Zernike Institute Groningen Advent Calendar - Episode 8 Abinaya Arunachalam, PhD student in the Polymer Science group. Abinaya is working on developing an insect-trapping glue that could potentially replace chemical pesticides in agriculture. Read more: rug.nl/research/zerni…

Zernike Institute Groningen Advent Calendar - Episode 9 Ewout van der Veer, PhD student in the Beatriz Noheda group and part of CogniGron. Ewout is investigating thin films of various oxide materials to relate their atomic structure to their functional properties. Read more: rug.nl/research/zerni…

Zernike Institute Advent Calendar - Episode 10 Ursula Schmidt, management assistant taking care of smooth operations within the Device Physics of Complex Materials and Materials Chemistry groups. Read more: rug.nl/research/zerni…

Zernike Institute Groningen Advent Calendar - Episode 11 Matteo Pitaro, PhD student of Prof. Maria Antonietta Loi working on hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductors, to make them more efficient and stable when converting sunlight into free carriers in solar cell devices. Read more:rug.nl/research/zerni…

Zernike Institute Groningen Advent Calendar - Episode 12 @JvRijn, PhD student of Prof. Tamalika Banerjee working on materials with new multifunctional properties that have much to offer for next-generation computing devices. Read more: rug.nl/research/zerni…

Zernike Institute Groningen Advent Calendar - Episode 13 Jan Peter Birkner, Research Manager of the Institute. JP guides the strategic processes within the institute, is PhD coordinator, and confidential advisor. Read more: rug.nl/research/zerni…

Zernike Institute Groningen Advent Calendar - Episode 14 Karin Woudstra, management assistant for the polymer chemistry groups. She is - for 20 years now - very involved in the research groups and also enjoys keeping in touch with the retired professors. Read more: rug.nl/research/zerni…

Zernike Institute Groningen Advent Calendar - Episode 15 Henriet van Mil, management assistant of 5 research groups (Beatriz Noheda, Blake, Shirin Faraji, Hildner, Maxim Pchenitchnikov). In 40 years hundreds of students, PhD’s, and postdocs have passed by her office. Read more: rug.nl/research/zerni…

Zernike Institute Groningen Advent Calendar - Episode 16 Luan Moreira Grilo, double-degree PhD student with Katja Loos, dina & University of Sao Paulo focussing on developing novel polymeric materials from biobased sources. Read more: rug.nl/research/zerni…

Zernike Institute Groningen Advent Calendar - Episode 17 Karma Tenzin, PhD student in the Jagoda Slawinska group, computational materials scientist with a specific focus on low-dimensional materials with novel properties for application in spintronic devices. Read more: rug.nl/research/zerni…

Zernike Institute Groningen Advent Calendar - Episode 18 Hans de Vries, Research technician in the van Wees group, uses a broad set of skills and techniques to keep equipment running and adjust it to accommodate new research questions. Read more: rug.nl/research/zerni…

Zernike Institute Groningen Advent Calendar - Episode 19 Vesna Erić, PhD student in the Prof. 𝓣𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓪𝓼 𝓛. 𝓒. 𝓙𝓪𝓷𝓼𝓮𝓷 group, working on computational spectroscopy of bacterial light-harvesting complexes. Read more: rug.nl/research/zerni…

Zernike Institute Groningen Advent Calendar - Episode 20 Tim Faber, PhD student in the Prof. Jan Anton Koster group, working on pushing the efficiency limits of solar cells using theory & simulations. Read more: rug.nl/research/zerni…

Zernike Institute Groningen Advent Calendar - Episode 21 Gianni Pacella, PhD student in the Portale Lab, part of an interdisciplinary consortium focused on the development of artificial life-like systems and materials. Read more: rug.nl/research/zerni…

Zernike Institute Groningen Advent Calendar - Episode 22 Evgenii Barts, former PhD student of Maxim Mostovoy and now postdoc with Jagoda Slawinska. Evgenii worked on skyrmions during his PhD and as a postdoc delves into spintronics. Read more: rug.nl/research/zerni…

Zernike Institute Groningen Advent Calendar - Episode 23 Ilaria Squillante, PhD student in the Portale Lab working on a new generation of recyclable packaging polyethylene-based mono-materials to tackle the accumulation of plastic waste in the environment. Read more: rug.nl/research/zerni…

Zernike Institute Groningen Advent Calendar - Episode 24 Grand Finale, our handpicked Papers of the Year 2023. Read more: rug.nl/research/zerni… With this, closing the Advent calendar: many thanks for joining along. Enjoy the holiday season and we wish everyone a healthy and prosperous 2024.

Very excited about this project and I am looking forward to working with ⁦Maria Antonietta Loi⁩ and our collaborators to develop infrared sensors using quantum dots as active materials! linkedin.com/posts/faculty-…

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FSE Advanced Materials Theme Spring Magazine with a rich array of research, encompassing topics such as sensors derived from plants, coatings, protein sequencing, metamaterials, antibiotic targets, cognitive computing, batteries, and solar cells. rug.nl/research/zerni… Enjoy!