dr. IE (Emilie) Wientjes

dr. IE (Emilie) Wientjes

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I 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

  • 2023 - present        Associate Professor Biophysics and Photosynthesis - Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

 

Previous positions

  • 2015 – 2023        Assistant Professor Biophysics and Photosynthesis - Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
  • 2014 - 2015        FOM Postdoctoral Fellow Biophysics and Plasmonics - hosted by the Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Herbert van Amerongen
  • 2012 - 2014        Postdoctoral Fellow Biophysics and Plasmonics, Molecular Nanophotonics, Institute of Photonic Sciences, ICFO, Barcelona, Spain. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Niek van Hulst
  • 2011 - 2012        Postdoctoral Fellow Biophysics and Photosynthesis - Biophysics group, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Roberta Croce

 

Education

  • 2007 - 2011 PhD (Cum Laude, top 5%) - Molecular Photobiology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Title: Revealing the light-harvesting properties of Photosystem I - From single antenna to supercomplex. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Roberta Croce
  • 2002 - 2007 MSc Molecular Sciences (Cum Laude, top 5%), Wageningen University, The Netherlands

 

Fellowships, grants and awards

  • 2024 WUR Starters grant with Steven Driever funds 1 PhD
  • 2023 NWO-M funds 1 PhD
  • 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, 800 kE
  • 2015 Veni fellowship awarded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), three year research fellowship, 250 kE
  • 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

  • 42 publications in refereed journals
  • > 2400 citations (Scopus), > 3000 (Google Scholar)
  • h-index: 26 (Scopus), 27 (Google Scholar)