Aleksandra Ivanovic successfully completed her Ph.D.  in the X-ray Tomography Group at Paul Scherrer Institut and the Inselspital (University of Bern) in June 2024. Before that, she received her MSc. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Basel (Switzerland) in 2020, where she worked in the Bio-Inspired RObots for MEDicine-Laboratory (BIROMED-Lab) within the scope of her master's thesis and her BSc. in Biomedical Science from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) in 2018. 

Aleksandra’s research focuses on the investigation of the human auditory system in motion using synchrotron-based X-ray phase-contrast imaging. Due to the size and location of the ossicles, the physiological mechanism of sound transmission and the biomechanics of the middle ear are still poorly understood. With synchrotron-based phase-contrast X-ray tomography, we can directly visualize the micromotions of the unstained, fresh-frozen middle ear ossicles under sound stimulation. In morphological studies, we look at the bone mineral density distribution and porosity along the ossicular chain. Further, this new imaging approach is evaluated against other techniques used in this research field.

Aleksandra's work is carried out in close collaboration with the Inselspital and the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research (Bern, Switzerland).