Ilse Bakker isn the ‘new’ research technician and she is working on the CIFIC project in which Erasmus MC and the TU Delft collaborate to research Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM).

Koen Martens is a new postdoc in the Rieger group. He will be working on smart, single-molecule microscopy and/or implementing new methods for event-based sensors or neuromorphic cameras.

Anna recently started her PhD with Sjoerd Stallinga and Bernd Rieger, during which she’ll be working on quantum super-resolution microscopy.

As of October 1st, 2024 Henrike Brugts joined ImPhys as department manager. She studied HBO Finance & Logistics in Rotterdam and worked at Gemeente Rotterdam, TNO, Deltares and NWO.

Met een groeiende wereldbevolking van meer dan 8 miljard mensen is voldoende voedsel produceren een uitdaging. Nederland is ‘s werelds tweede exporteur van voedsel en verbouwt enorm efficiënt allerlei gewassen. Plantenziektes zoals valse meeldauw zijn echter een veelvoorkomend probleem dat de oogst van de boer flink kan bederven. Delftse wetenschappers hebben voor het eerst een manier ontwikkeld om de infectie in planten real-time te volgen, zonder de plant te hoeven doden. De hiermee opgedane kennis helpt om nieuwe resistente gewassen te kweken met een hogere opbrengst en minder gebruik van pesticiden. Het onderzoek staat nu in Nature Communications.

Loes presented her poster entitled "Visualizing densely interwoven fiber networks in biological tissues using Computational Scattered Light Imaging", which was endowed with 350€ prize money and a trophy.

Postdoc Yifeng Shao (ImPhys) and his colleagues from Delft and Utrecht University have investigated a new imaging technique using extreme ultraviolet light to study the three-dimensional structures of chips at the nanoscale.

Delft University of Technology's Executive Board has appointed Stefan Witte as professor of Optics for nanoscale metrology in the Imaging Physics department of the Faculty of Applied Sciences as of September 2024. Thanks to the TU Delft Excellence Fund, Stefan Witte can get off to a flying start with his new research group and expects to obtain the first research results soon.

Vincent den Ronden joined ImPhys as a MSc student. He will work on measuring the scattering of polarized light to obtain additional tissue information. Vincent will be supervised by Miriam Menzel.

Guillaume Renaud received a NWO take-off grant for his project: "Quantitative ultrasound imaging inside bones".  With this safe, portable and affordable technology, he wish to improve patient comfort, as well as the efficiency and quality of the management of bone and joint diseases.