Jacob Hoogenboom has taken over the CPO leadership from Pieter Kruit

Pieter turned 65 on July 15th and although he planned to stay active for a few more years, he felt that the leadership of the group did not needed to be part of that activity. Coordinating his projects on multi-beam SEM, multi-beam inspection, quantum electron microscopy, aberration correction and the nano-aperture ion source can be more than a full-time occupation. Pieter has led the group since 1989 through many projects aimed at innovations in electron-optics instrumentation.

Jacob has been with the group now for almost 10 years. During this time he has already caused the group to connect closer to new applications of microscopy and combinations with light microscopy and developments in chemistry and biology. As a group leader he will continue on this path, in collegial cooperation with the other principle investigators in the group.