Jan Burri

Biography

Jan was born in Bern, Switzerland in February 1990. He studied Nanosciences at the University of Basel, where he obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree with the major in physics. Following a two-month project in a theoretical quantum computing group, which led to a co-author paper, he worked on his master’s thesis at the Center for Cellular Imaging and NanoAnalytics (C-CINA, University of Basel). He completed his master’s thesis on the development of a protein separation and aggregation system to study proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases in February 2015. In May 2015, Jan joined the Multi-Scale Robotics Lab as a PhD student. His research interests include the study of biological systems using microelectronics, as well as microfluidics.

Research Interest

Robots