Current team
Dr. Ermes Peci
Postdoctoral researcher
Specialized in photothermal microscopy using various methods, such as Raman scattering and phase-front imaging
Dr. ir. Boukje de Gooijer
Senior lecturer
Lecturer in the UT-VU Mechanical Engineering bachelor programme and research specialist in surrogate modelling and optimization strategies
Cecilia Romeo, MSc
PhD researcher
Specialized in controlling nanoscale heat generation and photothermal microscopy
Madeline Finale, MSc
PhD researcher
Works in our PolyPulse project, co-supervised with Dr. Charusheela Ramanan. She is specialized in making plastics recycling more selective using photochemistry.
Maël Kramer, MSc
PhD researcher
Co-supervised with Dr. Boukje de Gooijer. Maël is specialized in modelling and optimization of nanophotonic resonators.
Elaina Galvin, MSc
Guest PhD researcher (AMOLF)
Specialized in pulsed photothermal catalysis and microkinetic modelling
Martin Slaman
Research engineer
Our resourceful research engineer who can make absolutely anything!
Recent group members (since 2025)
Pan Li, MSc
PhD researcher, defended March 2026
Photothermal microscopy using Raman scattering. Main supervisor and promotor was Andrea Baldi.
Dr. Klito Petallidou
Visiting researcher, 2025-2026
Associate Research Scientist at the Cyprus Institute, who visited us for a total of three months to learn our approaches in photocatalysis.
Daan Leeflang
MSc student, 2025
Pulsed photothermal catalysis for the CO oxidation reaction
Yves Denekamp
BSc Mechanical Engineering, 2026
Design and validation of a transfer stage setup for deterministic manipulation of 2D materials
Dimitri Sgouropoulos
BSc Mechanical Engineering, 2025
Heat dissipation simulations for a chemical reactor illuminated by a femtosecond-pulsed laser
Jon Elustondo Gonzalez
BSc Mechanical Engineering, 2025
Heat dissipation simulations for a chemical reactor illuminated by a femtosecond-pulsed laser
Alon Tal
BSc Mechanical Engineering
Lab automation of an ultrafast pulsed laser
Martijn Blotwijk
BSc Mechanical Engineering
Lab automation of a gas chromatograph
Earlier group members
- 2024Amir ShahBSc PhysicsThermal imaging with Axio Observer 7 and Makatea wavefront camera, and Humanitarian Demining: Comparing Diurnal Landmine Thermal Detection Simulations with Real Field Tests (2025)
- 2024Theresa BartschmidPhD researcher, Paris Lodron University SalzburgShort-term research exchange funded by LaserLab Europe
- 2024Janko WiebengaBSc Mechanical EngineeringDesign of a lab-scale photoreactor for depolymerisation of PP and PET with a near-infrared pulsed laser
- 2024Lilian SchooneBSc Mechanical EngineeringDevelopment of an experimental setup for light-driven plastics recycling
- 2024Tijs WiegmanBSc Physics and Astronomy and BSc MathematicsOptimizing the optical response of NP arrays using Bayesian Learning
- 2024Katerina MakrykostaMSc ChemistryInnovative strategies for stimulated dynamic heterogeneous catalysis
- 2024Pieter RebelMSc Physics and AstronomyPulsed photothermal heterogeneous catalysis
- 2023Lars NoldenBSc Mechanical EngineeringDevelopment of a genetic algorithm for maximizing the light induced heat generation of nano-plasmonic antennas
- 2023Martijn KievitBSc Mechanical EngineeringOptimization of light-induced heat generation in nanoparticles
- 2023Gijs van BoxtelMSc ChemistryUnraveling the Dynamics: A Review of Dynamic Catalysis Strategies and their impact on heterogeneous catalysis
- 2022Daan de JongBSc Mechanical EngineeringConversion of a 3D-printer into an automatized nanoparticle dip-coater