2017 Highlights of the Eindhoven University of Technology
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Stan ter Huurne completes successfully his master degree
Stan ter Huurne has received his master degree in Applied Physics at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Stan did his master thesis in our group, working on THz near field microscopy. We congratulate Stan with his degree and are glad that he will stay in the group doing a PhD thesis.
Gabriel Lozano wins the Junior Researcher Physics prize of the Spanish Royal Society of Science
The prize was given for his “unique capacity to study fundamental physical phenomena at the highest level, giving rise to remarkable results and the ability of obtaining relevant applications from his research”. Gabriel was a postdoc in our group at AMOLF and Philips from 2011 until 2014. During this period he investigated the application of…
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Said Rodriguez starts group at AMOLF
Our former PhD student Said Rodriguez has been appointed as project leader at the NWO Institute AMOLF to start the group “Interacting Photons”. Said got his PhD (‘Cum Laude’) at TU Eindhoven, having worked at AMOLF and Philips. His PhD thesis was awarded with the FOM Prize for the best Physics PhD thesis in 2015…
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Fundamental research for photonic applications. (in Dutch)
Interview with Jaime Gomez Rivas at Brainport Eindhoven about his recently awarded NWO Vici-grant. Source: http://www.brainport.nl/nieuws-ontwikkelingen/fundamenteel-onderzoek-voo…
Transferring light properties to materials (Video)
Jaime Gómez Rivas has been awarded with a NWO Vici-grant. In this video he explains what he is going to do with the 1.5 million euro grant: improving the charge transport in materials by transferring properties of light to those materials. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bT9PbzjqYg
Photonics expert Jaime Gómez Rivas wins prestigious Vici grant
February 17th 2017 Jaime Gómez Rivas, group leader at DIFFER and professor at the Applied Physics faculty of Eindhoven University of Technology, has won one of the 34 prestigious Vici grants of NWO, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. The 1.5 million euro Vici grants is intended for premier scientists in their fields, to set…
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International Workshop on Strong Coupling with Organic Molecules (SCOM-16).
Jaime Gomez Rivas organizes, together with Javier Aizpurua, Bill Barnes and Francisco Garcia Vidal, the first International Workshop on Strong Coupling with Organic Molecules (SCOM-16). The workshop was held in San Sebastian (Spain) from 19-21 October, 2016. This workshop brought together researchers from different disciplines including: Photonics, Quantum Optics, Materials, Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics…
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Said Rodriguez receives honourable mention for the 2016 Christiaan Huygens Prize.
Said Rodriguez (center) receives from the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Jet Bussemaker, an honorable mention for the 2016 Christiaan Huygens Prize in recognition of his doctoral thesis work in the Photonics for Energy group. Read more at http://www.christiaanhuygensprijs.nl/index.php?D=112.