Laura Rijns

Laura is currently a postdoc at Stanford University co-advised by prof. Zhenan Bao and prof. Karl Deisseroth, developing new (opto)genetic, electrical and chemical tools to improve the modulation of neurons both in-vitro and in-vivo. Laura obtained her PhD (2023) in Biomedical Engineering “cum laude” from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands with prof. Patricia Dankers and prof. E.W. (Bert) Meijer on supramolecular hydrogels as mimics of the extracellular matrix to grow cells and organoids. She received her BSc (2017) and MSc (2019) in Biomedical Engineering at TU/e in the lab of prof. E.W. (Bert) Meijer, focused on supramolecular assemblies.