People

    Principal Investigator: Alireza Mashaghi

    Current co-workers

• Tom Evers (PhD student; Research area: Single cell analysis, force spectroscopy, immunoengineering)

• Laurens Heling (PhD student; Research areas: Single molecule optical tweezers analysis, protein folding, Nuclear receptor)

• Vasily Akulov (PhD student; Research areas: Nuclear hormone receptors, Topology, 3D Genome, Optical tweezers) 

• Mehrad Babaei (PhD student; Research area: Single cell analysis, Reaction networks)

• Vahid Sheikh-Hasani (Postdoc; Research areas: Single molecule analysis, Single cell mechanics, Protein folding)

• Jonas Berx (Postdoc; Research areas: Circuit topology, Condensates, Reaction networks)

• Barbara Scalvini (PhD student; Research area: Single-molecule biophysics, Topology, Protein folding, 3D Genome)

• Huaqi Tang (PhD student; Research area: Immunoengineering & Immunometabolomics, organ chips)

• Julian Ng (Senior Scientist; Research areas: Single-molecule analysis, Nuclear hormone receptors)

• Abolfazl Ramezanpour (Senior Research Associate; Research areas: Medical diagnostics, Reaction networks)

• Sabina Kelly Falke (Master student; Research area: Protein folding dynamics, intrinsically disordered proteins) 

• Azra Husetic (Master student; Research area: Bioprinting and disease modeling)

• Aina Martí Juan (Master student; Research area: Bioprinting and disease modeling)

• Ehsan Aslam (Master student; Research area: Protein folding dynamics)

• Jorn Ticheler (Master student; Research area: Genome topology)

• Morris van Vliet (Master student; Research area: Protein folding, androgen receptor)

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)

• Denise Thakoerdat (Master student; Research area: Droplet microfluidic platforms for metabolomics; Currently: CTA submission manager at Johnson & Johnson)

• Rosilene Cristina Rossetto Burgos (PhD student; Research area: Immunopharmacology, Reaction networks)

• 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)

• Mert Calis (Master student; Research area: Organ-on-chips, Immunoengineering; Currently: Cell Therapy Specialist at Kite Pharma)

• Narges Nikoofard (Research Associate; Current position: Assistant professor, University of Kashan)

• Laura Groen (Current position: Business & Technology Consultant at Accenture)

• 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: Cancer diagnostics, Cancer metabolomics, Immunometabolomics)

• 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)  

• 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)

     Past BSc thesis students 

• 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