Members of the EMBLA group

I lead the research group EMBLA - Enabling Microtechnologies for Biomedical and Life science Applications. The main goal of the lab is to develop microsystems for applications within the life sciences with a special interest on research related to micro/nano fabrication and processing of new materials.

I teach in several different courses in the undergraduate programmes and give a PhD course called "Introduction to BioMEMS". I was a member of the Young Academy of Sweden between 2014-2019 (chair 2018-2019 and vice chair 2017-2018) and I hold a Faculty position at SciLifeLab where I am also the Director of the pilot facility Customized Microfluidics. My research is funded by large grants from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (Wallenberg Academy Fellow 2016 and Prolongation Grant 2021) and the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant 2017, ERC Consolidator Grant 2022).

I am on a research exchange at UC Santa Barbara, CA, USA during the academic year 2022-2023 collaborating with the group of Prof. Beth Pruitt. 

Short CV

• 2019, Professor Microsystems Technology, Uppsala University
• 2015, Docent Microsystems Technology, Uppsala University
• 2007, PhD Microtechnology, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
• 2003, MSc Physics, Lund University
• 2002, BSc Physics, Imperial College London

Telephone: +46 (0)18 471 70 61     Email: maria.tenje@angstrom.uu.se

Samah joined the EMBLA research group in September 2020 as a Researcher.

Short CV

• 2018-2019 Postdoc, The Institute of Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University (Japan)
• 2016-2018 (Teaching) Assistant Professor, Amman University (Jordan)
• 2015-2016 Postdoc, The Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel)
• 2014 Postdoc, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
• 2012-2013 Postdoc, The Ohio State University (USA)
• 2009-2012 Lecturer, Al-Ghad College of Medical Sciences (Saudi Arabia)
• 2009, PhD Biochemistry "Identification of TM9SF2 as a candidate cell surface marker common to breast carcinoma cells", Okayama University (Japan)

Email: samah.abousharieha@angstrom.uu.se

Anna joined the EMBLA research group in September 2023. Her research is focused on the combination of acoustofluidics and droplet microfluidics.

Short CV

• 2023-, Researcher in EMBLA group, Uppsala University
• 2022-2023, High school teacher, Carl Engström gymnasiet
• 2020-2022, PostDoc, Lund University
• 2019-2020, PostDoc in EMBLA Group, Uppsala University
• 2018, PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Lund University
• 2012, MSc in Engineering NanoScience, Lund University

Email: anna.fornell@angstrom.uu.se

Sagar joined the EMBLA research group in November 2021. His main supervisor is Prof. Dan Andersson at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University.

Short CV

• 2021, Post-doctoral research associate, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, (USA).
• 2021, Joint PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB) (India) and Monash University (Australia). 

Email: sagar.agnihotri@imbim.uu.se

Pradipta joined the EMBLA research group in January, 2023. His research is focused on the theoretical study of acoustic traps and the associated heating effect.

Short CV:

• 2022, PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida (USA)
• 2013, M. Tech, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (India)
• 2009, B. E., Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata (India)

Email: pradipta.das@angstrom.uu.se

Yuan joined the EMBLA research group in May 2020. She is currently developing a microfluidic platform to measure the metabolism in single marine phytoplankton cells. The platform will form a core pillar of her PhD work in assessing the environmental impacts on cells with a focus on heterogeneity within populations. Her main PhD supervisor is Dr. Lars Behrendt at the Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University.

Short CV:

• Since 2020, PhD student in Environmental Toxicology, Uppsala University
• 2019, MSc in Environmental Engineering, ETH Zürich (Switzerland)
• 2017, BSc in Environmental Engineering, Jilin University (China)

Email: yuan.cui@ebc.uu.se

Praneeth joined the EMBLA research group in October 2017. In his PhD project, he focuses on developing microfluidic devices and molecular biology tools to study antibiotic resistance evolution in bacteria (Escherichia coli) at single cell level. Main PhD supervisor is Prof. Johan Elf at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University.

Short CV:

• Since 2017, PhD student in Molecular Biotechnology, Uppsala University
• 2017, MSc Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
• 2014, B. Tech (Honors) Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (India)

Telephone: +46 (0)790 21 18 62  Email: praneeth.karempudi@icm.uu.se

Qian joined the EMBLA research group in September 2020. Her project will focus on the development of a microfluidic platform for controlled generation and culture of human cerebral organoids, with the assistance of acoutofluidic methods. The platform could be used for drug discovery and basic medical research.

Short CV:

• Since 2020, PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, Uppsala University
• 2020, MSc in Applied Biotechnology, Uppsala University
• 2017, BSc in Biochemical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)

Email: qian.shi@angstrom.uu.se

Gabriel joined the EMBLA research group in June 2019. His research is focused on acoustic trapping for bead-based cytokine detection assays, which will be used for continuous organ-on-chip monitoring. Further, the heating effects during acoustic trapping will be investigated.

Short CV

• Since 2019, PhD student in Microsystems Technology, Uppsala University
• 2018, MSc Medical Engineering, Technische Universität München

Email: gabriel.werr@angstrom.uu.se

Marcus joined the EMBLA group in September 2023 and will be investigating how acoustofluidics can be used to separate cells and bioparticles in milk as a sample-prep step in microbiological diagnostics.