Dr. Claire Stanley

Biography

Claire Stanley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London. Her research focuses on developing microfluidic 'Organ-on-a-Chip' technologies to probe the interplay of soil-dwelling organisms at the single cell level. This technique has the great potential to provide unique insights into biological events at the level of single organisms and cells, enabling precise environmental control, high-resolution dynamic imaging, and simulations of environmental complexity, which afford quantitative information. Claire is actively involved in projects at the interface of bioengineering and microbiology, particularly in studying bacterial-fungal interactions at the single cell level and in understanding the defense responses of fungi against predation by nematodes, as well as plant root adaptations in response to environmental asymmetry. She has established a strong international network of collaborators across Switzerland, Europe, and the USA. Previously, Claire completed her PhD in Chemistry at Imperial College London and held a postdoctoral position at ETH Zurich, where she was awarded the Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione grant to establish her own independent research team at Agroscope in Switzerland.

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