Florian Hartmann received his Ph.D. in Technical Sciences from the Johannes Kepler University Linz in 2021, where he worked at the Division of Soft Matter Physics Division and the LIT Soft Materials Lab on biodegradable electronics and robotics. Directly after, he joined the Soft Transducers Laboratory at EPFL to work as a postdoctoral researcher together with Prof. Dr. Herbert Shea. Hartmann's research activity is centered on wearable electronics, autonomous soft robots, and actuators from diverse materials ranging from synthetic elastomers to biomaterials.

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