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Celebrating excellence in teaching: EEMCS Educators of the Year 2025

• Thursday, 17 July 2025

• Ioan Lager is admired for his consistently friendly approach, helpful course materials, and willingness to answer any question—creating an open and approachable learning environment.
• Ilke Ercan stood out for her uniquely student-centered teaching style and motivational presence. Her support helps students stay engaged and confident throughout their studies.

Read the whole articel here; Celebrating excellence in teaching: EEMCS Educators of the Year 2025

PhD candidate Jia-Jun Yeh wins an Outstanding Young Researcher award at TRANSDUCERS 2025

• Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Last week in Orlando, Florida, Jia-Jun Yeh, PhD candidate at ECTM, received one of the Outstanding Young Researcher awards at the 23rd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS 2025) for her work entitled "Integrated microfluidic tissue barrier sensor module for a standardized and modular organ-on-chip platform".

Jia-Jun's work is the result of a close collaboration between Delft University of Technology (supervised by Massimo Mastrangeli) and Eindhoven University of Technology (Jaap den Toonder), with valuable contributions from partners at the University of Twente and Wageningen University & Research. The joint effort is part of the Perspectief Program SMART Organ-on-Chip (OoC) and the NWA-ORC LymphChip project, which support and strengthen this interdisciplinary research.

Ata Golparvar Receives SNSF Postdoctoral Fellowship

• Monday, 30 June 2025

Ata Golparvar, postdoctoral researcher at ECTM under supervisin of Dr. Clémentine Boutry, has been awarded the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)'s Postdoctoral Fellowship to extend his residence at ECTM and develop Transient Biophotonic Implants. The three-year fellowship includes the possibility of a one-year return phase to EPFL/ETH.

With this funding, Ata will explore new approaches to help shift healthcare from reactive treatment toward proactive, pre-symptomatic diagnosis. Realizing this goal requires continuous access to molecular information within the body. To address this need, Ata is developing a new class of transient molecular implants capable of wireless, passive, and label-free biosensing. These implants are designed to safely biodegrade after use, eliminating the need for surgical removal to enable “insert & forget” approach to biosensing, particularly beneficial in post-operative care.

Further information at the following link.