Mechatronic engineering 
Piezoelectric materials
Micro/Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS)
Flexible electronics
Sensors (piezoelectric, gas)
Piezoelectric devices
Micro/nano electronics

Electron Microscopy
In-situ electron microscopy
Electrochemistry

Materials Science
Thin Films and Coatings
Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Materials Characterization

policy/strategy, academic & industrial partnerships, staff development & recruiting, quality management, technology transfer and public relations

Organic Materials-Chemistry and Devices, Unconventional Nanofabrication, and Self-Assembled Monolayers

Spin-Orbit Torque, magnetism, nanodevices, nanoelectronics, spintronics and magneto-optics of nanomaterials

Organic Chemistry; Catalysis and Synthesis, Molecular Nanotechnology, Chemistry Systems

Drug formulations, Dosage forms for drugs; Biopharmaceutical aspects of drugs; Industrial production of drugs and dosage forms; Pulmonary drug administration; Stabilisation of biopharmaceuticals (proteins, vaccines, genetic material); Sugar glass technology; Tablets; Gastro-intestinal targeting of orally administered drugs; Coating, Formulation of poorly soluble drugs, Formulation and innovative routes of administration for vaccines

Surface physics, nanoscience, TR-ARPES, 2D materials, topological materials

Grant support
Project management
Research impact

My primary role is to assist scientists and other research personnel with securing research funding to pursue their scientific activities at the departments of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems (BSCS) at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG). This includes tasks ranging from drafting grant proposals to project management. Further, I take part in the departmental outreach activities to increase the research footprint.

Previously trained as a PhD scholar in experimental physics with strong communication skills developed from extensive teaching, presenting and writing experience, and ability to work independently or as part of a team. Previous research experience is in the areas of Spin electronics, Nanodevice fabrication, Cleanroom processing, Data Analysis, Critical Literature Review, and Experimental Design.

Nanomaterial for catalysis

Physics, Applied Physics, Materials Science, Nanostructured Materials, Electron Microscopy, Lasers, Coatings, Thin Films and Interfaces.

Our group uses biologically inspired strategies to develop polymeric materials for underwater adhesives and functional materials. 

Materials Science, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Electron Microscopy, Surfaces and Interfaces, Phase-change materials, Chalcogenide materials, Pulsed Laser Deposition

Micro/Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS), Biomedical MEMS, Nature-inspired sensing, Wearable electronics, Healthcare sensing technologies, 3D printed sensors, Nanoelectronics, Soft polymer sensors, Biomimetic materials and sensors

Identifying and assessing funding opportunities; Partner search and consortium building;  Project development;  Proposal writing

Thin films of functional oxides. Ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, electron correlated materials and metal-insulator transitions. Neuromorphic materials. Ferroelectric tunnel junctions and memristive devices. (Synchrotron) X-ray diffraction, atomic probe microscopy. Nanodomains. Functional domain walls.

