Zeynep Altintas's Biography

Zeynep Altintas, Head of Biosensors and Receptor Development Group, Technical University of Berlin

Zeynep Altintas is the head of the Biosensors and Receptor Development Group at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. Her background is biomedical engineering and biotechnology. She leads an interdisciplinary research group in the domain of optical, piezoelectric and electrochemical biosensors, lab-on-a chip devices, bioreceptor development, and molecular modelling. Her specialization also includes but not limited to implementation of biosensors for the diagnosis of disease biomarkers, and food and environmental pathogens. She has more than 100 publications in these fields, including a book, journal articles, book chapters, patent applications, and conference papers. She has delivered numerous invited talks at international conferences and world-renowned institutes. She has built a reputation in her areas of expertise that is recognized by several international awards to her research. She serves as an expert reviewer for EU and Wisconsin Groundwater Coordinating Council (USA) funded projects, in addition to acting as an editorial board member and a reviewer for several important journals in her areas of expertise. She is also a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.