Alumni

Former PhD students

Dr. Parsa Habibi2020-2025 Computational discovery of hydrogen storage materials. Now at ASML
Dr. H. Mert Polat2019-2024 Molecular Simulations of Acid Gas Absorption into Aqueous Solvents. Now at Canon
Dr. Ir. Máté Erdös2017-2022 Molecular simulation of nanoporous materials: Application to metal organic frameworks, zeolites, and cyclodextrins. Now at Itron
Dr. Ir. Hirad Seyed Salehi2017-2022 Molecular simulation of Deep Eutectic Solvents. Now at ASML
Dr. Noura Dawass2016-2021 Kirkwood-Buff integrals from molecular simulations. Now at CROSSTALK LAB
Dr. Ir. Seyed Hossein Jamali2015-2020 Transport properties of fluids: Methodology and force field development using molecular dynamics simulations. Now at TATA STEEL

Former Postdocs

Dr. Thejas Hulikal Chakrapani2022-2024 Interfacial and thermophysical properties of mixtures relevant to subsurface hydrogen storage. Now at University of Edinburgh
Dr. Ahmadreza Rahbari2020-2021 Molecular simulation of high pressure hydrogen mixtures. Now at Stedin, The Netherlands
Dr. Abdelrahman Hussein2020-2021 Multi-scale modeling of hydrogen embrittlement. Now at University of Oulu, Finland
Dr. Gagus Ketut Sunnardianto2019-2020 Ab initio simulations of hydrogen embrittlement. Now at BRIN-Q, Indonesia
Dr. Alper Celebi2019-2021 Molecular simulation of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents. Now at TU Wien, Austria

Former MSc students

Gabriele Blasi2026 Molecular Simulation of Nanoporous Materials for PFAS Adsorption. About to start his PhD with us!
Omkar Dhavale2026 Thermodynamic modeling and molecular simulation of Molten-Salt Fuel Systems.
Hicham Hachicho2026 Hydrogen liquefaction in confined media.
Kasper van Tulder2026 Transport properties of a weakly coupled, partially ionized argon plasma.
Nikolaos-Marinos Tzitzikopoulos2025 Parametric Optimization of an Active Magnetic Regenerator. Now at FLOWSERVE
Anneke Guluma2025 A Quantum Mechanical Study of Lithium Titanium Oxide for Lithium Recovery. Now at Eneco
Declan Wee Hong Xiang2024 - 2025 Evaluation of Machine-Learning Interatomic Potentials for Liquid Water Systems.
Jordi Vlak2024 - 2025 Modeling of a modular water electrolysis system. Now at Shell
Menno Steverink2024 - 2025 Design of a food-grade carbon dioxide system for small-scale beer breweries. Now at Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland
Timman van Oeveren2024 Life cycle analysis of hydrogen liquefaction.
Dimitris Mintsis2024 Modeling of mass and heat transfer in modular alkaline electrolyzers. Now at Witteveen & Bos
Debdutta Chatterjee2023 - 2024 Liquid Hydrogen Boil-off Modeling & Cryogenic Cold Integration for Fuel Cell Thermal Management in Aviation. Now doing her PhD in TU Delft
Hugo van Leeuwen2024 Use of green hydrogen and sustainable carburization to Fe3C for the direct reduction of iron ore pellets. Now at E.ON Drive Infrastructure
Camiel Grevet2022-2023 Engineering Design of a Modular Hydrogen Production System. Now at JOA Air Solutions
Vladimir Jelle Lagerweij2022-2023 Quantum to Transport: Modeling Transport Properties of Aqueous Potassium Hydroxide by Machine Learning Molecular Force Fields from Quantum Mechanics. Now doing his PhD with us!
Jose Antonio Gonzalez Morales2022-2023 Design of non-flow solid hydrogen storage for long-distance maritime applications. Now at NFT, Spain
Casper van der Geest2022 Transport properties of acid gases in aqueous MDEA solutions. Now at DEME Group
Ke Xu2021-2022 Transport properties of hydrogen in aqueous electrolyte solutions at conditions relevant to underground hydrogen storage. Now at TP-Link, China
Prateek Jain2021-2022 Computational exploration of chemical stability under oxidation for 2D boron-based compounds. Now at Futrbuilds Urban Technologies
Jilles Langeveld2021 CO2 capture with deep eutectic solvents. Now at Magneto Systems
Samadarshi Maity2020-2021 (Honors project with Chem. Eng.) Hydrogen and oxygen diffusivity in gas, liquid, and supercritical water. Now at Antonie
Kunal Mavani2020-2021 Molecular dynamics simulations of Krytox oil - CO2 gas mixture. Now at Uday ECS LLP
Tijin Hanno Geo Saji2020-2021 Ab initio simulations of materials for hydrogen storage. Now at Eindhoven University of Technology
Grevil Colaco2019-2020 A Monte Carlo simulation study on adsorption of nitrogen oxides in zeolites. Now at Stantec
Sander Korver2019-2020 Machine learning and thermodynamic modeling for fingerprint analysis of gasoline used in arson. Now at ExxonMobil
Daan Geerdink2019-2020 In silico screening of zeolites for high pressure hydrogen dehydration. Now at DNV
Michail Frangou2019 Diffusivity of beta-cyclodextrin in aqueous solutions. You are missed. Rest in peace.
Eva Schouten2018-2019 Modeling the evaporation of gasoline mixtures Now at Hofstad Lyceum
Zsolt Csaszar2016-2017 Monte Carlo simulations of the phase equilibria of light/heavy hydrocarbon mixtures. Now at ASML

