Experience

Empa

• Switzerland
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• (Transmission) Electron Microscopy Specialist

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  1. Studying nanomaterial-biology interactions with state-of-the-art and own newly developed electron microscopy (EM) methods in the Particles-Biology Interactions Laboratory of Dr. Peter Wick at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology 2. Providing service, consulting and research for internal and external partners in the application and development of EM methods at the intersection of materials science and biology: • Biological sample preparation for transmission/scanning electron microscopy including fixation, staining, dehydration, drying, resin embedding of (primary) cell lines and tissues, post-staining and ultra-/semi-thin (serial) sectioning • Grid/wafer/stub preparation of various (nano)materials (metals, organics etc.) and/or biosystems (cell/tissue sections, viruses, proteins etc.) for transmission/scanning electron microscopy including correlative/high-resolution/serial section imaging and elemental analysis • EM data acquisition and analysis for (nano)materials and/or biological systems using different transmission/scanning electron microscopes with the possibility of correlative/high-resolution/serial section imaging and elemental analysis, and with a focus on effects of (nano)materials on biosystems and vice versa • Contact person for transmission/scanning electron microscopy and (biological) sample preparation at Empa St. Gallen • Responsible for transmission/(scanning) electron microscope maintenance and user training/consulting • Member of LS2 and Laboratory Operations Team Show less