Maria Asenova Micheva
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Main Focus
Her research focuses on the process of
triplet-triplet annihilation photon energy upconversion (TTA-UC) and its
potential application as a real-time optical sensing tool for local temperature
and oxygen content. Specifically, she focuses on creating a nano-encapsulated
TTA-UC scaffold to monitor hypoxia dynamics in the liquid microenvironment of
cell cultures.
Curriculum Vitae
Maria obtained her Bachelor's and Master's
degrees in medical physics from Sofia University "St. Kliment
Ohridski" in 2018 and 2020, respectively. During her studies, she
completed a research internship at the Material Science Laboratory (MSL) at the
Stuttgart Technology Center in Germany. She conducted her master thesis in the
group of Prof. Dr. Stanislav Balouchev (Title: “Fluorescent labeling of
mesenchymal stem cells by asymmetric monomethine cyanine fluorochrome
encapsulated in wax nanoparticles”). In September 2020, she joined the Physical
Chemistry of Polymers department as a doctoral candidate and a member of the
Collaborative Research Center 1450, "Multiscale Imaging of Organ-Specific
Inflammation," funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).