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Angela Steinauer is an Assistant Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), leading the Laboratory of Biomolecular Engineering Nanomedicine (LIBN). She received her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 2010 and Master of Science in Organic Chemistry in 2012 from the University of Zurich. Following her studies, she completed her PhD in Chemical Biology at Yale University under the supervision of Professor Alanna Schepartz. Steinauer's research interests lie in the development of synthetic protein-based gene carriers, with a focus on protein engineering and directed evolution techniques. Her postdoctoral research was conducted at ETH Zurich, collaborating with prominent researchers such as Professors Don Hilvert and Jean-Christophe Leroux, where she worked on protein cages for RNA delivery and mucolytic enzymes, respectively. Steinauer has been recognized for her academic excellence, receiving the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship in 2019 and the HHMI International Student Research Fellowship in 2014, along with the Yale Chemistry Teaching Award the same year.
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