People
Elias Barriga
Research Group Leader
CV
Scientific Career
Since Sept 2023
Research group leader on Physical Measurements and Manipulation of Living Systems at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, TU Dresden, Germany
2019–2023
Research group leader at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Portugal
2015–2018
Postdoctoral Researcher, University College London, United Kingdom
2010–2014
PhD work at Universidad Andres Bello, Chile
Honors and Awards
2026
HSFP Grant (coordinator)
2025
DGZ Innovation Prize 2025
2025
Xenopus International Board Young Investigator Award
2022
EMBO Young Investigator
2021
ERC Grantee
2021
EMBO Installation Grant
2020
La Caixa Foundation Fellow
2016
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow
2015
EMBO Long Term Fellow
Education
2010–2014
PhD in Molecular Biosciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile
2003–2008
BSc in Biological Sciences, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile
Lab Members
Santanu Kumar Basu
Lab Tech
santanu_kumar.basu@tu-dresden.de
+49 351 463-41519
PoL at A18 | Room 511
Tommaso Talpo
MSc Student
Bioelectricity and ion flows
tommaso.talpo@mailbox.tu-dresden.de
+49 351 463-41519
Pol at A18 | Room 511
Sara R Azenha
PhD Student
Mechanosensing in cell migration
sara.azenha@tu-dresden.de
+49 351 463-41519
PoL at A18 | Room 510
Olga Lyraki
PhD Student
Electrochemical actuation in morphogenesis
olga.lyraki@tu-dresden.de
+49 351 463-41519
PoL at A18 | Room 511
Jaime A Espina
Postdoc
Robustness of directed motion
jaime.espina@tu-dresden.de
+49 351 463-41519
PoL at A18 | Room 511
Custódio de Oliveira Nunes
Postdoc
Bioelectricity and ion flows
custodio.nunes@tu-dresden.de
+49 351 463-41519
PoL at A18 | Room 511
Patrícia Ramos
Postdoc
Electrochemical actuation in morphogenesis
patricia.ramos@tu-dresden.de
+49 351 463-41519
PoL at A18 | Room 510
Valentin Ruffine
Postdoc
Mechanics of cell migration
valentin.ruffine@tu-dresden.de
+49 351 463-41519
PoL at A18 | Room 511
Sandra Edwards
Postdoc
Mechanics and regeneration
sandra.edwards@tu-dresden.de
+49 351 463-41519
PoL at A18 | Room 510
Irina Breitner
Administrative Assistant
irina.breitner@tu-dresden.de
+49 351 463-41258
PoL at A18 | Room 204