People
Principal Investigator: Alireza Mashaghi
Current co-workers
Laurens Heling (PhD student; Research areas: Single molecule optical tweezers analysis, protein folding, Nuclear receptor)
Vasily Akulov (PhD student; Research areas: Single molecule optical tweezers analysis, Topology, 3D Genome, Nuclear receptor)
Mehrad Babaei (PhD student; Research area: Single cell analysis, Reaction networks, Pharmacology)
Jiale Chen (PhD student; Research areas: Circuit topology, 3D Genome, Machine learning)
Huaqi Tang (PhD student; Research area: Immunoengineering & Immunometabolomics, organ chips, virology)
Tom Evers (Postdoc; Research area: Single cell analysis, force spectroscopy, immunoengineering, virology)
Aida Naghilou (Postdoc; Research areas: Biomolecular Condensates; Single cell analysis; Bioengineering)
Vahid Sheikh-Hasani (Senior Biophysicist; Research areas: Single molecule analysis, Single cell mechanics, Portein folding)
Julian Ng (Senior Scientist; Research areas: Single-molecule analysis, Nuclear hormone receptors)
Abolfazl Ramezanpour (Senior Research Associate; Research areas: Medical diagnostics, Reaction networks)
Jonas Berx (Guest Postdoc; Research areas: Circuit topology, Biomolecular Condensates)
Ioannis Diamantis (Associated senior researcher/geometric topologist; Lecturer at Maastricht University)
Jolieke van der Veen (MSc student; Research area: nuclear receptors)
Yasmine Daoudi (MSc student; Research area: topology, genome analysis; protein modeling)
Hong Kim (MSc student; Research area: Network pharmacology)
Barbara Scalvini (Guest Scientist; Research area: Circuit topology, Complex systems)
Bhavneet Singh Saini (Project student: Circuit topology)
Amir Abas Ravassipour (Project student: Circuit topology)
Asina Gijasi (Master student: Immunology and Immunopharmacology)
Erik Meijer (Project student: Bioinformatics and Protein topology)
Current BSc thesis students: Mila Bölger, Jing Chen
AI/Statistics support: Laura Zwep
Lab Technicians: Dirk-jan van den Berg, Faisa Guled
Secretarial support: Mingmin Gong
Alumni
Past co-workers (MSc/PhD students, postdocs, and visiting scientists)
Philipp Spycher (Master student; Current position: CEO and Co-founder Araris Biotech AG)
Seetharamaiah Attili (Master student; Current position: Research Associate at Kings College London)
Peter Vach (Master student; Current position: Postdoc at Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam)
Tayebeh Jadidi (External PhD stduent; Current position: Postdoc at Osnabrueck University)
Roeland van der Wijk (Research Associate; Current position: System Engineer at LUMICKS)
Sara Kališnik (External PhD student; Current position: Assistant Professor at Wesleyan University)
Rosilene Cristina Rossetto Burgos (PhD student; Research area: Immunopharmacology, Reaction networks)
Denise Thakoerdat (Master student; Research area: Droplet microfluidic platforms for metabolomics; Currently: CTA submission manager at Johnson & Johnson)
Mert Calis (Master student; Research area: Organ-on-chips, Immunoengineering; Currently: Cell Therapy Specialist at Kite Pharma)
Laura Groen (Current position: Business & Technology Consultant at Accenture)
Paul Miggiels (PhD student; Research area: Microfluidics; Currently: Engineer at DEMCON advanced mechatronics)
Mojtaba Tefagh (Project worker; Current position: PhD student at Stanford University)
Youness Azimzade (Project worker; Current position: Postdoc at Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology)
Narges Nikoofard (Research Associate; Current position: Assistant professor, University of Kashan)
Anne van Reeuwijk (Master student; Research area: Organ-on-chips; Currently: Clinical Research Associate at Novo Nordisk)
Elnaz Bani Jamali (External PhD student; Research area: Protein topology; Current position: Postdoc at Karolinska Institutet)
Mahan Ghafari (Master student; Current position: PhD student at Oxford University)
Noëlle Bakker (Master student; Research area: Force spectroscopy, Parkinson's disease; Currently: PhD student at Amsterdam UMC)
