Group Members

We are looking for new PhD students, Postdocs, and Master students to join the team (see openings) !

Jump to staff, master and bachelor students, alumni, administrative support, lab visitors.

Staff

Milan P Allan

Associate professor, started Jan 2015

Ali Almadan

Postdoc, started Oct 2019

  • Postdoc with Jenny Hoffman, Harvard University
  • PhD with Jinfeng Jia, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • B.S. East China University of Science and Technology

Jiasen Niu

Postdoc, started Oct 2020

  • PhD with Xi Lin and Jian Wei, Peking University
  • BSc Jilin University

Jinwon Lee

Postdoc, started July 2021

  • PhD with Han Woong Yeom Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
  • BSc Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Damianos Chatzopoulos

PhD Student, started December 2017

  • Bachelor National and Kapodistrian University of Athens with D Syvridis
  • Master TU Delft with Herre van der Zant

Willem Tromp

PhD Student, started September 2018

  • Master Leiden University with Felix Baumberger, Milan Allan

Tjerk Benschop

PhD Student, started November 2018

  • Master Leiden University with Milan Allan
  • Casimir PhD fellowship

Amber Mozes

PhD Student, started September 2021

  • Master Applied Physics, TU Delft
  • Casimir/Nanofront PhD fellowship

Kees van Oosten

FFine mechanical engineer (also associated with the FMD)

  • Leidse instrumentmakers School
  • Associate degree Mechanical Engineering, Hogeschool Arnhem Nijmegen

Hugo van Bohemen

Fine mechanical engineer (also associated with the FMD)

  • Leidse Instrumentmakers School

Koen M Bastiaans

Visitor/collaborator, currently postdoc in the Otte Lab

  • Postdoc in the Allan Lab, Leiden University
  • PhD with Milan Allan, Leiden University (started Sep 2015)
  • Master Leiden University with Milan Allan

This could be you !

See openings for more info

Master and Bachelor Students

Thijs van den Munckhof

Master student

João van der Ven

BSc student

Alumni

Gijsbert Verdoes

In the Allan Lab 2015 - 2018, now Project manager at the FMD
Role: Fine mechanical engineer associated with the FMD working in our group

Irene Battisti

In the Allan Lab Jan 2015 to June 2019, now R&D scientist at Nearfield Instruments
Role: PhD student

Doohee Cho

In the Allan Lab May 2017 to June 2019, now assistant professor at Yonsei University
Role: Postdoc

Maarten Leeuwenhoek

In the Allan Lab December 2015 to February 2020, now design engineer at ASML
Role: PhD Student, shared with the Groeblacher lab at TU Delft under a NanoFront grant.

Freek Groenewoud

In the Allan Lab 2018 - 2020
Role: Fine mechanical engineer (also associated with the FMD)

Former visitors, BSc/ MSc students

Visitors

Nikolaos Iliopoulos, Spring 2016

Vitaly Fedoseev, all of 2016

Alexander Vanstone (Imperial), Spring 2016

Ramakrishna Aluru, Summer 2018

Changwei Zou (Tsinghua), Spring 2018

Kemal Demir (Bilkent), Summer 2019

Vincent Stalman, 2019

Master students

Maarten Leeuwenhoek, Spring 2015

Koen M Bastiaans, Spring 2015

Farshaad Hoeseni, Fall 2015

Oliver Ostojic, Spring 2016

Tjerk Benschop, Spring 2016

Bert Visscher, Fall 2017

Ahmad Jamalzada, Fall 2017

Corne Koks, Fall 2018

Damian Bouwmeester (TU Delft), Summer 2019

Rosanne Wijgman (RU), Fall 2019

Rebecca Gharibaan (TU Delft), Fall 2020

Rémi Claessen, Fall 2020

Amber Mozes (TU Delft), Fall 2020

Evert Stolte, Spring 2021

Sergio Barquero Pierantoni, Spring 2021

Maialen Larrazabal Ortego, Spring 2021

Allard Nieuwesteeg, Spring 2021

Bachelor Students

Vishnu Saj (IIT), Spring 2017

Arjo Andringa, Spring 2016

Joey Braspenning, Spring 2017

Tjerk Benschop, Summer 2017

Daniëlle van Klink, Spring 2016

Margot Leemker, Spring 2017

Sietske Lensen, Spring 2017

Jasper van Egeraat, Spring 2018

Ringo Groenewegen, Spring 2018

Amber Vervloet, Spring 2019

Administrative Support

Ellie van Rijsewijk is helping us (and other groups) with administration.