Murali Krishna Ghatkesar
Associate Professor
Murali Krishna Ghatkesar earned his M.Sc. (Electronics) from the University of Hyderabad, India, and his M.Sc. (Engineering) by research in Instrumentation from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Physics with summa cum laude (highest honors) from the University of Basel, Switzerland. He was a postdoc researcher at the Physics Department, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA. Subsequently, he was a research associate at the Chemistry Department, University of Virginia (UVA), USA. Presently, he is an Associate Professor at the Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering (PME), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands.
Research interests: Micro and Nano fabrication, Micro and nanofluidics, Biophysics
Vijayendra Shastri
Postdoc
Project: Subcellular Proteomics
Collaborators: Prof. Adriaan Houtsmuller (EMC) and Dr. Jereon Demmers (EMC)
Murat Kabatas
Postdoc
Project: eNOSE for plants
Collaborators: Prof. Peter Steeneken and Prof. Frans Widdershoven
Joost Bom
Master student
Project: Self-assembled microfludic channels
Jialin Wang
Master student
Project: Biomechanical characterisation of macrophages
Snehal Metri
Master student
Project: In-situ water layer thickness measurement for cryo-EM
Gyeong Geun Lee
Master student
Project: Multifunctional 3D-printed microfluidic cantilevers
Stan Smit
Master student
Project: VOC sensing
Kristof Keresztes
Master student
Project: Phase-guided microfluidic precision flow control