Our people

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Research groups

Molecular and Applied Biotechnology
Luisa Bortesi, Associate Professor (PI)
Katie Saralidze, Coordinator Education/Teacher
Julia Jansing, Assistant Professor
Lara Bitar, PhD (External)
Christian Schmitz, Researcher (BioMosae)
Stefan Rasche, Researcher (Fraunhofer) 
Biobased Organic Chemistry 
Romano Orrù, Professor (PI)
Jordy Saya, Assistant Professor
Claudio Ferdeghini, PostDoc
Michalis Fragkiadakis, PostDoc
Jay Hanssens, PhD
Diego Meneses Sanchez, PhD
Mark Lambers, PhD
Felix Boerman, PhD
Minghui Wu, PhD (CSC)
Daniel Verdoorn, PhD (University of Antwerp)
Sustainable Polymer Synthesis
Katrien Bernaerts, Associate Professor (PI)
Harry Lu, PostDoc
Tankut Türel, PostDoc
Jiajun Wu, PostDoc
Enzo Pichon, PhD (external)
Sofiya Vynnytska, PhD (external)
Harmen Spakman, PhD
Gabriel Dominques Goncalves, PhD
Davide Illari, PhD
Jeroen Hendriks, PhD
Lisa Cuypers, PhD (Zuyd Hogeschool)
Hongjuan Weng, PhD (CSC)
Huixing Cao, PhD (CSC)
Fang Zhou, PhD (ChemStream)
Biobased Polymers and Materials
Andrij Pich, Professor (PI)
Samaneh Ghazanfari, Associate Professor
Zarja Medved, PhD (Wetsus)
Macromolecular Physics and Technology
Jules Harings, Associate Professor (PI)
Maryam Safari, Sr PostDoc
Vincent Reinartz, PhD
Cristina Palacios Mateo, PhD (external)
Joshua Verstappen, PhD
Francesca Bertella, PhD (external)
Filomena Cocco, PhD
Roel Bröker, PhD (Zuyd Hogeschool)
Roy Kneepkens, PhD (CHILL)
Milo Gardeniers, PhD (Sabic)
Leonardo Ragnoli, PhD (SABIC)
Polymer engineering
Gunnar Seide, Professor (PI)
Konrad Beukenberg, PhD
Naveen Balakrishnan, Researcher (AMIBM e.V.)
Chrysanthi Oikonomidi, PhD (AMIBM e.V.)
Monika Oleksy, PhD (RWTH)
Fariha Sehar, PhD (RWTH)
Matthias Kesting, PhD (Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences)
Sustainability of Chemicals and Materials
Yvonne van der Meer, Professor (PI)
Ali Ghannadzadeh, Assistant Professor
Pranav Nakhate, Assistant Professor
Svetlana Obydenkova, PostDoc
Marivi Belioka, PostDoc
Cris Garcia Saravia Ortiz De Montellano, PostDoc
Felicitas Pellengahr, PostDoc
Shweta Singh, PostDoc
Carolina Bettker Vasconcelos, PhD
Xinzhi Zhong, PhD
Michelle Gian, PhD
Rebekka Brandwijk, PhD
Andi Naufaldi, PhD
Ruud Bongers, PhD (Zuyd Hogeschool)

Support staff

General Support
Ermo Daniels, Managing Director
Marcelle Grandjean, Management Assistant
Andrea Hameleers, Financial Controller
Mark van Gisteren, Financial Administration

 

Lab support
Jamie Trindell, Coordinator / Lab Technician
Achim Besen, Lab Technician
Peter Lijnen, Lab Technician
Newton Thomassen, Lab technician