Current Occupations

PhD Reseacher

On the topic of the biofunctionalization of field-effect transistor (FET) sensors. Current research mostly involves silicon and charged polymers. Established in the section of Organic Materials & Interfaces at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering in the Delft University of Technology. More on this here.

Science Writer

Since March 2009 I co-author a Dutch popular blog on chemistry named Scheikundejongens. From that sprung several opportunities to talk and write about chemistry to the broader audience. My goal is to spead the word that chemistry can help us understand the world around us. More on this here.

Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi is a $35 computer the size of a credit card. It runs Linux, uses 3.5 W and can output full 1080p video. That makes it a very interesting device for students novice in computing. Myself, I already have quite some experience with programming and simulations. Nevertheless, I've decided this device can enable me to learn more. More on this here.

Curriculum Vitae

2012 – present

PhD researcher, Delft University of Technology, in the Organic Materials & Interfaces (OMI) research group, in the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChemE), at the Faculty of Applied Sciences (TNW)

Thesis subject: Electrochemical and physical chemical analysis of polyelectrolyte multilayers and field-effect transistor sensors. Applications in bio-electronic interfaces, bio-molecular sensors and fundamental nanotechnology.

2009 – 2011

Master of Science (MSc) chemistry, Utrecht University

Literature study at the Van't Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, ‘Preparations and properties of colloidal cubes’

Internship at the Biological and Soft Systems Group in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, ‘Building a dynamic light scattering setup to study dense colloidal systems’

Master thesis at the Van't Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, ‘Fluorescent Magnetic Microspheres as a MRI contrast agent’

2006 – 2009

Bachelor of Science (BSc) chemistry, Utrecht University

Bachelor thesis in the Condensed Matter and Interfaces group in the Ornstein Laboratory, Utrecht University, ‘Temperature dependence of exciton lifetime in anisotropic CdTe/CdSe heteronanocrystals’

2005 – 2006

Sabbatical year

Scouting board, voluntary work in France, Germany and Latvia

1999 – 2005

Voortgezet Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs, RSG Steenwijk (secondary school, pre-university education)

Skills

Experiment

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), physical-chemical synthesis, alternating gradient magnetometer (AGM), laser alignment, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), bulk rheology

Computer

Adobe CS6 (Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop), AutoCAD, CS ChemDraw Pro, LaTeX (fluent), Mathematica, C (proficient), Python (rudimentary), (X)HTML, CSS3, Windows XP, Linux (Debian/Raspbian), Unix (Darwin), Macintosh System 6 – OS X (Mavericks)

Language

Dutch (native), English (fluent), French (basic), German (school level)

Hobbies

Scouting, cooking, film, squash, windsurfing, running, dancing (Latin-American & ballroom)