Dr. Cynthia Gruber

Optical antennas for molecular spectroscopy and sensing applications

Pharmaceutical packaging systems: Development of pharmaceutical primary packaging (glass containers, vials, ampoules, cartridges, syringes, ready-to-fill stacked needle syringes) - Design conrol - Planning, managing and execution of risk assessments (FMEA) - GMP conform documentation and development - Knowhow in international standards (e.g. ISO, Corneg, REACH) and international regulations e.g. pharmacopoeias (EP, USP, JP) - Planning, managing and execution of projects

Master thesis about: Design, fabrication and characterization of resonant plasmonic nanostructures with sub-5 nm gaps for light manipulation below the diffraction limit

Simulation of plasma discharges in air and water

Preparation of Functionalized Nanofibrillated Cellulose (NFC)/Clay Nanocomopsites

Enhancing conductivity of the Electro-active Polymer PEDOT for Wound Healing Applications

Strategies for surface modification of PZT ferroelectric thin films. Specifically, the effect of local polarization on possible, conformational changes in organic coatings

PhD conducted at the Photonics Laboratory of ETH. Title: Top-down fabricated mechanically actuated field-enhancing optical antennas for investigating plasmon-plasmon interactions and molecular Raman scattering