Master Student in Microfluidics (m/f/d)

Job description

Master Student in Microfluidics (m/f/d) We are recruiting an ambitious master thesis student who wants to pursue groundbreaking research in the areas of bioengineering . It will be based in the laboratory of Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah at CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna . The Project: The function, and dysfunction, of the neurovascular unit (NVU) barrier is central to post-traumatic injury progression. This project introduces a bioengineered microphysiological platform designed to integrate a structured neuronal compartment with a functional vascular barrier in a controlled three-dimensional environment. By engineering spatial organization and vascular perfusion from the outset, we aim to establish an in vitro NVU model in which barrier formation, maintenance, and breakdown can be systematically studied. To achieve this, we will iteratively design and fabricate microfluidic platforms using CAD-based modeling and in-house 3D printing to generate molds for device production. We will optimize biomaterial composition and mechanical properties to support neuronal compartment stability, vascular maturation, and self-organized interf...