Alina Weizel studied Biomedical Engineering at the University of Rostock and graduated in 2016. Her diploma thesis deals with the development of a test method to assess the longitudinal stiffness of stents with regard to clinical relevance. She gains practical experience as a student employee in the Stent Development department at the Cortronik GmbH since 2013. After her studies, Mrs. Weizel was employed as a Development Engineer in the Stent Scaffold Design department of the Cortronik GmbH. At the chair of Microfluidics Alina is concerned with the research project "Electrical and mechanical stimulation of hyaline cartilage: Characterisation of biological response and stimulation parameters".