Jens DucréeMICROSYSTEMS · MICROFLUIDICS

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Engineering
at the scale
of discovery.

Microfluidic platforms that integrate, automate and miniaturise bioanalytical processes — from Lab-on-a-Disc systems to tools for diagnostics and the life sciences.

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01 / Research

From flow control to
complete analytical systems.

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01

Centrifugal
microfluidics

Lab-on-a-Disc platforms, programmable fluidic networks and rotational flow control for integrated bioassays.

02

Diagnostics &
life sciences

Sample preparation, molecular diagnostics, immunoassays and cell analysis, with applications in point-of-care and global health.

03

Digital design &
open science

Digital twins and design for manufacture, alongside research into distributed ledger technologies for science and technology development.

02 / Selected scholarship

Ideas in print.

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03 / Story & CV

A career across
physics and
microsystems.

From a doctorate in physics at Münster to microfluidic platform development in Freiburg and Dublin.

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Selected milestones. See the full CV for the historical career record.

  1. Full Professor of Microsystems

    Dublin City University · appointment in March 2014

  2. Founding Director, FPC@DCU

    Fraunhofer Project Centre for Embedded Bioanalytical Systems · January 2017–August 2020

  3. Associate Professor

    Microsystem Technologies · Dublin City University

  4. Lab-on-a-Chip group leadership

    IMTEK & HSG-IMIT, Germany

  5. Doctorate & habilitation

    PhD in Physical Sciences, Münster (1999); habilitation in Microsystems, Freiburg (2005)

04 / Recognition & academic service

Selected distinctions.

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2019

AET Fellow

International Academy for Engineering & Technology

2016

President’s Researcher of the Year

Dublin City University

2006

FAM Award

Excellence in Microsystems Technology · University of Freiburg

Conference leadership includes hosting chair roles for MicroTAS 2016 in Dublin and IEEE MEMS 2018 in Belfast.

05 / Explore the archive

Presentations
& invited talks

Conference contributions, invited lectures, selected meetings and institutional seminars.

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