Steffen Hardt's Biography

Steffen Hardt, Professor, University of Technology Darmstadt

Steffen Hardt is the head of the Institute for Nano- and Microfluidics at the Center of Smart Interfaces/TU Darmstadt. He obtained his Ph.D. in theoretical physics, after which he accepted a position at the Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz (IMM) where the focus of his research shifted to microtechnology and microfluidics. He is especially interested in creating novel applications, for example in the field of lab-on-a-chip technology, from insights gained in fundamental science. His current research interests include separation processes at liquid/liquid interfaces, transport phenomena at superhydrophobic surfaces, isotachophoresis, gas dynamics in nanochannels, and optofluidics.