Emma Moonen

Emma Moonen is a Postdoc Researcher in the Microsystems Group at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). She is a fellow in the national Faculty of Impact Program, focusing on commercializing sweat sensing devices for health monitoring. Her work involves discretized microfluidics and CRISPR-based analysis to enable non-invasive clinical insights from sweat. She holds a PhD (cum laude, 2024), MSc (2019), and BSc (2017) in Mechanical Engineering from TU/e. Her research spans wearable biosensors, microfluidic systems, and biomedical device development.

Education:

• BSc in Mechanical Engineering, TU/e (2017)
• MSc in Mechanical Engineering, TU/e (2019) with research at the University of Cambridge on flexible electrodes for electrophysiology.
• PhD in Microsystems (2019–2024) under Prof. Jaap den Toonder, developing POC technology for antibody detection.

Research Interests: Wearable sweat sensors, microfluidic platforms, point-of-care diagnostics, and biosensor integration. Her current projects include a hybrid patch for early health warnings and skin safety testing for electrowetting applications.

Awards:

• PhD cum laude (2024)

Grants & Roles:

• Funded by an NWO Faculty of Impact grant for commercializing sweat sensing devices.
• CTO of DXcrete, a startup potentially linked to her research.
• Member of the Eindhoven MedTech Innovation Center and Group Den Toonder.

Labs & Teams: Eindhoven MedTech Innovation Center, Microsystems Group, and collaboration with institutions like the University of Cambridge and Jason Heikenfeld’s lab.