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David Jäckel

Senior Product Manager

An Electrical Engineer by training, David became fascinated by the meeting point of neuroscience and technology early in his studies. That led him to pursue a PhD at the Bio Engineering Laboratory of ETH Zurich, where he worked on data analysis and techniques for combining HD-MEAs with patch clamp and microscopy. After graduating and a few years as a consultant, the pull of HD-MEA proved too strong, and David joined the MaxWell team in 2018. As Product Manager for MaxLab Live, he works alongside MaxWell Biosystems software and commercial teams to keep improving our products.

In this work, David is driven by building software users love and exploring how AI is reshaping the way we work. But what he enjoys most are the conversations and interactions with MaxWell users.

When he steps away from the screen, David enjoys playing chess, ice-bathing in Lake Zürich, and spending time with his family.

July 9, 2026

MaxLab Live 26.1: Advanced Analysis for High-Content Electrophysiology

MaxLab Live 26.1 introduces novel neuronal and cardiac analysis capabilities to help researchers extract deeper insights from HD-MEA recordings. New readouts, parameter-free workflows, and tailored exports simplify analysis from acquisition to downstream comparison.

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Archives of Toxicology
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2025
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Application of a high-density microelectrode array assay using a 3D human iPSC-derived brain microphysiological system model for in vitro neurotoxicity screening of environmental compounds

Kelly E. Carstens, Elena Gronskaya, David Jäckel, Jessica Bertoli, Kelvin Ramirez Cuevas, Julien Dorier, Shan Wang, David Lopez-Rodriguez, Timothy J. Shafer, Marie-Gabrielle Zurich, David Pamies
Advanced Biology
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2018
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The Axon Initial Segment is the Dominant Contributor to the Neuron's Extracellular Electrical Potential Landscape

Douglas J. Bakkum, Marie Engelene J. Obien, Milos Radivojevic, David Jäckel, Urs Frey, Hirokazu Takahashi, Andreas Hierlemann
Scientific Reports
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2017
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Combination of High-density Microelectrode Array and Patch Clamp Recordings to Enable Studies of Multisynaptic Integration

David Jäckel, Douglas J. Bakkum, Thomas L. Russell, Jan Müller, Milos Radivojevic, Urs Frey, Felix Franke, Andreas Hierlemann
Frontiers in Neuroscience
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2016
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Multiple Single-Unit Long-Term Tracking on Organotypic Hippocampal Slices Using High-Density Microelectrode Arrays

Wei Gong, Jure Senčar, Douglas J. Bakkum, David Jäckel, Marie Engelene J. Obien, Milos Radivojevic, Andreas R. Hierlemann
Scientific Reports
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2016
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Electrical Identification and Selective Microstimulation of Neuronal Compartments Based on Features of Extracellular Action Potentials

Milos Radivojevic, David Jäckel, Michael Altermatt, Jan Müller, Vijay Viswam, Andreas Hierlemann, Douglas J. Bakkum
Frontiers in Neuroscience
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2016
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Cortical Axons, Isolated in Channels, Display Activity-Dependent Signal Modulation as a Result of Targeted Stimulation

Marta K. Lewandowska, Miloš Radivojević, David Jäckel, Jan Müller, Andreas R. Hierlemann
Frontiers in Neuroscience
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2015
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A method for electrophysiological characterization of hamster retinal ganglion cells using a high-density CMOS microelectrode array

Ian L. Jones, Thomas L. Russell, Karl Farrow, Michele Fiscella, Felix Franke, Jan Müller, David Jäckel, Andreas Hierlemann
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
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2014
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Complexity Optimization and High-Throughput Low-Latency Hardware Implementation of a Multi-Electrode Spike-Sorting Algorithm

Jelena Dragas, David Jäckel, Andreas Hierlemann, Felix Franke
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
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2014
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A 1024-Channel CMOS Microelectrode Array With 26,400 Electrodes for Recording and Stimulation of Electrogenic Cells In Vitro

Marco Ballini, Jan Muller, Paolo Livi, Yihui Chen, Urs Frey, Alexander Stettler, Amir Shadmani, Vijay Viswam, Ian Lloyd Jones, David Jäckel, Milos Radivojevic, Marta K. Lewandowska, Wei Gong, Michele Fiscella, Douglas J. Bakkum, Flavio Heer, Andreas Hierlemann
Frontiers in Neural Circuits
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2012
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High-density microelectrode array recordings and real-time spike sorting for closed-loop experiments: an emerging technology to study neural plasticity

Felix Franke, David Jäckel, Jelena Dragas, Jan Müller, Milos Radivojevic, Douglas Bakkum, Andreas Hierlemann
Journal of Neuroscience Methods
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2012
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Recording from defined populations of retinal ganglion cells using a high-density CMOS-integrated microelectrode array with real-time switchable electrode selection

Michele Fiscella, Karl Farrow, Ian L. Jones, David Jäckel, Jan Müller, Urs Frey, Douglas J. Bakkum, Péter Hantz, Botond Roska, Andreas Hierlemann
Journal of Neurophysiology
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2012
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Applicability of independent component analysis on high-density microelectrode array recordings

David Jäckel, Urs Frey, Michele Fiscella, Felix Franke, Andreas Hierlemann