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The Team

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Romana Schirhagl

Professor, Head of the group

Nationality: Austrian

Background: Chemistry, Biology, NV center physics

Interests: Diamonds, metabolism, cell biology, Quantum sensing

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Minle Zhan

PhD student

Nationality: Chinese 

Background: Biomedical Engineering

Interests: NV center physics, optics

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David Hernan Aquierre Padilla

PhD student

Nationality: Chilean

Background: Medicine

Interests: Brain stimulation, stress responses

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Tijmen van de Hoef

Master student

Nationality: Dutch

Background: Biomedical Engineering

Interests: Device design

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Felipe P. Perona Martinez

Postdoc

Nationality: Chilean

Background: Electrical/Biomedical Engineering

Interests: Building and design of NV center based quantum sensing equipment

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Abhay Sachdev

Postdoc

Nationality: Indian

Background: Nanotechnology

Interests: Quantum sensing, Sensing, Materials, Microfluidics

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Samin Abbaszadeh 

Postdoc 

Nationality: Iranian

Background: Pharmacology

Interests: Materials, drug delivery, microfluidics

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Daniela Rassler

PhD student

Nationality: German

Background: Biomedical Engineering

Interests: Oxidative stress, Cancer biology, Clinical samples

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Nastaran Ashoori

PhD candidate

Nationality: Iranian

Background: Microbiology, Data science

Interests: Machine learning, data science, vaccine development

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Andrea. Boskovic

PhD candidate

Nationality: Croatian

Background: Pharmacy

Interests: Bioreactors, yeast, pharmacy

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Lucija Buric

Master student

Nationality: Croatia

Background: Biomedical Sciences

Interests: Fertility and Reproductive Health

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Kazuki Kinjo

Visiting student

Nationality: Japanese

Visiting from Masuzumi Fujiwara group at Okayama University, (https://www.nanochem-okayama-u.net/)

Background: Chemistry

Interests: NV centers, chemistry

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Hui Ting Li

MDPhD student

Nationality: Dutch

Background: Medicine

(shared with Hoek lab https://www.umcg.nl/-/a-hoek)

Interests: Fertility

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Adela Melcrova

Postdoc

Nationality: Czech 

Background: Physics

Interests: Mechanisms of bacterial resistance

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Willem Woudstra

Technician

Nationality: Dutch

Background: Biomedical Engineering

Interests: Biofilm formation, bacterial infections, relaxometry

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Isra Noor
 

Master student

Nationality: Pakistani

Background: Molecular Medicine and Innovative Treatment (MMIT)

Interests:  Bioreactor health

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Britt Coenen

PhD candidate

Nationality: Dutch

Background: Medical Biology

Interests: Diagnosis and prevention of sepsis

Shared with Geert van den Boogart and Hjalmar Bouma

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Harsh Jain

PhD candidate

Nationality: Indian

Background: Physics

Interests: Yeast, bioreactors, optics

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Nuan Lin

Postdoc

Nationality: Chinese

Background: Medicine

Interests: Reproductive medicine, bioreactors, quantum sensing

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Virun Malalasena

Master student

Nationality: Sri Lankan

Background: Nanoscience, Physics

Interests: Quantum sensing, building devices

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Wesley Nieuwhof

Master student

Nationality: Dutch

Background: Biomedical Engineering

Interests: Quantum sensing

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Yuanyuan Chai

PhD student

Nationality: Chinese

Background: Chemistry

Interests:  Relaxometry, sepsis detection

(primary location in van den Bogaart lab: http://www.membranetrafficking.com/index.html)

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Marina Volkova

Postdoc

Nationality: Russian

Background: Biology

Interests: Yeast, bioreactors, optics

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Jiazhe Lin

Postdoc

Nationality: Chinese

Background: Medicine

Interests: Neurosurgery, Imaging, quantum sensing

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Nhyira Quashie-Asiedu

Master student

Nationality: Ghana

Background: Biomedical Engineering

Interests: Bacterial resistance, Biomaterials

Alumni

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