Angelika Niemz's Biography

Angelika Niemz, Professor, Keck Graduate Institute

Angelika Niemz received her undergraduate degree in chemistry in 1992 at the University of Konstanz (Germany), and her PhD in biophysical chemistry in 1999 at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst). After a postdoc in chemical engineering at the California Institute of Technology she joined Keck Graduate Institute in 2002, where she is now the Arnold and Mable Beckman Professor. In 2009, she worked during a 6-month sabbatical for Roche Molecular Diagnostics. From 2009-2014, she served as Director of Research at Keck Graduate Institute. Her current research focuses on developing and commercializing assays and devices for near patient infectious disease diagnosis via nucleic acid testing.