Who are the Denkers die Doen?

Berend van Meer

Science:
Electrical Engineering TU Delft; Doctorate cum laude Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)

Entrepreneurship:

CTO & co-founder of Sync Biosystems

Students and scientists from Leiden University can contact Berend for their entrepreneurial questions.

Cinzia Silvestri

Science:

Electrical Engineering Rome Tor Vergata cum laude;  PhD Microelectronics TU Delft

Entrepreneurship:

Founder and CEO Bi/ond // board member of Nano4Society

Students and scientists from TU Delft can contact Cinzia for their entrepreneurial questions.

Davide Iannuzzi

Science:
Professor in Experimental Physics VU University Amsterdam

Entrepreneurship:

• Co-founder Optics11; Founder of Sixpointsix; Founder of DLAB

• Member of the Advisory/Supervisory Board of Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Impact and VU Holding

• Companies advised: Dayrize, InSimili, HospiHousing and Scailable.

Students and scientists from VU University Amsterdam can contact Davide for their entrepreneurial questions.

Hedderik van Rijn

Science:
Professor of Cognitive Sciences and Neurosciences University of Groningen.

Entrepreneurship:

Directorof SlimStampen BV (MemoryLab)  since2021, and MemoryLab Health BV since 2023.

Students and scientists from University of Groningen contact Hedderik for their entrepreneurial questions.

Maarten Steinbuch

Science:
Distinguished University Professor in Systems and Control and Chair of Control Systems Technology at TU Eindhoven.

Entrepreneurship:

Maarten holds nine patents and has co-founded eight companies in mechatronics (MI-Partners, Mechatronics Academy), precision surgical robotics (Eindhoven Medical Robotics, Preceyes, Microsure), simulations (ZEnMo), electric flying charging (NRG2fly) and consulting (Steinbuch in Motion).

Students and scientists from TU Eindhoven can contact Maarten for their entrepreneurial questions.

Pep Canyelles Pericas

Science:
Assistant Professor in Robotics and Mechatronics at University of Twente. Guest staff atthe Vrije Universteit Amsterdam. UT Design Lab Research Fellow.

Entrepreneurship:

Formerly Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) associate and Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) enterprise fellow. Academic devoted to tech transfer from university innovations. On-going projects related to deeptech, mostly in biomedical applications. Leading role in a project to study of VU and UT entrepreneurial ecosystems, supported by the UT-VU coalition.

Students and scientists from University of Twente can contact Pep  for their entrepreneurial questions.

Rebecca Saive

Science:
Professor in Applied Physics in the Inorganic Materials Science group University of Twente

Entrepreneurship:
Founder of ETC Solar. At the moment working on new solar energy ideas for which she also seeks commercial applications.

Students and scientists from University of Twente can contact Rebecca for their entrepreneurial questions.