After a more than 30 year career in academia (Radboud University Nijmegen, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, VU University Amsterdam) I transitioned in 2015 to the world of commercial high-tech enterprises. I founded the high-tech startup MassSpecpecD BV that operates in the field of Science and (Analytical) Technology, at the boundary of Physics and Chemistry. Specifically, we aim to bring recent developments from my long-term academic research to the commercial market. We have developed very successfully the Amsterdam Piezo Valve product line ( AmsterdamPiezoValve.com ) for the generation of very short and intense gas pulses for applications like EUV/XUV/HHG generation, Laser/FEL Spectroscopy, Radical and Ion sources, Laser Desorption Evaporation sources etc. Our main mission at MassSpecpecD BV is the development of a novel laser-based analytical instrument for direct and ultra-sensitive Mass Spectrometric detection of the enantiomeric composition of chiral molecules. The new MS spectrometer employs laser-based PhotoElectron Circular Dichroism, PECD.This explains the last 4-letter part of our company's name, the capital letters S (Sinister) and D (Dexter) in our name reflect the two enantiomers in chiral molecules and are nicely placed Left and Right, MassSpecpecD.The novel chiral MS-instrument is marketed for commercial enterprises in the Food, Flavor & Fragrances, Pharmaceuticals and Agro-Chemicals Industries and for academic&research institutes in novel (medical) applications employing chiral molecules. For further info on our products and technology visit our websites www.MassSpecpecD.com and www.AmsterdamPiezoValve.com .For further info on my 30-year academic performance see the websites below.Google Scholar (Academic Publications): https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Hm_pPCoAAAAJ&hl=enORCID (Connecting Research and Researchers): https://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-3753-6744NARCIS (The gateway to scholarly data in the Netherlands): https://www.narcis.nl/person/RecordID/PRS1290031/Language/en
