Michaël Unser

Michaël Unser is a Full Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in the School of Engineering, leading the Biomedical Imaging Laboratory. He serves as Academic Director for Imaging at EPFL and contributes to cross-departmental teaching in Microengineering, Mathematics, and Life Sciences Engineering.

His research spans Image Processing, Medical Imaging, Wavelets, and Spline-based Modeling, with a focus on multiresolution analysis and single-molecule localization microscopy. He has mentored over 30 PhD students and supervised numerous research projects.

Recent publications highlight advancements in super-resolution microscopy, deep learning integration, and inverse problem solving for biomedical imaging. His work emphasizes mathematical rigor and open-source software development for accessible bioimaging tools.

• IEEE Technical Achievement Award (2008)
• IEEE EMBS Career Achievement Award (2020)
• Three ERC Advanced Grants (FUNSP, GlobalBioIm, FunLearn)

As Academic Director for Imaging, he leads EPFL's cross-disciplinary imaging initiatives. His teaching includes Fundamentals of Image Analysis and Signals and Systems courses.