Maria Asplund

Maria Asplund is a Research Fellow at the University of Freiburg's Department of Microsystems Engineering, leading the Bioelectronic Microtechnology research group since 2011. She holds a Guest Professorship at Luleå University of Technology (2019) and serves as a scientific editor for PLoS ONE.

• PhD: Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm (2009)

Her research focuses on flexible microtechnology, tissue-device interaction, and electronic biomaterials. Notable contributions include developing energy-efficient bioelectronic technologies and pioneering skin tissue engineering through her ERC-funded SPEEDER project (2017).

Grants and recognition include the prestigious ERC Starting Grant for her innovative work in bioelectronic concepts for tissue engineering.