Meet the Niko Hildebrandt lab team

Research Associate

Research interests: Advanced light microscopy techniques, fluorescence microscopy techniques, biomolecular structure and interactions (DNA and protein), and rheometry/rheology

Research Associate

Research interests: Application of nanoparticles in analytical spectroscopy; nanoparticle bioapplications, time-resolved and steady-state photoluminescence spectroscopy, biological, environmental, chemical, and pharmaceutical analysis, development of novel biosensors for cancer early detection

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research interests: My current research focuses on the synthesis of metal halide perovskite nanoparticles and the investigation of their photophysical properties, with particular emphasis on understanding energy transfer mechanisms to surrounding media. A key aspect of this work involves enhancing their stability in polar solvents, which is essential for practical applications.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research interests: Development of bright luminescent nanoprobes and their use in optical microscopy, for applications in bioimaging and biosensing

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research interests: DNA scaffolds, DNA amplification techniques, polymer chemistry, analytical chemistry, biomedical devices, nano fabrication and characterization, and bacteria detection

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research interests: Solid state physics, computational physics, materials characterization and nanofabrication, thin film deposition, optics and electro-optical devices

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research interests: Parasite and mosquito genetics, development of low cost genotyping methods, infectious disease applications, drug and insecticide resistance monitoring

Principal Research Engineer

Research interests: Multichannel biosensing, scientific instrumentation, quantum optics, sensors and transducers, electrical signal conditioning and processing

PhD Student

Research interests: Energy transfer engineering between organic dyes and lanthanide complexes. Polymeric nanoparticle encapsulation via nanoprecipitation. Photophysical optimization for improved upconversion efficiency and stability. Applications in biological imaging and molecular sensing

PhD Student

Research interests: Fundamental research about NIR FRET; FRET sensing and imaging applications

PhD Student

Research interests: Plasmonic nanomaterials, quantum dots, DNAzyme biosensors, nanomaterial characterization, and bacterial detection

PhD Student

Research interests: TR-FRET assay development, multiplexed and high-throughput screening, rolling circle amplification (RCA), miRNA-based diagnostics, antibody quantification, and stem cell quality control

PhD Student

Research interests: FRET-based biosensing, kidney health and renal function assessment, microfluidic optical devices, and protein and DNA detection

PhD Student

Research interests: Theoretical and computational nanophononics, plasmonic light–matter interactions, plasmon-enhanced fluorescence and FRET, and time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy

PhD Student

Research interests: Dendrimers for biological applications, FRET, organic chemistry and synthesis

PhD Student

Research interests: DNA structures, DNA backbone modifications, fluorescent materials and metal nanoparticles

PhD Student

Research interests:TR-FRET, biomedical systems modeling, probe designing for early cancer detection, nanofabrication and characterization, and DNA/mRNA amplification

PhD Student

Research Interests: FRET based protein biosensors, semiconductor quantum dot, fluorescent protein, miRNA, diagnostic, and cancer research

PhD Student (Visiting)

Research interests: TR-FRET, multichannel biosensing, biochemistry, genetic engineering, and molecular simulation

PhD Student (Visiting)

Research Interests: Luminescent nanomaterials for bioanalysis and imaging, photophysics and energy transfer, optical microscopy, intracellular delivery and sensing

Masters Student

Research interests: focused on developing core-shell nanoparticle systems for enhanced optical properties. One of my projects focuses on the synthesis of polymer shells on gold nanoparticles to precisely tune the distance between the nanoparticle surface and the fluorophore to achieve fluorescence enhancement. My other project uses a similar approach to synthesize polymeric shells over polymer nanoparticles to improve their fluorescence intensity and stability in biologically-relevant media.

Masters Student

Research interests: The intersection of biosensing, fluorescence spectroscopy, nanomaterials and women’s health diagnostics. I am particularly interested in developing affordable, rapid and sensitive diagnostic tools for applications in food safety and hormonal health.

Masters Student

Research interests: Developing rapid FRET biosensors for the point-of-care detection of bacterial infections and with broader applications in environmental monitoring.

Masters Student

Research interests: Halide perovskite nanocrystals, polymer nanoparticles, water stability, and rare-earth oxide nanozymes

Masters Student

Research interests:FRET-based biosensing, nanomaterial synthesis, nucleic acid amplification strategies, diagnostic bioassay development, and optical sensing technologies

Masters Student

Research interests: TR-FRET techniques, biosensing and assay development

Undergraduate Student

Research interests: Physiology and Physiological, Host-Pathogens Interactions- Tracking Bacterial Dynamics in Live Mice via FDAA Labelling and Immunohistological Imaging

Undergraduate Student

Undergraduate Student

Undergraduate Student

Undergraduate Student