Angela Steinauer was born and raised in Gross near Einsiedeln (SZ) and studied chemistry at the University of Zurich, earning her BSc in 2012. For her Master’s thesis in organic chemistry, she worked in the group of Prof. Jay Siegel. She then completed her PhD in Chemical Biology at Yale University under the supervision of Prof. Alanna Schepartz. From 2018 to 2023, she conducted postdoctoral research at ETH Zurich in the groups of Prof. Don Hilvert and Prof. Jean-Christophe Leroux, working on protein cages for RNA delivery and engineering mucolytic enzymes, respectively. Since 2023, she is Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at EPFL, where she leads the Laboratory of Biomolecular Engineering and Nanomedicine (LIBN). Her research focuses on developing synthetic protein-based gene carriers by combining protein engineering and directed evolution.
Education2018: PhD in Chemical Biology, Yale University, USA 2012: M.S. in Organic Chemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland 2010: B.S. in Chemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland Awards & Fellowships2019: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship 2014: HHMI International Student Research Fellowship 2014: Yale Chemistry Teaching Award |