Name :Gijsje Koenderink
Email :G.KoenderinkATamolf.nl
Phone :+31-20-7547100
Group :Biological Soft Matter
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Scientific career Gijsje Koenderink

Extended Curriculum Vitae and pre-AMOLF publications

Brief Curriculum vitae of Gijsje Koenderink

  1. Personal details
    Prof. dr. Gijsje Koenderink
    FOM Institute AMOLF
    Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    e-mail:  g.koenderinkATamolf.nl
    phone:   +31-20-7547100
    fax:        +31-20-7547290
    Female; born, 10/10/74, Utrecht (NL), married, two sons.
    Nationality: Dutch (NL)

  2. Appointments
    11/2010–present    Extraordinary Professor (Department of Physics and Astronomy); Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
    10/2006–present    Group Leader at FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics

  3. Education
    Undergraduate: Utrecht University; MSc in Colloid and Physical Chemistry (highest honors/cum laude), august 1998
    Graduate: Utrecht University; PhD in Colloid and Physical Chemistry (highest honors/cum laude), may 2003
    Postdoctoral: Vrije Universiteit (C. Schmidt group), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2003 –2004
    Postdoctoral: Harvard University (Weitz group), Cambridge MA, USA, 2004-2006

  4. Publications and presentations: 38+papers in peer-reviewed journals (H-index: 16); 50+ invited talks at international conferences and institutions; currently supervises 8 PhD theses.

  5. Research Fields: cellular biophysics, biopolymers, cytoskeleton, self-organization, rheology/polymer mechanics, mechanotransduction, soft condensed matter physics.

  6. Prizes and Awards
    • Personal Fellowship (’VIDI’) from the Netherlands Scientific Organization (NWO) for research:
      "Hard and Soft Constraints on Cellular Organization ".
    • Elected Member of ‘The Young Academy’ of the ’Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences’ (KNAW),  Amsterdam
    • Human Frontier Young Investigator Grant with L. Kreplak (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada) and  J. Plastino (Institut Curie, Paris, France) (2008)
    • Personal Marie Curie OIF fellowship (2003-2006).
      - DSM Award for Chemistry and Technology (2002, Ph.D. thesis).
      - Van Arkel Award 2003, Royal Dutch Society for Chemistry (2004, PhD thesis).
      - Shell Personal Development Award (2003, Ph.D. thesis).
    • Unilever Research Prize (1999, M.Sc. thesis).