Dr. Christa Ivanova is Head of European partnerships at the MIC. She obtained a Molecular Biology degree, followed by a MSc in Biotechnology and a PhD from the University of Technology Vienna in Chemical Engineering. She did a 1.5-year post-doctorate at the IFPEN in Rueil-Malmaison, France, followed by a 2-year post-doctorate at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. genetics. She is currently in charge of project managing and partnerships at the MIC, focused on microfluidic models for cell biology, including Micro4Nano.