An academic journal

News & activities.

Research visits, conference conversations and milestones along the way. A photographic journal of my academic work.

7 activities

2026

Research visit

Nanomaterials exchange at McGill

McGill University · NanoFactory LaboratoryMontréal, Canada

I visited Prof. Changhong Cao’s NanoFactory Laboratory with Dr. James Mead through the DAAD–Canada collaboration. Our exchange focused on transfer and characterization techniques for 1D and 2D nanomaterials.

Research visit

At AMiR with Prof. Erdem Alaca

University of Oldenburg · AMiROldenburg, Germany

Prof. Erdem Alaca visited AMiR through the ongoing NanowireMEMS collaboration. The DAAD–TÜBITAK project focuses on MEMS-based mechanical testing of bottom-up synthesized nanowires.

2024

Research visit

Research exchange in Louisville

University of Louisville · J.B. Speed School of EngineeringLouisville, USA

Together with Dr. James Mead and Dr. Liang Ma, I visited the J.B. Speed School of Engineering. I presented my AMiR research, toured Prof. Dan Popa’s LARRI facilities and discussed collaboration within the DAAD LicLoM project.

Conference

Presenting at MARSS 2024

MARSS 2024 · TU DelftDelft, Netherlands

At MARSS 2024 at TU Delft, I presented my research and exchanged ideas with colleagues in manipulation, automation and robotics at small scales.

2023

Research visit

Sharing my research at Tianjin University

Tianjin University · School of Mechanical EngineeringTianjin, China

I visited the School of Mechanical Engineering to present my AMiR research and discuss it with colleagues. My talk covered nanorobotic origami and liquid-metal droplet nanocharacterization in SEM-FIB.

Milestone

Defending my doctoral research

FEMTO-ST InstituteBesançon, France

I defended my Ph.D. research at FEMTO-ST, completing my doctorate in Engineering Science at Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté. My doctoral work explored nanorobotic origami through fabrication, assembly and actuation of three-dimensional microstructures.

2022

Milestone

A Micron d’Or for our work at FEMTO-ST

Micronora 2022Besançon, France

I joined the FEMTO-ST team at Micronora 2022, where the institute received a Micron d’Or for a light-actuated nanorobotic structure. The work combines silica origami with an optical-fiber support. This was recognition of a team effort during my doctoral research.

Photographs from my research visits, conferences and academic milestones.