Research Group Peter Schall

Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam

People

Prof. Dr. Peter Schall
Chair Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Room C4.228
Tel. +31 20 525 6314
Email: p.schall-at-uva.nl

Postdocs


Dr. Yingying Tang
Nanocrystal Synthesis and Assembly
Room C4.234b
y.tang2-at-uva.nl

PhD students

Nick Koppasis (PhD student)
Active colloidal architectures
Room: C4.232
E-mail: n.oikonomeaskoppasis – at – uva.nl

Ina Flaucher (PhD student)
Spectral conversion layers for enhancing photosynthesis in algae growth (with IBED, Prof. Huisman)

Abhishek Gupta (PhD student)
Flow and contact networks of superlubric colloids for friction reduction
(EU Project SSLiP)

Liu Qiuyu (Phd student)
Flow-induced assembly of proteins and patchy particle models

Dongdong Zhou (PhD student)
Superlubric properties of fullerene particle ensembles – simulations

Congcong Diao (PhD student)
Aggregation and rheology of plant-protein-based gels

Maike Segers (PhD student)

Structuring of protein gels for meat analogues

Bauke van der Vorm (PhD student)

2D Material Detectors for next-generation sensors in high-energy physics

Jasmin Fisher (PhD student)

Nanocrystal layers for spectral shaping applications to enhance algae growth
(EU project SUN PERFORM)

David van Houten (PhD student, joint with Jorik vd. Groep)

2D materials as single photon emitters for photonic quantum computers.

Alvaro Loya (PhD student, joint with Jorik vd. Groep)

2D materials as electrically tunable single photon emitters for integration into photonic integrated circuits.

Master Students

Alessandro Perrone (exchange MSc student from University of Rome)

Searching for the liquid-liquid critical point and critical fluctuations in tetrahedral patchy particles – experiments and simulations

Matthijs Geerlings (MSc student)
Simulation and testing of outcoupling layers for spectral shaping applications

Alumni

  • Dr. Susan Rigter, PhD Thesis “Stabilizing and passivating halide perovskites with amoirphous materials (shared with Prof. E. Garnett, Amolf)
  • Dr. Marco van der Laan, PhD Thesis “Optical Spectroscopy of Low-Dimensional Semiconductors – Investigating Charge and Energy Transfer Processes”
  • Dr. Piet Swinkels, PhD Thesis “Colloidal Architectures – Atom-like Assembly of Patchy Particles”
  • Dr. Ankit Goyal, Ball milling synthesis of silicon and perovskite nanocrystals
  • Dr. Janne-Mieke Meijer, Veni postdoc, Assembly of colloidal cubes by critical Casimir forces, now Assistant Professor at TU Eindhoven.
  • Joep Rouwhorst, PhD “Nonequilibrium network
    formation in soft materials” (2020), now at ABN AMRO.
  • Simon Stuij, PhD “Colloidal Design: Building, Bending and Breaking” (2019), now teacher at University of Amsterdam.
  • Emanuele Marino, PhD “Assembling nanocrystal superstructures“, now postdoc at U Penn (Chris Murray group)
  • Dr. Laura Rossi, Veni postdoc, Designer magnetic colloids, now Assistant Professor at TU Delft
  • Dr. Thomas Kodger, Postdoc, Colloidal physics, now Assistant Professor at Wageningen University
  • Dr. Dolf Timmermans, Postdoc, Optoelectronic properties of quantum dots, now Assistant Professor at Osaka University.
  • Dr. Benjamin Bruhn, Postdoc Colloidal quantum dots, now Manager at PwC accounting
  • Dr. Dmitry Denisov, Postdoc Complexity: Granular avalanches and Traffic Modelling, now Credit Risk Modeller at Rabobank.
  • Truc Anh Nguyen, PhD Self Assembly of Anisotropic Particles with
    Critical Casimir Forces
  • Dang Minh Triet, PhD Non-equilibrium transitions in
    colloidal glasses and gels
    , now Assistant Professor at Can Tho University.
  • Daniel Miedema PhD Transport in Complex Driven
    Systems
    , now Research Associate at Amsterdam Medical Center (UMC).
  • Dr. Sandra Veen, Postdoc Colloidal aggregation in microgravity, now Senior Research Scientist at Electric Ant Lab.
  • Yasser Rahmani, PhD Micromechanics and rheology of hard and soft-sphere colloidal glasses, now R&D Director at O2G.
  • Duc Nguyen PhD Phase transitions and interfaces in temperature-sensitive colloidal systems, now Data Scientist at Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science.
  • Dr. Kinga Lörincz Postdoc Critical scaling in granular matter, now Head Of Content at Enlight Ed.
  • Chantal Carpentier PhD Three-dimensional visualization of contact networks in granular material (joint with Molecular Photonics Group), now Restaurator Paintings (Amsterdam).
  • Vijayakumar Chikkadi, PhD Spatial correlations and deformation
    modes in sheared colloidal glasses
    , now Assistant Professor at IIser Pune.

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