Emma Winkels Email & Phone Number

Den Haag

I am a policy officer in the exact sciences in the chemistry & physics team. I am the coordinator for quantum research. I am involved in calls for research funding, organizing conferences, supervising public-private consortia and collaborating on internal policy.

Brighton, United Kingdom

Doctoral researcher in the experimental particle physics group at the University of Sussex. I worked on Higgs boson-top quark coupling (ttH) in the boosted regime at the ATLAS detector at CERN, Geneva. I used Machine Learning techniques to aid the analysis in the separation of signal from background events. Optimisations of signal and control regions, as well as studies of physical observables, were performed using Python and C++. The worldwide CERN computing grid allowed for the execution of high performance computing tasks involved in running the analysis.Besides my technical skills, I have learned key project management, time management, and communication skills during my PhD. I have learned to work together in teams of very diverse people from all over the world.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

I coordinated the reorganisation and reclassification of the entire inventory of the pharmacy. I helped with the preparation of prescriptions for clients and had several other tasks concerning logistics, administration, and general support of the daily tasks.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

I was responsible for the marketing, administration, and fluid mechanics research at this startup. They created an additive that helps reduce the use of pesticides in agriculture. I conducted experiments to test the effectiveness of the product and to test for possible improvements. I gave sales pitches and technical presentations to (future) customers. My other tasks consisted of updating the company website, summarizing and translating research reports, patent application, and other activities regarding organization, administration, marketing, and sales.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tutoring of secondary school pupils (occasionally primary school) in physics, mathematics, chemistry, and biology. This involved general help with homework problems as well as (final) exam preparations.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Experiments on fluid mechanics within the Soft Matter group. Measuring droplet sizes with laser apparatus. Computation of drop size distributions and further analysis with custom software.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Intern in the biophysics group of Prof. Dr. ir. Sander J. Tans.Experiments on gene expression within the Biophysics group. Growing of bacterial colonies and studies using time-lapse fluorescence microscopy. Data analysis using custom MatLab software.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Tutoring of secondary school pupils in physics, mathematics, chemistry, and biology.Recruitment of students through online advertisements and word-of-mouth.

Master Of Science (Msc), Theoretical Physics, Distinction

MSc Particles, Strings, and Cosmology at Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom MSc dissertation: The Cosmic Microwave Background.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Physics, Cum Laude

International Honours College for Liberal Arts & Sciences, see: www.auc.nl. Joint initiative of the University of Amsterdam and the VU.

Certificate, English

One month intensive English course (25 hours a week).

Certificate, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics

Advanced science program followed at JCU in fifth and sixth year of secondary school (VWO). Currently named U-talent program, see.

Secondary School Diploma, Nature, Technology, And Health

First three years: Gymnasium (VWO + courses Latin and Greek) Fourth year: VWO (Nature & Technology track, electives in philosophy.