Nanoscale surface roughness, Casimir forces, Nano/microelectromechanical systems, Nanoparticles, Kinetic roughening, Scanning probe microscopy, Adhesion
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Education Courses: Mathematical Physics (BSc Physics, 1st year), Electronics (BSc Biomedical Engineering, 3rd year), Surface Interactions in Electromechanical Systems (MSc Applied Physics, 1st year)
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Representative  publications:
*Casimir Force Contrast Between Amorphous and Crystalline Phases of AIST, Adv. Funct. Mat.
*Significance of the Casimir force and surface roughness for actuation dynamics of MEMS, Phys. Rev. B   
*Sensitivity of micromechanical actuation on amorphous to crystalline phase transformations under the influence of Casimir forces, Phys. Rev. B       
*Casimir forces from conductive silicon carbide surfaces, Phys. Rev. B   
*Synthesis and exceptional thermal stability of Mg-based bimetallic nanoparticles during hydrogenation, Nanoscale   
*Influence of surface roughness on dispersion forces ( Review Article), Advances in Colloid and Interface Science.    
*Roughness controlled superhydrophobicity onsingle nanometer length scale with metal nanoparticles , Royal Society Chemistry Advances  
*Nonlinear actuation dynamics of driven Casimir oscillators with rough surfaces,  Phys. Rev. Applied  
*Casimir force measurements from silicon carbide surfaces , Phys. Rev. B  
*Synthesis and morphology of iron–iron oxide core–shell nanoparticles produced by high pressure gas condensation, Nanotechnology
*Capillary-force measurement on SiC surfaces, Phys. Rev. E  
*Control surface wettability with nanoparticles from phase-change materials, Appl. Phys. Lett.
*Strategies to initiate and control the nucleation behavior of bimetallic nanoparticles,  Nanoscale
*Global consequences of a local Casimir force: Adhered cantilever,  Appl.Phys.Lett
*Rough Electrode Creates Excess Capacitance in Thin-Film Capacitors,  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces
*Chaotic behavior in Casimir oscillators: A case study for phase-change materials,  Phys. Rev. E
*Shape and structural motifs control of MgTi bimetallic nanoparticles using hydrogen and methane as trace impurities,  Nanoscale
*Dependence of chaotic actuation dynamics of Casimir oscillators on optical properties and electrostatic effects,  EPJB
*Dependence of chaotic behavior on optical properties and electrostatic effects in double-beam torsional Casimir actuation,  Phys. Rev. E
*Measurement of the Casimir force in a gas and in a liquid, Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Com.)
*Roughness dependent wettability of sputtered copper thin films: The effect of the local surface slope, J. Appl. Phys.
*Sensitivity of chaotic behavior to low optical frequencies of a double-beam torsional actuator, Phys. Rev. E
*Roughness-dependent wetting behavior of vapor-deposited metallic thin films, Phys.Rev.E
*Dependence of non-equilibrium Casimir forces on material optical properties toward chaotic motion during device actuation (Featured article), Chaos
*Effect of Airborne Hydrocarbons on the Wettability of Phase Change Nanoparticle Decorated Surfaces, ACS Nano
*Comparison of Casimir forces and electrostatics from conductive SiC-Si/C and Ru surfaces, Phys. Rev. B
*Gas-Phase Synthesis of Tunable-Size Germanium Nanocrystals by Inert Gas Condensation, Chemistry of Materials
*Sensitivity of non-equilibrium Casimir forces on low frequency optical properties towards chaotic motion of microsystems: Drude vs. Plasma model (Featured article), Chaos
*Measuring the Dispersion Forces Near the van der Waals–Casimir Transition, Phys. Rev. Applied
*Applications of Casimir forces: Nanoscale actuation and adhesion, Featured Article, Appl. Phys. Lett.
*Tunable wettability of polymer films by partial engulfment of nanoparticles, Phys. Rev. Materials
*Casimir and electrostatic forces from Bi2Se3 thin films of varying thickness, Phys. Rev. B Letters
*Tailoring Growth Kinetics toward a Size-Dependent Work Function of Ge Nanocrystals Synthesized by Inert Gas Condensation, J. Phys. Chem. C
*Sensitivity of actuation dynamics on normal and lateral Casimir forces: Interaction of phase change and topological insulator materials, Chaos __________________________________________
Research/Outreach-related  activities:
*AIPScilight: Unanswered questions about the application of Casimir forces  
*Casimir effect put to work as a nano-switch /  New Scientist  
*Licht uit leegte  (Volkskrant)
*Specia Issue: CASIMIR PHYSICS        
*National Science Agenda: Casimir Natuurkunde voor innovatie: waarom is dit nuttig?
*Casimir Physics workshop 2016: Casimir and van der Waals Physics: Progress and Prospects (2016) 
*Casimir physics in the Zernike Institute news
* Biggest unanswered questions in Physics  | we are not done yet....!
* World Technology Evaluation
*Is Quantum Reality Analog after All?
*Rough Line Edge Estimation from SEM Images
*Predicted and proven, but yet to be tamed: uncovering the mysteries of the Casimir force

Materials Science and Engineering, Electron Microscopy, Laser Materials Processing, PVD & plasma activated CVD, Nanostructured Materials, Coatings and Thin Films, Self-healing Materials, Surface Engineering and Tribology

• Heterogeneous Catalysis• Homogeneous Catalysis• Green Chemistry:      - CO2-fixation into cyclic and polymeric carbonates      - Sustainable selective oxidations      - From biobased molecules to valuable products• Metal oxides• Silsesquioxanes• Silicates• Zeolites• Mesoporous materials• Nanomaterials• Supercritical CO2• High-Throughput Experimentation• Photocatalysis • Electrocatalysis:      - CO2-reduction      - Oxygen evolution reaction (OER)      - Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)      - Cogeneration of chemical products and electricity

Polymer Physics, Self-Assembly, Polymer Crystallization
Thin Polymer Films, Hybrid polymer/nanoparticles systems.
X-ray based structural characterization techniques.
Small-Angle and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS/WAXS).
GISAXS/GIWAXS.

nanomaterials, colloidal chemistry, perovskite-based semiconductors at nanoscale, energy materials www.protesesculab.com

organic chemistry, physical chemistry, polymer chemistry, (bio)nanotechnology, biointerfaces, material science, biomaterials

Experimental Solid State Physics, Surface Science, Electron spectroscopy, organic thin films, molecular switches and motors, organic-inorganic hybrids, 2D solids

MEMS/NEMS fabrication
MEMS design and simulation
Electrospinning
Thin film Deposition
Biomimetics
Nature-inspired sensors

Materials science and engineering
Hot deformation flow stress modeling
Molecular dynamics simulation

Surface Science, Molecular Self-Assembly, Graphene

Cryo-Electron microscopy
Soft Matter

Quantum Optics, semiconductor optics, semiconductor device physics

drug delivery, non-viral gene delivery, nanocarrier-cell interactions, endocytosis, endosomal escape, blood-brain barrier, transcytosis