RESEARCHer OVERVIEW
View all University of Twente researchers working within the Cardiovascular Health cluster here.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. J. Arens (Jutta)
Full Professor | Chair of Engineering Organ support Technologies
Focus: mechanical engineering, developing artificial internal organs, cardiopulmonary system (artificial lung, blood pumps, artificial placenta, etc.)
Dr. Ir. W.M. Brink (Wyger)
Assistant Professor
Focus: interventional MRI technology; imaging techniques, cardiac phantoms
Dr. C. Cofiño Fabres (Carla)
Postdoctoral Researcher
Focus: cardiovascular stem cell biology, developing advanced in vitro models, disease modeling and drug screening
M. Dannenberg (Maureen)
PhD Candidate
Focus: stem cell derived differentiation, cardiac, in vitro models, cardiotoxicity screening
Dr. D. Demirtas (Derya)
Associate Professor
Focus: Machine learning, optimization in resuscitation
Prof. Dr. D.W. Donker (Dirk)
Full Professor | Cardiologist-intensivist
Focus: translational research in cardiovascular critical and intensive care, computational and physical/ hybrid (in silico and in vitro) cardiovascular modeling/ digital twin approaches, mechanical circulator
Prof. Dr. R.H. Geelkerken (Bob)
Honorary Professor | Consultant Vascular Surgery MST-ChirCON
Focus: aortic dynamics, tissue perfusion, mesenteric ischemia, robotics
Dr. A. van Giessen (Anoukh)
Assistant Professor
Focus: Health technology assessment, Health systems engineering, simulation modeling, scenario analyses, capacity assessment
Dr. F.R. Halfwerk (Frank)
Assistant Professor | Cardio-thoracic surgery
Focus: cardio-thoracic surgery, simulation-based training, in-hospital rehabilitation, surgical technology evaluation
Dr. K. Jain (Kartik)
Assistant Professor
Focus: thermal and fluid engineering
Dr. E. Groot Jebbink (Erik)
Assistant Professor
Focus: medical imaging, vascular surgery, endovascular treatment
Prof. Dr. Ir. P. Jonkheijm (Pascal)
Full Professor
Focus: synthesis of materials, interfaces for 3D culture
C.E. Kaal (Chloë)
PhD Candidate | Scientist at River BioMedics
Focus: developing 3D cardiac models, human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC), target validation, discovery and development of novel cardiac drugs
Dr. I.S.M. Khalil (Islam)
Assistant Professor
Focus: cardiovascular robotics, micro- and nano-scale robots, targeted drug delivery, minimally invasive surgery, magnetic navigation, biomedical engineering
Prof.dr.ir. H. Koffijberg (Erik)
Full Professor
Focus: Impact evaluation of diagnostic/digital innovations in the cardiovascular domain, regarding patient health outcomes, costs, and healthcare workforce requirements
Prof. Dr. J.C.H. Leijten (Jeroen)
Adjunct Professor
Focus: biomedical engineering and enabling microtechnology; organoids, cardioids, advanced 3D printing, enabling biomaterials with advanced functions, living materials, nutrient releasing materials, adhesive biomaterials
Dr. L.M. van Loon (Lex)
Assistant Professor
Focus: digital twin of human cardiopulmonary physiology
Prof. Dr. A.D. van der Meer (Andries)
Full Professor | Lead Organ-on-Chip Centre Twente
Focus: in vitro models, organ-on-chip, vessel-on-chip, in vitro thrombosis and coagulation, microfluidics, in vitro vascular disease modeling
M.P. Mulder (Marijn)
PhD Candidate | Lecturer
Focus: model based hemodynamic management for critical care, simulation, modeling, physiological models, virtual trials, digital twin, arterial waveform analysis, signal analysis, machine learning, clinical decision support
Prof. Dr. P.C.J.J. Passier (Robert)
Full Professor
Focus: cardiomyocyte, pluripotent stem cell, cells, heart, tissues, disease, differentiation, in vitro
Dr. X.G.L.V. Pouwels (Xavier)
Assistant Professor
Focus: Health Economics, Health Technology Assessment
Dr. Ir. J.M. Rivera Arbelaez (José Manuel)
Postdoctoral Researcher
Focus: engineered heart tissues (EHT), in vitro cardiac models
Dr. Ir. J. Rouwkema (Jeroen)
Associate Professor
Focus: 3D bioprinting technology, growth factor patterning for the engineering of dense cardiac tissues, vascular network
Dr. S. Saing (Sopany)
Assistant Professor
Focus: health technology assessment, cardiovascular disease, cost-effectiveness analysis
Prof. Dr. Ir. M. Sartori (Massimo)
Full Professor
Focus: developing robotic bioreactors for skeletal muscle growth
Dr. M.J. Schuuring (Mark)
Assistant Professor | Cardiologist/Researcher MST
Focus: cardiovascular imaging, heart failure
Dr. V. Schwach (Verena)
Assistant Professor
Focus: CRISPR/Cas genome modification, human stem cell differentiation, disease modeling, tissue engineering, cardiac development and cardiotoxicity
Prof. Dr. Ir. L.I. Segerink (Loes)
Full Professor
Focus: developing organ-on-chip
Ir. S.A. Sterckel (Sem)
PhD Candidate
Focus: stem cell differentiation, cardiac in vitro models
Dr. C.O. Tan (Can Ozan)
Associate Professor
Focus: imaging, hemodynamic, clinical patterns in large scale real-life small vessel disease
Dr. Y. Wang (Ying)
Assistant Professor
Focus: daily health monitoring technology, cardiovascular diseases, wearable sensing, signal processing, machine learning model, predictive modelling
Dr. G. Wardhana (Girindra)
Postdoctoral Researcher
Focus: research on cardiovascular stem cell biology, developing advanced in vitro models for developmental research, disease modeling, drug screening
Dr. J.M. Wolterink (Jelmer)
Assistant Professor
Focus: medical image analysis, machine learning, abdominal aortic aneurysms, intracranial aneurysms, coronary artery disease, hemodynamics