Team

Ph.D. Researchers

Ms. Yaren Bathaei

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2023
Bachelor/Master studies major and universityBachelor in chemistry at Istanbul Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, Master in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering at KOC university, Istanbul, Turkey

Research interests: 3D printing of living materials
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Email: e.y.ozuaciksoz@tudelft.nl

Mr. Javad Bathaei

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2023
Bachelor/Master studies major and universityBachelor in material sciences at University of Tehran, Master in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering at KOC university, Istanbul, Turkey

Research interests: Biodegradable sensors for the environment
Hobbies
Email: J.Bathaei@tudelft.nl

Mr. Zhengwei Liao

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2023
Bachelor/Master studies major and universityBachelor in material sciences at Nanjing University, Master in material sciences at TU Delft, the Netherlands

Research interests: Biodegradable medical patches
Hobbies: Traveling
Email: Z.Liao@tudelft.nl

Ms. Feyza Pirim

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2023
Bachelor/Master studies major and universityBachelor in mechanical engineering and Master in micro and nanotechnology at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Research interests: Biodegradable magnetic actuators
Hobbies: Hiking, Photography, reading
Email: F.Pirim@tudelft.nl

Ms. Elena Aprea

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2023
Bachelor/Master studies major and universityBachelor in Biomedical Engineering at the Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. Master in Bionics Engineering at theUniversità di Pisa – Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna – IMT Lucca, Italy

Research interests: Biodegradable microsystems for Organ-on-Chip and implants
Hobbies
Email: E.Aprea@tudelft.nl

Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Maryam Yazdan Mehr

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2023
Ph.D. institution and major: TU Delft, Organic Materials Degradation in Solid State Lighting Applications

Advisors: GuoQi Zhang
Research interests: Micro/Nano System Integration and Reliability, Green sensors

Master and Bachelor Students

Mr. Maarten Lemmens

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2023 
Bachelor/Master studies major and university: MSc Biomedical Engineering, TU Delft

Research interests: Biodegradable membrane for vascularized brainorganoids

Ms. Ceren Kutucu

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2023 
Bachelor/Master studies major and university: MSc Biomedical Engineering, TU Delft

Research interests: Biodegradable sensors for wound healing assessment

Mr. Yukun Lian (Will)

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2023 
Bachelor/Master studies major and university: MSc Biomedical Engineering, TU Delft

Research interests: Biodegradable wireless medical sensors

Mr. Saeed Mohammadi Nasr

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2023 
Bachelor/Master studies major and university: MSc in Nanotechnology Engineering at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Research interests: Cryogels for cardiac patches

Ms. Pornpawee Uliss (Tim)

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2023 
Bachelor/Master studies major and university: MSc Biomedical Engineering, TU Delft

Research interests: Magnetocaloric-based composites for implants applications

Mr. Edoardo Domenella

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2023 
Bachelor/Master studies major and universityMSc in Micro and Nanosystems Electronics at Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Research interests: Test setup for stretchable electronics

Ms. Teresa Onorato

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2023 
Bachelor/Master studies major and university: MSc in Micro and Nanosystems Electronics at Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Research interests: Stretchable biodegradable electrodes

Mr. Friso Kahler

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2023 
Bachelor/Master studies major and university: MSc Biomedical Engineering, TU Delft

Research interests: Transient perfusion chamber for vascularized brain organoids

Ms. Eline Cox

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2023 
Bachelor/Master studies major and university: MSc Biomedical Engineering, TU Delft

Research interests: Medical instruments for DRG surgery

Ms. Samhitha Duvvuri

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2022
Bachelor/Master studies major and university: MSc Microelectronics, TU Delft

Research interests: Biodegradable sensors for biodiversity monitoring

ALUMNI

Ph.D. Researchers

Ms. Shriya Rangaswamy

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2021
Bachelor/Master studies major and university: MSc Microelectronics, TU Delft 

Research interests: Organ-on-chip electrodes

Postdoctoral Researchers

Master and Bachelor Students

Mr. Ian van Ingen

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2022
Bachelor/Master studies major and university BSc Microelectronics, TU Delft

Research interests: 3D printing of cryogels

Ms. Nikita Gopakumar

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2022
Bachelor/Master studies major and university: MSc Biomedical Engineering, TU Delft  

Research interests: Wireless biodegradable split ring resonators for pH and strain detection

Ms. Kiana Griffith

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2022
Bachelor/Master studies major and universityMSc Biomedical Engineering, TU Delft  

Research interests: Pressure sensors for intraocular monitoring

Mr. Sohrab Ashraf

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2022
Bachelor/Master studies major and university MSc Microelectronics, TU Delft

Research interests: Stretchable electrodes for medical implants

Mr. Zhengwei Liao

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2021-2022 
Bachelor/Master studies major and university: Materials Science Engineering

Research interests: Biodegradable actuators for Organ-on-Chip application

Mr. Oualid Zoumhani

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2021
Bachelor/Master studies major and university: MSc Biomedical Engineering, TU Delft

Research interests: 3D printing of biodegradable elastomers for iris distractor

Mr. Francesco Stallone

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2022
Bachelor/Master studies major and university: University Torino / Grenoble / EPFL

Research interests: Biodegradable pH and strain sensors

Mr./Ms.

Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team: 2022
Bachelor/Master studies major and universityUniversity Torino / Grenoble / EPFL

Research interests: Mechanical stretching of neuronal cells and stretchable electrodes

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Year in joining the Biodegradable Technologies team
Bachelor/Master studies major and university 

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