Christoph Merten

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Christoph A. Merten,
born July 31st 1976 in Bielefeld, Germany

Professional Education and Appointments

2010 - present Group leader at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany.

2007 - 2010 Junior group leader at the Institute de Science et d'Ingenierie Supramoleculaire (ISIS), Strasbourg, France.

2004 - 2006 Postdoctoral work (Prof. A. D. Griffiths) Medical Research Council, Laboratory for Molecular Biology, in Cambridge, UK (01.04.04 - 31.08.05), and the Institute de Science et d'Ingenierie Supramoleculaire (ISIS), Strasbourg, France (01.09.05 - 31.12.2006).

2000 - 2004 Ph.D. in Biochemistry (Prof. K. Cichutek), Paul-Ehrlich-Institut in Langen, Germany. Grade (dissertation and defence): very good (magna cum laude)

1995 - 1999 Studies in Biochemistry, University of Frankfurt / Main, Germany. Diploma-thesis at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institute in Langen, Germany. Grade: ""very good with distinction"".

Awards

2007-2009 Liebig Grant for Prospective University Professors

2005-2006 Leopoldina Postdoc Fellowship

2001-2003 Ph.D. Fellowship from the "Funds of the (German) Chemical Industry"

Key Publication
Droplet-based microfluidic platforms for the encapsulation and screening of Mammalian cells and multicellular organisms. Clausell-Tormos, J., Lieber, D., Baret, J.C., El-Harrak, A., Miller, O.J., Frenz, L., Blouwolff, J., Humphry, K.J., Koster, S., Duan, H., Holtze, C., Weitz, D.A., Griffiths, A.D. & Merten, C.A. Chem Biol. 15(5):427-37. (2008)
(Research Highlight in Nature Methods 5(7): 580-581. (2008))
This paper has been cited 138 times (status on 09.02.2012).