Maximilian Ell

Home: TU Wien
Host: Harvard University
Topic: Electrical Imaging of biological cells

Maximilian Ell focuses on the electrical imaging of biological cells to study cellular behavior like changes in cell morphology, cellular signaling, or proliferation kinetics. This is accomplished by interfacing biological cells with microelectrodes, which enables him to assess chemotherapeutic drug effects on cancer cells or to investigate how cancer metastasis is derived from solid tumors.

During his research stay in Prof. Donhee Ham’s research group at Harvard University in Cambridge (USA), Maximilian conducts systematic noise analysis across different CMOS-based microelectrode array platforms, extracellular matrix coatings, and recording systems to establish a quantitative understanding of cellular adhesion noise.

This approach enables high-resolution, real-time electrical imaging of cellular behavior, with potential applications in biotechnology, cancer detection, and pharmaceutical research. Therefore, Harvard offers a welcoming scientific community and a lovely campus.

Maximilian Ell