Albert Polman – group leader
Tom Veeken – LMPV program manager
Saskia Fiedler – postdoc
Thomás Chlouba – postdoc
Nika van Nielen– PhD student
Evelijn Akerboom– PhD student
Hollie Marks – PhD student
Robin Schot – PhD student
Ana Lopez Poyatos – junior researcher
Toon Coenen – part-time guest
Dion Ursem – group technician
Floortje van den Berg – secretary
Academic research family tree for former group members in academia
Former Ph.D. students
Matthias Liebtrau (2024, Raith)
Andrea Cordaro (2023, Harvard university)
Stefan Tabernig – PhD student (2023, EWE trading)
Magda Solà Garcia (2021, Lumicks; AMOLF)
Verena Neder (2021, Leuze, Germany)
Benjamin Brenny (2017, TNO)
Marie-Anne van de Haar (2016, Seaborough)
Jorik van de Groep (2016, Stanford University; UvA)
Ruben Maas (2015, ASML)
Claire van Lare (2014, ASML)
Toon Coenen (2014, Delmic)
Rutger Thijssen (2014, TNO; Applied Materials, CA)
Piero Spinelli (2014, ECN; Saule Technologies, Poland)
Ernst Jan Vesseur (2011, Caelux; FEI; ThermoFisher)
Ewold Verhagen (2011, EPFL; AMOLF)
Rene de Waele (2010, BigBridge)
Martin Kuttge (2009, ICFO; Zeiss)
Rob van Loon (2009, dBvision, RIVM)
Hans Mertens (2007, NXP; IMEC)
Joan Penninkhof (2006, Erasmus Medical Center)
Jeroen Kalkman (2005, Philips Research; AMC; TUD)
Teun van Dillen (2004, RIVM)
Michiel de Dood (2002, Leiden University)
Christof Strohhofer (2002, Fraunhofer Institute)
Lenneke Slooff (2000, ECN/TNO)
Pieter Kik (2000, Florida State University)
Mark Brongersma (1998, Stanford University)
Gerlas van Hoven (1996, Genexis)
Edwin Snoeks (1995, Shell, ASML)
Former postdocs
Kelly Mauser (2021, KLA Tencor, USA)
Nick Schilder (2020, TNO)
Sophie Meuret (2018, CEMES , Toulouse, FR)
Daniel Paardekooper (2017, JPL, Los Angeles; Leiden University)
Mark Knight (2017, Northrop Grumman, Los Angeles)
Bonna Newman (2014, ECN/TNO)
James Parsons (2011, Gatan, Waveoptics, UK)
Robb Walters (2011, Integrated Plasmonics, San Francisco)
Kylie Catchpole (2009, Australian National University, Canberra)
Femius Koenderink (2008, AMOLF)
Sebastien Bidault (2007, Institut Langevin, Paris)
Anna Tchebotareva (2005, Leiden University; TNO)
Nicholas Hamelin (1998, ST Microelectronics, Catania)
Jose H. dos Santos (1998, University of Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Marielle Ladeveze (1997, University of Aix-Marseille)
Jung Shin (1995, KAIST, Seoul, Korea)
Rosalia Serna (1994, Instituto de Optica, Madrid)
Jon Custer (1993, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque)
Former guests
Søren Møller – 2018 Guest PhD student (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Siying Peng – 2017 Guest PhD student (Caltech)
Isobel Bicket – 2016 Guest PhD student (Macmaster University, Canada)
Lourens van Dijk – 2015 Guest PhD student (Utrecht University)
Vivian Ferry – 2009 Guest PhD student (Caltech, University of Minnesota)
Denise Krol (UC Davies, CA)
Sjoerd Roorda (University of Montreal)
Hideo Isshiki (University of Electrocommunications, Tokyo)
Tadamasa Kimura (University of Electrocommunications, Tokyo)
Salvo Coffa (CNR Catania)
Jan van der Elsken (University of Amsterdam)
Former master’s students
Theo Soler – masters student (Ecole des mines de Paris, 2024j
Hannah Niese – master student (ETH Zürich, 2022)
Heleen Groenewegen (UvA, 2021)
Daphne Dekker (UU, 2021)
Evelijn Akerboom (UvA, 2021)
Marnix Vreugdenhil (UU, 2020)
Nika van Nielen (UvA, 2020)
Floris Uleman (UvA, 2019)
Kyra Orbons (UvA, 2019)
Joris Schefold (UvA, 2018)
Tom Veeken (UvA, 2017)
Magda Solà Garcia (UvA, 2017)
Verena Neder (UvA, 2016)
Philipp Tockhorn (UvA, 2016)
Teresa Ortmann (UvA, 2016)
Philip Heringlage (UvA, 2016)
Julia Attevelt (UvA, 2014)
Bas Zegers (UU, 2012)
Hugo Doeleman (UvA, 2012)
Jorik van de Groep (UU, 2011)
Ruben Maas (UU, 2011)
Maarten Hebbink (UU, 2009)
Erwin Kroekenstoel (UU, 2009)
Ernst Jan Vesseur (UU, 2006)
Ewold Verhagen (UU, 2005)
Timon van Wijngaarden (UU, 2005)
Rene de Waele (UU, 2005)
Martien den Hertog (UU, 2005)
Max Siem (TUD, 2002)
Basjan Berkhout (UvA, 2001)
Michael Hensen (UvA, 2000)
Dirk Vossen (UU, 1999)
Freek Suyver (UU, 1999)
Daniel Peters (UvA, 1998)
Erik Radius (UvA, 1995)
Former bachelor’s students
Cyrian Leriche (2017)
Bas Onokiewicz (2016)
Former group technicians
Jan ter Beek