Dr. Christa Ivanova is currently the Research and Innovation Manager at ELVESYS. She obtained a Molecular Biology degree, followed by a MSc in Biotechnology and a PhD from the University of Vienna in Microbiology and Genetics. She did a 1.5-year post-doctorate at the IFPEN in Rueil-Malmaison, France, followed by a 2-year post-doctorate at the Institut Pasteur in Paris before joining LEvesys in 2018. Her areas of expertise are chemical engineering, cell biology and genetics. She is currently in charge of 5 projects at ELVESYS focused on microfluidic models for cell biology, including Micro4Nano.