Meet our team of innovative
research scientists

Our team is led by Dr. Sven Askes and is dedicated to groundbreaking research in controlling nanoscale heating and thermometry.

Looking for a research internship? We are always looking for motivated students in the Physics, Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering programs, and we have exciting projects where you can contribute in a meaningful way.

Dr. Sven Askes

Group leader
Assistant Professor at VU Amsterdam

Guobin Miao, MSc

PhD researcher specialized in pulsed photothermal catalysis

Sarah Lander, MSc

PhD researcher specialized in pulsed photothermal catalysis

Cecilia Romeo, MSc

PhD researcher specialized in controlling nanoscale heat generation and thermal microscopy

Madeline Finale, MSc

PhD researcher involved in our PolyPulse project, co-supervised with Dr. Charusheela Ramanan. She is specialized in making plastics recycling more selective using photochemistry.

Pan Li, MSc

PhD researcher specialized in photothermal microscopy using Raman scattering

Elaina Galvin, MSc

PhD guest researcher from AMOLF specialized in pulsed photothermal catalysis and microkinetic modelling

Martin Slaman

Our resourceful research engineer who can make absolutely anything!