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    Dr. Anja Kunze has held several positions in academia since 2001, including post-doctoral researcher positions at UCLA and EPFL, and obtaining a Ph.D. in Microengineering from EPFL in 2012. She has received several awards and grants for her research applying micro- and nanotechnologies to engineer the neuronal cell niche and study neurodegenerative diseases. Recent invited talks have focused on using these engineering tools to determine mechanical sensitivity of cortical neurons.

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    Dr. Anja Kunze has held several positions in academia since 2001, including post-doctoral researcher positions at UCLA and EPFL, and obtaining a Ph.D. in Microengineering from EPFL in 2012. She has received several awards and grants for her research applying micro- and nanotechnologies to engineer the neuronal cell niche and study neurodegenerative diseases. Recent invited talks have focused on using these engineering tools to determine mechanical sensitivity of cortical neurons.

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    Employments and Education

    04/2012 - present

    06/2007 - 03/2012

    09/2001 - 05/2007

    University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Bioengineering Department, Los Angeles,


    California, United States
    Post-doctoral researcher
    Mentor: Dino Di Carlo
    cole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne (EPFL), Microsystems Laboratory (LMIS4),
    Lausanne, Switzerland
    Docteur s science (Ph.D.)
    Teaching assistant, Graduate research assistant
    PhD thesis: Microengineering the cerebral cortical cell niche: A new cell culture tool
    for neuroscience research, Microsystems and Microelectronics doctoral school
    (EDMI) at EPFL
    Mentor: Philippe Renaud
    Dresden University of Technology (TUD), Electrical Engineering - Microelectronics,
    Dresden, Germany
    Dipl.-Ing. Electrical and Electronics Engineering (MSc. EE.)
    Undergraduate research assistant
    Internship: Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI, Switzerland), Laboratory for Micro- and
    Nanotechnology (06/2006 - 10/2006)
    Supervisor: Celestino Padeste

    Awards and Grants


    10/2013 - present

    Fellowship for advanced post-doctoral research (Swiss National Science Foundation,


    US$ 100k)

    06/2013

    UC Systemwide Bioengineering Award for Best Oral Presentation at UC Bioengineering


    Symposium, San Diego, CA, USA

    04/2012-10/2013

    Fellowship for post-doctoral research abroad, (Swiss National Science Foundation, US$
    68k)

    11/2010

    Nominated for the Art in Science Award, Lab Chip, 2011, 11, 993-994
    DOI:10.1039/C1LC90007B

    11/2007

    ALA Award for Best Poster at NanoBioTech-Montreux, Switzerland

    03/2005

    Erasmus fellowship, TU Dresden, 6 month study exchange

    09/2004

    Femtec network fellowship, TU Berlin, 2 years career building program

    Invited Talks and Seminars


    4/2014
    3/2014

    UIUC-Bioengineering, Engineering the Neuronal Cell Niche Using Micro- and


    Nanotechnological Tools for Neurodegenerative Disease Studies
    TUM-Neurosymposium: Nanoengineering tools to determine mechanical sensitivity of
    cortical neurons during development.

    3/2012

    EPFL-Public Thesis Defense, Micro-engineering the Cerebral Cortical Cell Niche: A new
    Cell Culture Tool for Neuroscience Research

    11/ 2009

    EPFL-IBI Seminar: Microfabricated Hydrogel Layers to Study Neuronal Network


    Formation, Host: Philippe Renaud

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