Suliana Manley

Suliana Manley is a Full Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the School of Basic Sciences and the Laboratory of Experimental Biophysics. She also holds teaching and research roles in EPFL's School of Life Sciences and Swiss Plasma Center, focusing on interdisciplinary biophysical studies.

• Education:
  • PhD in Physics (2004), Harvard University
  • Bachelor's in Physics & Mathematics (1997), Rice University

Manley's research centers on super-resolution fluorescence imaging, single-molecule tracking, and quantitative biophysics. Key themes include:

• Understanding protein assembly dynamics at cellular membranes
• Elucidating viral assembly mechanisms (e.g., HIV-Gag)
• Developing 3D imaging algorithms and high-density data reconstruction tools like PALMsiever and FALCON
• Quantifying nanoscale organization in systems like telomeres and centrioles

Her work bridges optical physics, computational image analysis, and cellular biology, with notable Nature and PNAS publications. Collaborations span bioengineering, genetics, and medical research.

Scientific Awards:

• Featured in Nature Methods Research Highlights (3x)
• Very Important Paper and Cover Article (ChemBioChem, 2012)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH and MIT

Advising & Collaborations:

• Current PhD students in biophysics, cellular biology, and bioengineering
• Former students: Anna Archetti, Aleksandr Benke, Andrea Callegari, and others
• Co-founder of tools for high-density super-resolution microscopy and live-cell imaging

Labs & Teams: Leads the Laboratory of Experimental Biophysics at EPFL, integrating physics-based methods into biological questions. The lab focuses on quantitative imaging, computational modeling, and software development for nanoscale analysis.