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Our recent paper “Reduced rotational flows enable the translation of surface-rolling microrobots in confined spaces “ published in Nature Communications shows the effect of the physical confinements on the locomotion of surface-rolling microrobots.

Our paper “Piezo Capsule: Ultrasonic Way of Wireless Pressure Measurement” is published in Advanced Intellligent Systems. Here, we present the piezo capsule, a simple, cost-effective, and miniaturized passive ultrasound pressure sensing system. We demonstrated the real-time pressure profiles of an artificial vessel for varying fluid flow pulse frequency and volumetric rates.

I give an invited talk in the Micro/Nanorobots for Medicine workshop of Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics 2022 at Imperial College, London. The talk title is “Trends in medical microrobotics: future outlook and challenges”.

Our science advances paper is highlighted in ETH news: “New imaging method makes tiny robots visible in the body”.

Our paper “Real-time 3D optoacoustic tracking of cell-sized magnetic microrobots circulating in the mouse brain vasculature” is published in Science Advances. We demonstrated real-time 3D optoacoustic tracking of magnetic microrobots (5-20 \(\mu\)m diamater) in circulatory vasculture of mice.

Our paper “High shear rate propulsion of acoustic microrobots in complex biological fluids” is published in Science Advances. Here, we show how acoustically-powered microrobots can be efficiently propelled thorough complex viscoelastic fluids, such as blood and mucus, by the use of high shear rate fluidic flow near their body.

MPI-IS Grassroots 2021 Funding (8,300 €/Year) - Title: Talk & Talk project, a series of informal research talks and social hour at the MPI-IS Stuttgart for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. Co-organizer with four other members of MPI-IS.

Our article “Bioinspired underwater locomotion of light-driven liquid crystal gels” was designated as a 2020 Cozzarelli Prize Finalist, which recognizes recently published PNAS papers of outstanding scientific quality and originality.

MPI-IS Grassroots 2020 Funding (24,000 €/Year) – Title: Development of a Surface Haptic Display using Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Softness Sensation Rendering, Co-PIs: Dr. Hamed Shahsavan and Dr. Yasemin Vardar.