dr. IE (Emilie) Wientjes
Universitair docentCurrent position
- 2015 - present Assistant Professor Biophysics and Photosynthesis - Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Previous positions
- 2014 - 2015 FOM Postdoctoral Fellow Biophysics and Plasmonics - hosted by the Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Herbert van Amerongen
- 2012 - 2014 Postdoctoral Fellow Biophysics and Plasmonics, Molecular Nanophotonics, Institute of Photonic Sciences, ICFO, Barcelona, Spain. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Niek van Hulst
- 2011 - 2012 Postdoctoral Fellow Biophysics and Photosynthesis - Biophysics group, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Roberta Croce
Education
- 2007 - 2011 PhD (Cum Laude, top 5%) - Molecular Photobiology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Title: Revealing the light-harvesting properties of Photosystem I - From single antenna to supercomplex. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Roberta Croce
- 2002 - 2007 MSc Molecular Sciences (Cum Laude, top 5%), Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Fellowships, grants and awards
- 2019 Vidi fellowship awarded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), 5 years research fellowship
- 2015 Veni fellowship awarded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), three year research fellowship
- 2015 Marie Sklodowska Currie Individual Fellowship awarded by the European Commission, two years research fellowship
- 2014 FOM/v Fellowship, upto three years research fellowship
- 2012 Marie Curie International Fellowship COFUND and ICFOnest program, two years research fellowship
Publications
- 31 publications in refereed journals
- > 1500 citations (Web of Science), > 2000 (Google Scholar)
- h-index: 19 (Web of Science), 21 (Google Scholar)