Former Visiting Researchers and Interns

Anouk van Giezen2026 Creating a tool for Environmental Cost Indicator (ECI) for objects, w/ Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland.
Konstantinos Psillos2025-2026 Molecular simulation of membranes for electrochemical hydrogen systems. Now at Tesla
Ioannis Makropoulos2025 Advanced end synchronization logic for Product variant change over, w/ P&G Services Company NV. Now at GEA Group
Nienke van Doorn2025 System integration tool – Developing machine learning algorithms to predict prices in electricity and balancing markets, w/ Ventolines. Now at Stedin
Kyriakos Kokkinos2024 Technoeconomic analysis of proton exchange membrane electrolyser, w/ XINTC. Now at EnergyIntel
Dr. Fengyi Mi2023-2024 Study of mechanisms of gas hydrate formation in complex sediments at the molecular level. Now at Southwest University of Science and Technology, China
Dr. Sebastian Price2021 - 2023 Modeling the ultrasound mediated transport of nanoparticles in tissue. Now at PoreLab NTNU
Timman van Oeveren2023 Design of a CO2 utilization system for carbonation in small breweries, w/ BrewRight.
Dr. Bin Fang2022-2023 Molecular simulations of methane hydrates. Now at Hainan University, China
Willemijn van Rooijen2022-2023 Interfacial and thermophysical properties of mixtures relevant to subsurface hydrogen storage. Now at Gradyent
Laya Roustazadeh2021-2022 Adsoprtion of gas mixtures in Metal Organic Frameworks.
Dr. Olav Galteland 2020 Non Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics simulation of fluids in confinement. Now at Litech
Benjamin Rosenbaum2020 Coarse-grained simulations of oleosomes, internship project with WUR.
Prof. Keiichi Kuboyama2018 Molecular simulations of PMMA/nanoparticle composites. Now at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Dr. Ilias Nikolaidis2018 Equation of state modeling of mixtures of asymetric hydrocarbons. Now at Filtercosmos, Greece
Claire Spera2018 Mathematical modeling of the evaporation process of gasoline . Now at ALTEN, France
Christos Bardas2017-2018 Computation of transport coefficients using molecular simulation. Now at AB Ludvig Svensson