Arash Tirnadaz (Postdoc; Current position: Assistant Professor at Bu-Ali Sina University)
Abidemi Junaid (PhD stduent; Current position: Scientist at Wyss Institute, Harvard University)
Jaie Woodard (Postdoc; Current position: Postdoc at the University of Michigan)
Ahmed Ali (Postdoc; Current position: Assistant Professor at Leiden University)
Wei Yang (PhD student; Research area: Ophthalmology; Metabolomics; Diagnostic biomarkers)
Sanjeevani Lamba (Master student; Research area: Force spectroscopy, Single cell analysis; Currently: Associate Scientist at SeraNovo)
Lilia Bouzoraa (Master student; Research area: Organ-on-chips, Robotics; Currently: Intern at InnoGenerics)
Felix Boorsma (Master student; Research area: Molecular modelling, Molecular chaperones; Currently: Customer Engagement Manager at Vifor Pharma)
Daphne Nesenberend (Master student; Research area: Pharmacophysics, Biomathematics; Currently: PhD student at Leiden University)
Olivier van Capelleveen (Master student; Research area: Topology)
Patrick Koldenhof (Master student; Research area: Single cell analysis)
Daan van Bokkem (Master student; Research area: Single cell analysis)
Yingxue Li (Master student; Research area: Single cell analysis)
Tessa Fuchs (Master student; Research area: Systems biology)
Navid Manafi (MD student; Research area: Organ chips; Ophthalmology; Current position: Postdoc at UCLA)
Melika Haji Mohammadi (Project student; Research area: Organ chips; Current position: Student at ETH Zurich)
Otto Schullian (Research Associate; Research area: Topology; Current position: Postdoc at Max Planck Institute)
Eman Abdelazem (Research assistant: Single cell metabolomics)
Willem Venemans (Project student; Research area: Topology and AI)
Yasmine Abouleila (Postdoc; Research areas: Single cell analysis; Current position: Scientist at HUB Organoids)
Anatoly Golovnev (Postdoc; Research area: Molecular topology)
Twan Hooijschuur (Master student; Research area: Molecular topology, Soft matter)
Nadine van de Brug (Master student; Research area: Nuclear hormone receptors)
Yosri Ayache (Master student; Research area: Nuclear hormone receptors)
Duane Moes (Master student and Research Associate; Research area: Topology, Protein folding, Biomolecular condensates)
Maziar Heidari (Research Associate; Research area: Molecular topology, Biomolecular condensates; Current position: Postdoc at Max Planck Institute)
Vahid Satarifard (Research Associate; Research area: Circuit topology; Genome topology; Current position: Postdoc at Yale University)
Sabina Kelly Falke (Master student; Research area: Protein folding dynamics, intrinsically disordered proteins)
Jorn Ticheler (Master student; Research area: Genome topology, infectious disease)
Aina Martí Juan (Master student; Research area: Bioprinting and disease modeling)
Morris van Vliet (Master student; Research area: Protein folding, Nuclear hormone receptor)
Azra Husetić (Master student; Research area: Bioprinting and disease modeling)
Ehsan Aslam (Master student; Research area: Protein folding dynamics, Muscular dystrophy)
Yosri Ayache (MSc student and Project worker: Bioinformatics and Protein topology)
Past BSc thesis students
2023: Muriel Hammond, Esmé van Dorp, Hong Kim, Robbert-Jan van der Louw, Metin Karaçoban, Maria de Cuba, Abderrahman Akoudad (external, at Columbia University)
2022: Wouter Bakker, Amber Dijkstra, Joris Bak, Marit van Arkel, Nerin Kyazimova, Morris van Vliet
2021: Amina Begtašević , Danique Biskop, Fiona Liu, Gabi Stralen, Ilham Bachire, Ingmar Volkholz, Martijn Keet, Milad Allahdad, Naomi Hinkert, Rafaela Makrigianni, Yasmine Daoudi, Ymke Brückner
2020: Sven Dijkhuis, Veerle in 't Veld, Thomas Braun, Suzanne Wildeman, Mey van de Kamer, Zosia van Eesteren, Silke Cornelissen, Mai Elkhalek, Da Ding
2019: Femke Heddema, Julia Roks, Feline De Ruijter, Milan de Putter, Bastiaan de Bont, Sobia Laghari, Shareen Ahmed, Boudewijn van Nieuwenhuize
2018: Céline van de Braak, Marlies Oosthoek, Alissa Schurink
2017: Talel Lakhal