Claudia Gärtner

Claudia Gaertner, PhD, studied chemistry and biology at the university of Duesseldorf, Germany. She obtained her PhD in biochemistry and became involved with microtechnologies at the Institute of Microtechnology Mainz (IMM). In 1999 she took over the position of the director of the newly founded Application Center for Microtechnology Jena, Germany (amt) where she built up the technological infrastructure for the realization of micro components and established microfluidics as a research area. She is the founder of the microfluidic company “microfluidic ChipShop” (2002). In 2002 she was nominated for the German Founders Prize and decorated with the Thuringian award for the best business concept for microfluidic ChipShop. In March 2006 Dr. Gaertner moved from the amt to microfluidic ChipShop where she was named CEO. She leads a wide variety of research projects for the development of lab-on-a-chip systems for life science applications and respective novel fabrication technologies.