Experimental physics, PhD student supervision, project proposal writing and management. Scientific topics include graphene, gas sensing, nanophotonics, and nanotechnology. Surface physics/chemistry of advanced materials, including graphene, and applications such as graphene for acoustics, gas sensing, and physiological parameter sensing.

Experimental physics, PhD student supervision, project proposal writing and management. Scientific topics include graphene, gas sensing, nanophotonics, and nanotechnology.

Writing blog posts and maintaining social network activity, all on the topic of graphene.

I owned and maintained a website that reported on graphene commercialization and business news. GT is now inactive.

Startup management. Business plan creation. Project proposal writing. Scientific consulting.

Optical and plasmonic properties of graphene. Optomechanics of dielectric nanoparticles.

Experimental physics; project proposal writing

I worked in the field of near-field optics. With a phase- and polarization-sensitive near-field microscope and a far-field transmission/scattering optical setup, I experimentally studied scattering and waveguiding of surface plasmon polaritons and slow light in photonic crystals. I also used simulation tools to support experimental data. Although my work was basic, it has potential applications in integrated optics, biosensing, solar energy and many other areas of technology. I worked under the supervision of Prof. Kobus Kuipers.I have directly supervised two successful MSc students.

I am the founder and first president of ASCOSA, the Amsterdam Student Chapter of the Optical Society of America (OSA). ASCOSA is a group of students in Amsterdam, working together with OSA to promote optics to young people and the society in general. My activities involve the organization of promotional events, holding joint events with other chapters, organizing social outings and providing vision and leadership to the chapter.

I used femtosecond laser pulses to induce ultrafast electrical currents in unbiased semiconductors, in particular silicon and germanium. These short bursts of current were detected using the emitted THz radiation. The existence of these currents in silicon was surprising because of its indirect bandgap. This work is important for silicon photonics and fundamental studies of photon-phonon interactions in solids. I worked under the supervision of Prof. Henry van Driel.