Ali is a PhD student from Saudi Aramco, who did his MSc in Delft within the IDEA league geophysics program and also spent two years at UBC in Vancouver. He will working within the Delphi consortium and focus on all challenging issues that are related to imaging and inversion of seismic measurements on land.

Tiexing is a visiting PhD student from Jilin University in China and started on January 2nd. He will stay until the end of the year. Tiexing will be working within the Delphi consortium on the optimum estimation of multiply scattered seismic waves and separate them from the single-scattered waves. His supervisor is Eric Verschuur.

Medical Delta has launched twelve researchprogrammes that will work on technological solutions for sustainable healthcare. These programmes combine knowledge and expertise of three universities and two university medical centers to address important societal challenges in healthcare. Three out of twelve projects were granted to ImPhys researchers. Per project they will receive € 380k.

NWO has announced that it has decided to fund the 810 k€ collaborative project CRYO3BEAMS led by Jacob Hoogenboom (ImPhys). The project, which further involves Arjen Jakobi (BN) and industrial partners Delmic and Demcon-Kryoz, is funded within the High-Tech Systems and Materials (HTSM) Topsector call.

Verya Daeichin received a grant of €10K from the Delft Health Initiative for his project on “Single-cable three-dimensional opto-acoustic imaging catheter”. He will work on this project together with Douwe van Willigen, Martin Verweij, Michiel Pertijs and Nico de Jong. The TU Delft Health Initiative objective is to promote research in the field of Healthcare at Delft University of Technology and they granted 13 out of total 26 applications.

Jeroen Kalkman (TU Delft) and Arno van Leenders (Erasmus MC) received a grant of €10K from the Delft Health Initiative for their project on “Pathology in a new light with label-free deep tissue microscopy”. The TU Delft Health Initiative objective is to promote research in the field of Healthcare at Delft University of Technology and they granted 13 out of total 26 applications.

Koen van Dongen received a grant of €10K from the Delft Health Initiative for his project on “Real-time proton beam range verification using the iono-acoustic effect: a proof of concept”. The TU Delft Health Initiative objective is to promote research in the field of Healthcare at Delft University of Technology and they granted 13 out of total 26 applications.

During the official opening of HollandPTC on Friday 30 November, the Varian grants of € 2.700.000 were awarded. ImPhys researcher Frans Vos received € 300.000 for his project on a new methodology for developing biomarkers of radiation-induced toxicity based on advanced MR imaging. Beginning next year we expect to recruit personnel for this project.

Arnica will work on “Lab-on-a chip Raman spectroscopy for Raman spectroscopy of optically trapped bacteria and microvesicles”. Her supervisor is Jaap Caro

The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) has announced which new research programmes may start in the so-called 'Perspective for the Top Sectors' programme. A total of six public-private programmes will receive about 28 million euros. The project is about achieving higher resolution and sensitivity in optical devices.