Profile of the advisor Thomas Schlathölter studied Physics at the University of Osnabrück/Germany. He worked as a PhD student at the University of Osnabrück and at the Université Paris Sud in Orsay/France in the field of surface science and received his PhD in 1996. Schlathölter came to Groningen as a Marie-Curie fellow, to work on…
Profile of the supervisor Prof. dr. Ben L. Feringa obtained his PhD degree at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. After working as a research scientist at Shell in the Netherlands and the UK he was appointed professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Groningen. He is currently the Jacobus van ‘t Hoff…
Profile of the supervisor Prof. dr. Petra Rudolf studied Physics at the University of Rome, specializing in Solid State Physics. In 1987 she joined the National Surface Science laboratory in Trieste for 5 years, interrupted by 2 extended periods at Bell Labs, USA. In 1993 she moved to the University of Namur, where she received…
Profile of the advisor Prof. dr. Han Olff is a recognized international expert on the structure and functioning of diverse communities and ecosystems, with special attention on how plants, herbivores, predators and decomposers interact in ecosystems. He combines leading experimental research activities in a range of temperate to tropical ecosystems, with a strong interest in…
Profile of the advisor Prof. dr. Franjo Weissing studied Mathematics and Biology at the University of Bielefeld (Germany). He is a theoretical biologist with a strong interdisciplinary profile, applying ‘evolutionary thinking’ not only to biological systems, but also in psychology, sociology, economics, and the political sciences. His research centres on the causes and consequences of…
Profile of the advisor Prof. dr. Sijbren Otto is Professor of Systems Chemistry at the University of Groningen. After a PhD in Groningen in 1998, a postdoc in the US and the UK, he started his academic career in 2001 at the University of Cambridge. He moved back to Groningen in 2009. He holds an…
Profile of the advisor Prof. dr. ir. Adriaan J. Minnaard received his PhD in the group of Prof. De Groot at the Agricultural University Wageningen, The Netherlands. After two years as a scientist at DSM, he became an assistant professor at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He has been there ever since, with a…
Profile of the advisor Prof. dr. ir. Jan van Hest holds the chair of Bio-organic Chemistry at Eindhoven University of Technology. He is an ERC Advanced grant awardee, and currently also coordinates the Horizon 2020 ITN Network Nanomed, dedicated to developing smart delivery carriers in medicine. Van Hest is associate editor of Bioconjugate Chemistry. 39…
Profile of the advisor Prof. dr. Dirk Slotboom was trained as a chemist and did a PhD in microbiology. The group of Slotboom now combines biophysical (X-ray crystallography, spectroscopy), biochemical (membrane enzymology) and microbiological methods to study the mechanisms of solute transport across membranes. He has made major contributions in elucidating the mechanism of the…
Profile of the advisor Prof. dr. Bert Poolman was trained in bioenergetics and microbiology and is now active in biochemistry and biophysics. Poolman has a track record in vectorial biochemistry, including metabolic energy conservation, membrane transport and cell volume regulation as well as the development of innovative technologies in membrane biology. He has advanced the…