Prof. Dr. Berna Özkale Edelmann

Berna Özkale Edelmann’s research focuses on developing nanorobotic tools to decode signaling processes between mammalian cells and their microenvironment. Specifically, her work employs nanotechnology, smart biomaterials, microfluidics, and single-cell manipulation technologies to create multifunctional microsystems for regenerative medicine.

Özkale Edelmann earned her Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (2009) and her Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from ETH Zurich (2011). She completed her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at ETH Zurich’s Multi Scale Robotics Lab (2016). In 2017, she joined Harvard University’s Mooney Lab as a postdoctoral researcher. Since 2021, Özkale Edelmann has been at TUM, where she holds the professorship for Nano- and Microrobotics at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.