Johanna ZikulnigJohanna Zikulnig was born in 1990 in Graz and lives in Carinthia, which is located in the South of Austria. In 2017, she obtained a master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Graz University of Technology. After working as a Junior Researcher in the Smart Systems Group at Carinthian Tech Research, she joined the Sensor Applications Group at Silicon Austria Labs (SAL), where she is currently employed as a Scientist.
Her scientific interests are on the development of sustainable sensors focusing on printing and hybrid technologies.
As part of her PhD project at EPFL, a sustainable self sufficient sensor platform for gas sensing applications will be developed. The goal is to use sustainable materials and additive manufacturing without requiring a battery or other potentially environmentally harmful components for energy storage and supply. This self-sufficient gas sensing platform can be used for e.g. low-cost and wireless breath analysis. The PhD project is co-supervised by Prof. Sandro Carrara (EPFL) and Dr. Jürgen Kosel (Head of SAL research unit “Sensor Applications”).
Junrui ChenJunrui Chen was born in 1995 in Jinhua, China.
He achieved his BSc. in mechanism and its automation from Beihang University(BUAA), Beijing in 2017. Meanwhile, he also gets a second degree in Business administration and management. He graduated with MSc. at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany in 2021, majored in medical technology (IBT, Instituts für Biomedizinische Technik) and Biomems technology (IMT, Institute of Microstructure Technology).
In March 2022 he joined Integrated Circuits Laboratory (ICLAB) at EPFL and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Microsystems and Microelectronics under the supervision of Prof. Sandro Carrara. His current research field is based on silicon memristive nanowire, which is a cross-discipline project supported by expertise in Microstructure technology, promoted by a solid background in Machinery and Electronics, and supplemented by programming skills.
