Meet the team
Haico van Attikum
Principal Investigator
Maaike Vreeswijk
Associate professor
Romy Mesman
Postdoc
Fatma Özgün
Postdoc
Michael van Gerven
Postdoc
Magda Rother
Postdoc
Jolanthe Lingeman
PhD student
Mandy Erkelens
Postdoc
Wouter Wiegant
Research technician
Sophie van der Horst
PhD student
Sabine Knaup
Research technician
Claudia Santos Gonçalves
Research technician
Sylvia Gelpke - Vermeulen
Research technician
Suzanne Musters
Research technician
Amber van Landschoot
MSc student
Team alumni
Kees Vreeken
Research technician
Now: retired
Bert van de Kooij
Postdoc
Now: senior researcher
University Medical Center Groningen, NL
Fenna van der Wal
PhD student
Now: Scientific counselor
Matchis, Leiden, NL
Antonia Bradarić
Research technician
Now: research technician
Sanquin, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rick Boonen
Postdoc
Now: molecular biologist
Eurofins PAMM, Eindhoven, NL
Leonie Kollenstart
PhD student
Now: postdoc Anja Groth’s lab
CPRS, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jenny Singh
PhD student
Now: postdoc Annabel Quinet’s lab
CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Amandine Batté
Postdoc
Now: postdoc Jolanda van Leeuwen’s lab
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Sylvie Noordermeer
Postdoc
Now: principle investigator
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, NL
Nandi Celosse
Research technician
Now: care evaluation consultant
Trialbureau Zorgevaluatie, NL
Pierre Caron
Postdoc
Now: postdoc Institute for Advanced Biosciences
Grenoble, France
Mireille Tittel-Elmer
Postdoc
Now: postdoc University Hospital Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
Martijn Luijsterburg
Postdoc
Now: principal investigator
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, NL
Angela Helfricht
PhD student
Now: senior scientist
ProQR Therapeutics, Leiden, NL
Chantal Stoepker
Postdoc
Now: laboratory specialist in training
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, NL
Madelon Dijk
PhD student
Now: legal officer
Peter Thijssen
Postdoc
Now: managing partner
Schuttelaar and Partners, Den Haag, NL
Dimitris Typas
PhD student
Now: editor at Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Alex Pines
Postdoc
Now: postdoc Wim Vermeulen’s lab
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, NL
Hanneke Kool,
Research technician
Now: research technician Marcel Tijsterman’s lab
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, NL
Su Ming Sun
Postdoc
Now: clinical laboratory geneticist
University Medical Center Maastricht, Maastricht, NL
Godelieve Smeenk
PhD student
Now: policy officer Zorg en Zekerheid
Leiden, NL
Erik Malta
Postdoc
Now: team leader QHSE / coordinator radiation safety at SGS
Zoetermeer, NL
Marijke Pool
Research technician
Now: volunteer worker
Thomas Costelloe
Postdoc
Now: chief operating officer and co-founder at IMIHGOM B.V.
Leiden, the Netherlands
Aude Guénolé
PhD student
Now: postdoc Gaelle Légube’s lab
University of Toulouse, France
Student alumni
Rosanne van Hooijdonk
Maud Schoot Uiterkamp
Dana Koerse
Anisha Ramadhin
Janette van der Linden
Sander Keizer
Denise van Haren
Magdalena Aleksandra Miziołek
Milan Sharma
Yvonne Tran
Aarzo Kardar
Gerben Drees
Hee Lam Chan
Iris van der Linde
Liesbeth Veugen
Linda van Keimpema
Marnix Franken
Max Tollenaere
Remco Derr
Ritesh Anoep
Jiabo Di
Eline Bijman
Amelie Bos
Vincent van Drongelen
Suzanne Anema
Sanne de Bruin
Shiraaz Abdul
Soeredj Ramkhelawan
Saeed Katiraei