• PhD Candidate Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne

Ir. Bram Servais is a biosystems engineer with industry, start-up, and academic experience in microfluidics, microfabrication and drug screening. He has focused on translation of devices that leverage human-derived cells to create tissue models mimicking real human physiology. His lifelong passion for this field, often called organ-on-a-chip, has allowed him to work at prestigious institutions such as KU Leuven, the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology, imec (the largest microelectronics research centre in Europe), ETH Zurich and, more recently the University of Melbourne and Cortical Labs. His efforst focus on establishing human-based models for the brain that can replace animal models and improve clinical trial success.

• 2022–present PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne

• 2020 KU Leuven, MSc in Bioscience Engineering (Major Bionanotechnology, Minor Human Health Engineering)

• 2024 Engineering brain-on-a-chip platforms, Nature Reviews Bioengineering

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