About Me
I'm a PhD candidate working on the NeuroChip project at MCS under the supervision of Niels Tas. I'm originally from South Africa, but have also lived in Azerbaijan and the Netherlands for several years. I obtained my Bachelor in Advanced Technology, and my Master in Nanotechnology at the University of Twente. My Master assignment was on 'Real-time generation of multi-dimensional concentration profiles using parallel microfluidic dosing arrays' at BIOS. In 2018 I did an Internship at the University of Tokyo in the Biohybrid Systems Group working on microfluidic optics.
Expertise
Physics & Astronomy
# Circuit Boards
# Dynamic Range
# Fluidic Circuits
# Liquids
# Resistors
Engineering & Materials Science
# Cell Culture
# Fluidics
# Microfluidics
Organisations
Research
My research will focus on the design and fabrication of a Neurons-on-a-chip MEMS device for high throughput patch-clamp recordings. This project is in collaboration with VU Amsterdam and is a part of the NewTDec Consortium.
Publications
Recent
de Boer, D.
, Vollertsen, A. R.
, van den Berg, A.
, van der Meer, A.
, & Odijk, M. (2020).
A modular microfluidic parallel dispensing system. Abstract from 24th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, µTAS 2020, Virtual Event.
Vollertsen, A. R.
, de Boer, D.
, Dekker, S., Wesselink, B. A. M., Haverkate, R.
, Rho, H. S., Boom, R. J., Skolimowski, M., Blom, M.
, Passier, R.
, van den Berg, A.
, van der Meer, A. D.
, & Odijk, M. (2020).
Modular operation of microfluidic chips for highly parallelized cell culture and liquid dosing via a fluidic circuit board.
Microsystems and Nanoengineering,
6(1), Article 107.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41378-020-00216-z
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Affiliated Study Programmes
Bachelor
Master
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Science and Technology
Carré
(building no. 15), room C1510
Hallenweg 21
7522NH Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Science and Technology
Carré
C1510
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands