Our Team

Meet the team of experts
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Prof. Dr Simone Schürle Finke

Principal Investigator
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Dr. Michael Christiansen

Senior Scientist
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Norma De Giuseppe

Administrative Assistant
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Dr. Claire Schirmer

Laboratory Technician
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Dr. Cameron Forbrigger

Post Doctoral Scientist

Project: Engineering of magnetic control & detection systems

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Dr. Johannes Büchler

Post Doctoral Scientist

Chemical Biology, Biological Chemistry, Bioinformatics

Myungjin

Dr. Myungjin Park

Post Doctoral Scientist

Electromagnetism, Micro/nanorobotics

Lucia

Dr. Lucia Giulia Brunel

Post Doctoral Scientist
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Yimo Yan

Post Doctoral Scientist

Microrobotics, Microfluidics

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Xiang Wang

PhD Student

Biohybrid Robotics, Synthetic Biology

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Fan Li

PhD Student

Protease, Biosensing

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Pascal Poc

PhD Student

Chemical Biology

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Ines Oberhuber

PhD Student

Chemistry, (Molecular) Imaging, Biomedical Engineering

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Elena Totter

PhD Student

Living Therapeutics, Magnetic Control

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Tim Grossrieder

PhD Student

Robotics, Control, Electromagnetism

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Emilie Einsiedel

PhD Student
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Francesca Toffanello

PhD Student
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Ping Shu Ho

PhD Student
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Camilla Michelagnoli

Master Student

Project: Microfluidic models for magnetic nanocarrier synthesis and evaluation

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Louise Gillon

Master Student
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Laurensz Moeharram

Master Student
Raphael

Raphael Menasce

Master Student

Project: Synthesis of new lipids for microbubbles

Antonia

Antonia Schönert

Master Student

Project: Engineering immune-evasive surface coatings for bacterial-based biohybrid microrobots

Lyn

Lyn Allegra Jüstrich

Bachelor Student

Project: Peptide Phage Display

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Lilly Malorny

Bachelor Student

Project: Optimized Silica Coating and Amine Functionalization of Rod-Shaped Fe3O4-Nanoparticles

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Gian-Andrea Burkard

Semester Student

Project: Characterization of the effect of different thrombolytic agents on in vitro microfluidics using engineered microrobots

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Archit Mundada

Semester Student

Project: Controlling RMF-Actuated Microrobots in Vascular Models

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Samira Dzambas

Semester Student

Project: Engineering protease responsive ultrasound contrast agents for molecular imaging

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Tapio Somersalmi

Semester Student
Josh Mesfin

Dr. Joshua Mesfin

Research partner

Translational Research, Biomaterials

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Alex Zanetti

Internship

Project: Engineering protease responsive ultrasound contrast agents for molecular imaging

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Lauren Ann Goralsky

Fulbright/EKSAS Scholarship Student