dr. IE (Emilie) Wientjes
Universitair hoofddocentI am fascinated by how plants, algae and cyanobacteria capture sun light and convert it into chemical energy to power virtually all life on Earth. In 2015 I started my research group at the Laboratory of Biophysics, were we investigate how the photosynthetic light-harvesting machinery of plants and cyanobacteria cope with various light conditions.
Current 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. Prof. Dr. Herbert van Amerongen
- 2012 - 2014 Postdoctoral Fellow Biophysics and Plasmonics, Molecular Nanophotonics, Institute of Photonic Sciences, ICFO, Barcelona, Spain. Prof. Dr. Niek van Hulst
- 2011 - 2012 Postdoctoral Fellow Biophysics and Photosynthesis - Biophysics group, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Prof. Dr. Roberta Croce
Education
- 2007 - 2011 PhD (Cum Laude, top 5%) - Molecular Photobiology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Revealing the light-harvesting properties of Photosystem I - From single antenna to supercomplex. Prof. Dr. Roberta Croce
- 2002 - 2007 MSc Molecular Sciences (Cum Laude, top 5%), Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Fellowships, grants and awards
- 2023 NWO-M funds 1 PhD student
- 2022 EPS PhD fellowship for Jarne Berentsen
- 2020 NWO Groot as co-applicant
- 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
- 40 publications in refereed journals
- > 2220 citations (Scopus), > 2900 (Google Scholar)
- h-index: 25 (Scopus), 26 (Google Scholar)