Meet the organising committee, NextGenChem 2025

Ivana Qianqi Lin is an assistant professor in the Department of Molecules and Materials at University of Twente in Enschede. Her research focuses on in-situ Raman and dark-field spectroscopy to study plasmonics, electrochemistry and interfacial processes.

contact: q.lin@utwente.nl

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Christian Büll is an assistant professor in the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry at Radboud University in Nijmegen. His research focuses on unravelling the mechanisms of cellular glycosylation and biological interactions with glycans.

contact: christian.bull@ru.nl

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Bettina Baumgartner is an assistant professor in the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences at University of Amsterdam. She focuses on heterogenous photoredox in metal-organic and covalent-organic frameworks using  UV-vis, IR, X-rays spectroscopies.

contact: b.baumgartner@uva.nl

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Kasper Wenderich in an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Twente in Enschede. His research focuses on sustainable energy storage by photocatalytic and/or electrocatalytic means, amongst others using plasmonic photothermal catalysis.

contact: k.wenderich@utwente.nl

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Sharron Xiaohua Li is an assistant professor in the Engineering and Technology Institute at University of Groningen. She focuses on separation technologies for bioproducts, metal extractions, waste recycling, and applying AI in processing.

contact: xioahua.li@rug.nl

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Namita Sharma is an Assistant Professor in the Laboratory of BioNanoTechnology at Wageningen University & Research in Wageningen. Her research focuses on understanding electron transfer processes in redox chemistry of transition metal complexes using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy.

contact: namita.sharma@wur.nl

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NextGenPhys committee 2025

Antonija Grubisic-Cabo is an Assistant Professor in the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen. Her expertise is in angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) for electronic and structural properties of nanomaterials, particularly 2D and quantum materials.

contact: a.grubisic-cabo@rug.nl

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Mazhar Ali is an Associate Professor in Quantum Nanoscience at TU Delft. His research focuses on quantum materials and devices, with significant contributions to topological insulators, semimetals, as well as the Josephson Diode Effect.

contact: m.n.ali@tudelft.nl

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Mazi Jalaal is an Associate Professor in the Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute at University of Amsterdam. He focuses in flow of complex fluids and biophysics, with interests in
plastocapillarity and biophysics of eukaryotic cells.

contact: m.jalaal@uva.nl

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Malte Rösner is an Assistant Professor in the Theory of Condensed Matter at Radboud University, focusing on computational condensed matter physics. His research aims to predict and understand many-body effects in novel two-dimensional materials and layered nanostructures.

contact: malte.roesner@ru.nl

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Machteld Kamminga is an Assistant Professor in the Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University. She specializes in high-temperature superconductors and intercalation processes in layered chalcogenides.

contact: m.e.kamminga@uu.nl

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Roberto Lo Conte is an Assistant Professor in the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen. His research interest is in atomically thin magnetic layers and superconducting materials, focusing on the interplay between magnetism and superconductivity in hybrid systems.

contact: r.lo.conte@rug.nl