data: 29 de novembro de 2019

Horário: 15 horas
Local: Auditório do Polo