PhD

Dongyu Zhang

Post-Doc Dongyu Zhang obtained her PhD degree from the Eindhoven University ofTechnology, working in the Chemical Engineering and Chemistrydepartment. She is interested in studying stimulus-responsive liquidcrystal materials for liquid secretion. By mimicking the natural liquidsecretion phenomenon, she can employ some smart liquid crystalpolymeric materials for robotic applications such as “artificialperspiration”, “pick and place”, or “chemical […]

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Anne Verdurmen

PhD, 17th February 2025 Anne M. J. Verdurmen obtained her masters degree in Chemical Engineering at the Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands. She is interested in liquid crystal actuators which rapidly change shape. Using these actuators she aims to create adaptable connections that can be used for neuromorphic computing. By adding ferroelectric materials the stimuli

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Ouassim L’Karkouri

PhD, 1st April 2021 Jacques Azevedo Peixoto obtained his master’s degree in nanotechnology and telecommunication from Ecole Normal Superieur, France. He is interested in the bottom-to-top assembly in liquid crystal to broaden the library of possibilities and increase the impact of such material. He is currently occupying tuning boundary conditions and/or using external stimuli such

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Iván Marín Miana

PhD, 1st of October 2024 Ivan obtained his master’s in Molecular Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis from the University of Zaragoza (Spain) and completed his master project in the University of Florence (Italy) where he worked on polymers and copolymers with redox properties for energy-storage and opto/electro applications. Then, he developed his PhD in organic chemistry

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Anjali Devi Das

Post-doc, 1st July 2023 Anjali completed her post-graduate studies in material science from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR, India), followed by a joint PhD from the University of Parma (Italy) and the University of Cape Town (South Africa) where she worked on host-guest based supramolecular polymers for early-stage damage detection in composite

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Xiuhu Zhao

Post-doc, 1st July 2023 Xiuhu Zhao received his PhD from South China University of Technology (SCUT, China) in June 2023. His major is Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). His doctoral research mainly focused on novel ferroelectric nematic (NF) liquid crystals and nonlinear optics. His research interests include Ferroelectric Materials, Liquid Crystals, Nonlinear Optics, Metamaterials &

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Samuël A. M. (Sam) Weima

Samuël A. M. (Sam) Weima PhD, 9th January 2023 Sam Weima obtained his masters degree in chemical engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology. He is interested in device integration and exploring new ideas with interdisciplinary cooperation. He is currently occupied with applying machine learning to the development of interactive materials. A fun fact about Sam

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Jingqi Ma

Post-doc, February 2024 Jingqi Ma obtained his Ph.D. from Sichuan University in China, where he majored in biomedical engineering. His research has focused on developing 3D-printed biodegradable materials that can be used for bone repair. His main work is to evaluate the biological function of materials. He is currently interested in the interaction of liquid

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