Alp Karacakol

Alp Karacakol is a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, where he develops magnetic microrobotic tools for biomedical applications. His current work focuses on parallel cell isolation in standard multiwell plates, with the goal of automating the preparation of low-input biological samples for screening and downstream analysis. His broader expertise spans robotic systems design, control, and hardware–software integration for complex experimental workflows. He earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, conducting his doctoral research in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, and was subsequently awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems. He is a member of a translational research team currently supported by the EXIST Research Transfer program, following earlier support through a Cyber Valley Innovation Fellowship funded by the Carl Z