Clementine Boutry
Dr. Clementine Boutry
Biography
Clementine Boutry obtained her bachelor and master degrees in microengineering at EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland. She did her master thesis at Philips Research in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, working on the electronics of a giant magnetoresistance-based biosensor. She then joined the IT’IS Foundation at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, working as a scientist on bioelectromagnetic dosimetric studies. In 2012, she obtained her PhD degree in biodegradable electronics from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, awarded with the ETH Zurich Medal for outstanding PhD thesis. Her work, performed in the Micro and Nanosystems group (Prof. Christofer Hierold), focused on biodegradable passive resonant circuits for wireless implant applications. She then joined Philips Research in Shanghai, China, where she developed piezoelectric and accelerometer biomedical sensors for cardiovascular disease diagnosis, from prototypes to the implementation of human clinical studies. She then obtained a European Marie Curie fellowship and a Swiss SNSF mobility grant, and joined as a postdoc the group of prof. Zhenan Bao at Stanford University (Organic Electronics, USA), with a return phase in the group of prof. Stephanie Lacour at EPFL Lausanne (Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces, Switzerland). In addition to her pioneer work on biodegradable medical sensors, she also worked on stimulating nerve scaffolds for peripheral nerve repair. After participating in the Innosuisse Business Concept program in Geneva, Switzerland, she joined the group of prof. Hatice Altug at EPFL (BioNanoPhotonic Systems laboratory), developing microfabricated infrared nanophotonic biosensors for biomolecular analysis. Since September 2019, she is assistant professor at the Department of Microlelectronics, TU Delft, The Netherlands, where she leads the Biodegradable Technologies team at ECTM (Electronic Components, Technology and Materials Laboratory).
CV
Education
2007 – 2012 Ph.D. Biodegradable Electronics, awarded with ETH Zurich Medal 2013
Supervisor: Prof. C. Hierold, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zurich, CH
1999 – 2004 Dipl.–Ing. in Microengineering, focus on integrated systems, EPFL Lausanne, CH
Diploma Thesis on biosensors performed at Philips Research, Eindhoven, NL
Supervisors: Prof. M. Gijs (EPFL), Prof. M. Prins (Philips)
Current position
2021 – Today Assistant Professor in Biodegradable Technologies, tenured
ECTM, Department of Microelectronics, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), NL
Previous positions
2020 – 2021 Postdoctoral Researcher, BioNanoPhotonic Systems Laboratory
Mentor: Prof. H. Altug, Institute of Bioengineering, EPFL Lausanne, CH
– Microfabricated infrared nanophotonic biosensors for biomolecular analysis
2017 – 2018 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Researcher (1 year return phase), Mentor: Prof. S. Lacour, Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces, Centre for Neuroprosthetics, EPFL Lausanne, CH
– In vitro cyclic mechanical stimulation of neural cells in biodegradable scaffolds
– Certification RESAL qualification on animal experimentation
2014 – 2017 Swiss SNSF and Marie Curie Postdoctoral researcher (3 years outgoing phase), Mentor: Prof. Z. Bao, Organic Electronics, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, USA
– Biodegradable wireless wearable and implantable sensors, and neural cells stretching
2012 – 2014 Scientist, Healthcare department, Philips Research, Shanghai, China
– Development of cardiovascular medical devices for the diagnosis of arterial stiffness
– Setting up clinical studies in a local Chinese hospital in Shanghai
2005 – 2007 Research and teaching assistant, IT’IS foundation
Electrical Engineering Department, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
– Dosimetric studies on the interaction of electromagnetic waves with the human body
2003 – 2004 Intern, Healthcare department, Philips research, Eindhoven, NL
– Electronics for noise reduction in giant magnetoresistance point-of-care biosensors
Fellowships and grants
2025 Recipient of the Dutch VIDI grant on heart failure recovery, funding 1 Ph.D. and 2 Postdoctoral positions, NWO Talent Program with ∼12% success rate
2023 Recipient of the ERC Starting grant on nerve repair, funding 3 Ph.D. and 1 Postdoctoral positions, ∼15% success rate
2023 Recipient of the Delft Health Initiative grant
2022 – 2025 Four times recipient of BioEngineering Institute grants for interfaculty collaborations
2022 Recipient of the Delft University of Technology Synergy Grant, funding 1 Ph.D. student.
2022 Recipient of the Dutch HTSF 4TU grant “Green Sensors,” on biodegradable sensors for soil monitoring, written as lead author with two scientists in complementary fields (Agriculture and Reliability), set up of a collaboration with the 4 Dutch Technical Universities, funding of 4 new Tenure Track positions, 3 Ph.D. and 1 Postdoctoral positions
2019 Recipient of the Delft University of Technology Fellowship, awarded to top-talent academic researchers at assistant professor level or higher
2014 Author and recipient of the European Marie Curie IOF grant “Nerve-Repair” No. 622362, financing 3 years of Postdoctoral research. Set up of a new collaboration between Prof. Z. Bao at Stanford University, USA, and prof. S. Lacour at EPFL, Switzerland
2014 Author and recipient of the Swiss SNSF Postdoc mobility grant No. P2EZP2_152118, financing 18 months of Postdoctoral research at Stanford University, USA
Personal and group awards
2025 Best Student oral presentation, awarded to Zhengwei Liao (Ph.D. student) at the International Micro and Nano Engineering Conference MNE 2025 in Southhampton, UK
2023 Best poster presentation, awarded to Elena Aprea (Ph.D. student), at Biocube 2023, IT
2020 Innosuisse prize, “Best life sciences project”, Innosuisse Business Concept program, CH
2020 Geneus prize for Life science innovation, Campus Biotech Geneva, Switzerland
2015 2nd Best Student Paper Prize at IEEE SENSORS conference, Busan, Korea
2013 ETH Zurich Medal 2013 for outstanding Ph.D. thesis, Zurich, Switzerland
2011 2nd Best Poster Award at MME conference, Toensberg, Norway
2006 C. Johnson Award for Best Student Poster at BEMS conference, Cancún, Mexico
2004 Diploma Thesis awarded with grade 6/6, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland