Alexander Heemels, PhD student in the ImPhys Optica department, won the poster prize at the Dutch Photonics Event. The poster titled "A novel tool to design freeform optics" presents how algorithmic differentiable ray tracing together with THB-splines can be used to design freeform lenses for illumination applications.

Pim van Beeck is currently following the master's in Applied Physics with a specialisation in health and life sciences. He will join the Menzel Lab, where he will work on using ComSLI to study the three-dimensional network of fibrin fibres in blood clots.

De hersenen bevatten miljoenen zenuwvezels die dicht op elkaar gepakt zijn, waardoor het lastig is om de vezels van elkaar te onderscheiden met microscopische technieken. Miriam Menzel ontwikkelde een eenvoudige lichtmicroscopietechniek die de oriëntatie van deze vezels in beeld kan brengen.

Menglin started his MSc thesis project under the supervision of Prof. Bernd Rieger. He will be working on fixed dipole emitter localization in 4Pi single molecule localization microscopy.

Jesse joined our group to work on his MSc thesis. The subject revolves around taking advantage of non-linearities in wave propagation used in acoustical imaging. Due to these non-linearities, higher (but more importantly in this case: lower) harmonics can be created. This makes it possible to generate a low frequency sound source using two higher frequency sources, resulting in smaller required transducers among other benefits.

Achere Eyong is currently doing his master’s program in Nanobiology jointly at the TU Delft and Erasmus MC. This relatively new program teaches applied physics, programming and modelling to tackle biophysical problems at the nanoscale. His academic interests lies in optical systems and computational solutions to problems related to biophysics. He will be joining the Menzel lab from the 4th of September.

Simon van Staalduine will be joining the ImPhys department in September and work in the Menzel Lab on improving the information acquisition side of computational scattered light imaging! This is going to be part of his Master's thesis in Nanobiology.

Loes Ettema started her PhD in the lab of Miriam Menzel. She will work on dedicated tissue preparation and measurement protocols for Computational Scattered Light Imaging, in order to facilitate the reconstruction of highly interwoven fiber structures in the brain and other biological tissues.

Robert’s MEP project at Mars Lab will be about improving the homogeneity of the B1+ field for high-field MRI scanners using dielectric blocks with a high relative permittivity. His supervisor is Sebastian Weingartner.

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a grant to research on more efficient production of even smaller computer chips in the KIC call ‘Demand-driven Partnerships for Consortia’. Researchers from Delft University of Technology and ARCNL are collaborating with ASML in order to inspect computer chips more precisely and faster with help of electrons. The Knowledge and Innovation Covenant (KIC) research programme stands for pioneering innovative solutions with social and economic impact. NWO funds the research with almost 2 million euros, ASML contributes with over 2.3 million co-funding.