Christian W. Zemlin, PhD, MSc
Associate Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
Section of Cardiac Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Laboratory
Specialties
- Arrhythmia mechanisms and treatment research
- Ablation technology
- Rhythm management
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Meet Dr. Zemlin
Dr. Christian Zemlin is an internationally recognized researcher whose work focuses on the mechanisms and treatment of arrhythmias.
His research has been funded by the American Heart Association, the NIH, intramural funding and industry.
Dr. Zemlin’s research uses voltage-sensitive fluorescent probes to experimentally study cardiac activity, and computer modeling to understand how arrhythmias are initiated and maintained. He developed a new ablation modality for cardiac tissue based on ultrashort electric pulses that cause irreversible electroporation.
Dr. Zemlin earned his master’s degree in physics from the Technical University of Berlin and his doctorate in theoretical physics from Humboldt University in Berlin in 2002. He completed his postdoctoral research in cardiac electrophysiology at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse.
Education
Doctor of Theoretical Physics
Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2002
Master of Science, Physics
Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1998
Research interests
Cardiac ablation, cardiac electrophysiology, optical mapping, electroporation, nanosecond pulsed electric fields
Locations
Christian Zemlin, PhD, MSc
Clinical Sciences Research Building
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 314-362-8300