I develop small-scale medical soft robots (20 µm < Robot < 1 mm) by working at the interfaces of engineering, life sciences, and medicine. I employ soft active materials, magnetic programming, and bioinspired design strategies to understand ways of creating physical (or embodied) intelligence at microscopic length scales. This direction aims to enable remotely controlled soft microrobots that can safely navigate inside the body, act intelligently in response to changing conditions in biological environments, carry, deliver, release therapeutics, and perform complicated interventional tasks using remotely controlled or semi-autonomous strategies. My research passion lies in maximizing human lifespan, happiness, and power by advancing minimally invasive interventions and targeted therapies with untethered microscopic medical robots.

My inventions around these tides have resulted in one granted and two pending international patents and over 30 publications in the leading multidisciplinary journals. I have given over 20 invited talks/ lectures in universities, research institutes, and conferences/workshops worldwide. I have received the 15th Günter Petzow Prize and various scientific fellowships. I have received the best paper, the best talk, and science-as-art awards. My research has been featured by various web-based and printed German and international media. In 2019, PC Magazine featured my medical microrobot project among "5 amazing projects that will change the future of healthcare".