TNW-BET-NBP

As a technical engineer within the NBP group, I design and build optical setup's for dedicated scientific experiments. I have a background on electrical engineering and BSc applied physics I have over 10 years of experience in optics. 

Skills: microscopy, nano-technology, optical engineering, laser, mechanical engineering, Labview software programming & interfacing.

Safety coordinator of LASER/Physics laboratory ZH1.74

Expertise

  • Physics

    • Acousto-Optics
    • Media
    • Photonics
    • Ultrasound
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

    • Protein
  • Chemistry

    • Number
    • Surface
    • Concentration

Organisations

Publications

2023

Disentangling Hot Carrier Decay and the Nature of Low-n to High-n Transfer Processes in Quasi-Two-Dimensional Layered Perovskites (2023)The Journal of physical chemistry C, 127(48), 23312-23322. Einhaus, L. M., Zhang, X., Zhu, K., Korterik, J. P., Molenaar, R., Askes, S. H. C., Mul, G., ten Elshof, J. E. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c05415Nile Red staining for nanoplastic quantification: Overcoming the challenge of false positive counts due to fluorescent aggregates (2023)Environmental Challenges, 13. Article 100744. Chatterjee, S., Krolis, E., Molenaar, R., Claessens, M. M. A. E. & Blum, C.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2023.100744

2022

Quantification of Dark Protein Populations in Fluorescent Proteins by Two-Color Coincidence Detection and Nanophotonic Manipulation (2022)The Journal of physical chemistry B, 126(40), 7906-7915. Heesink, G., Caron, C., Van Leijenhorst-Groener, K., Molenaar, R., Gadella, T. W. J., Claessens, M. M. A. E. & Blum, C.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c04627Quantification of the Retention and Disassembly of Virus Particles by a PEI-Functionalized Microfiltration Membrane (2022)ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 4(7), 5173-5179. Chatterjee, S., Molenaar, R., De Vos, W. M., Roesink, H. D. W., Wagterveld, R. M., Cornelissen, J. J. L. M., Claessens, M. M. A. E. & Blum, C.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.2c00560

2021

Python analysis script: PicoQuant multi channel screen (2021)[Non-textual form › Software]. GitHub. Molenaar, R.https://github.com/RobertMolenaar-UT/PicoQuant-multi_channel_screenNanoplastic sizes and numbers: Quantification by single particle tracking (2021)Environmental Science: Nano, 8(3), 723-730. Molenaar, R., Chatterjee, S., Kamphuis, B., Segers-Nolten, I. M. J., Claessens, M. M. A. E. & Blum, C.https://doi.org/10.1039/d0en00951bOptimizing fluorophore density for single virus counting: A photophysical approach (2021)Methods and Applications in Fluorescence, 9(2). Article 025001. Chatterjee, S., Molenaar, R., Tromp, L., Wagterveld, R. M., Roesink, H. D. W., Cornelissen, J. J. L. M., Claessens, M. M. A. E. & Blum, C.https://doi.org/10.1088/2050-6120/abd8e4

2020

A cardiomyocyte show of force: A fluorescent alpha-actinin reporter line sheds light on human cardiomyocyte contractility versus substrate stiffness (2020)Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 141, 54-64. Ribeiro, M. C., Slaats, R. H., Schwach, V., Rivera Arbelaez, J. M., Tertoolen, L. G. J., van Meer, B. J., Molenaar, R., Mummery, C. L., Claessens, M. M. A. E. & Passier, R.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2020.03.008

Research profiles

Electrical engineering (2001)

Applied Physics (2005) Bc.

Address

University of Twente

Horst Complex (building no. 20), room ZH165
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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