Prof. Maerkl received B.S. degrees in Biology and in Chemistry from Fairleigh-Dickinson University. He then joined the Biophysics and Biochemistry Department at the California Institute of Technology and contributed to the early development of microfluidic technology. In 2008 Prof. Maerkl was awarded the Demetriades-Tasfka-Kokalis prize for the best Caltech PhD thesis in the field of Biotechnology. He was also awarded 1st place at the Innovator’s

Dr. Maerkl received his PhD in chemistry from the Munich Institute of Technology (TUM). In 1984 he joined a global player of the chemical industry and had several positions in manufacturing, strategic marketing and technology & strategy in the field of man-made fibers and performance polymers. Consequently he was heading the global R&D Group for chemical engineering, being responsible for the technical feasibility of all major investment projects

After completing her Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Kapur obtained a PhD in Statistics from Stanford University, and carried out post-doctoral research at the University of Lausanne. Throughout her academic career Dr. Kapur has analyzed high-throughput clinical and biological data including genome-wide genetic association studies, microarray gene expression arrays, and ultra-high-throughput