prof.dr.ir. M. Huijben (Mark)

I started working on interface engineering for oxide electronics already during both my MSc and PhD at the University of Twente (Netherlands) with a stay at Stanford University (USA). During my postdoc at the University of California, Berkeley (USA), my research was broadened into the field of multiferroic applications to study the magnetic and electronic interactions at various oxide interfaces. In 2009 I started my research group at the University of Twente as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor. At the same time I became program director of the strategic research orientation ‘Nanomaterials for Energy’ within the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology to exploit and expand the present expertise in the field of nano-related energy research. In these roles I have been successful in obtaining financial support (e.g. MESA+ grant of 1000 k€, EU FP7 projects of 694 k€ and national personal VENI grant of 250 k€ (top 10% of peers)) on thermoelectrics, photovoltaics and artificial photosynthesis, in which high-quality oxide interfaces were crucial. In 2013 I became a Tenure Track Associate Professor and I shifted the focus of my research group towards solid-state batteries, for which I was awarded a prestigious national personal VIDI grant of 800 k€ (top 10% of peers). In 2016 I obtained a permanent position with ius promovendi. Furthermore, since 2018 I have been appointed as Guest Scientist within the IEK-1 Electrochemical Storage Department of Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany). Since January 2022 I became Full Professor of the chair 'Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage' with a young and enthusiastic research team. 

2022 – present    Full Professor, Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage         Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Netherlands.

2018 – present    Guest Scientist                                                                                         IEK-1 Electrochemical Storage Department, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany.

2016 – 2021    Associate Professor (with ius promovendi)                                                 Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Netherlands.

2013 – 2016       Associate Professor, Tenure Track                                                          Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Netherlands.

2009 – 2014       Program director of the strategic research orientation ‘Nanomaterials for Energy’, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Netherlands.

2009 – 2013       Assistant Professor, Tenure Track                                                           Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Netherlands.

2008 – 2009       Postdoctoral researcher,                                                                          Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Netherlands.

2006 – 2008       Postdoctoral researcher,                                                                          Physics & Materials Science departments, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

2000 Sep-Dec     Student Internship,                                                                             Applied Physics department, Stanford University, USA.

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Organisations

• Faculty of Science and Technology (TNW), Inorganic Materials Science (IMS)