Find Academic Supervisors

Dr. Guillermo Amador is an Assistant Professor in the Experimental Zoology department at Wageningen University & Research. His research focuses on understanding how animals interact with complex environments through locomotion, adhesion, and fluid dynamics. He investigates biological systems like insects, plants, and marine organisms to inspire bio-engineered solutions for robotics, microfluidics, and material science. Amador received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (USA), followed by postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Germany) and a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellowship at TU Delft (Netherlands). His expertise spans biophysics, biomaterials, and biomechanics, with a focus on self-cleaning mechanisms and bioadhesion. He collaborates with the 4TU consortium on Dutch Soft Robotics to develop bio-inspired designs. His work bridges fundamental biology with engineering applications, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to solve challenges in robotics and environmental science. Amador teaches courses including Biomimetics and Functional Zoology , integrating his research into education. His research highlights include studies on cuttlefish suction cups, stick insect adhesion, and pollen transport mechanisms in pollinators.

• Biophysics
• Biomaterials
• Biomechanics
• +7 more

Dr. Haneen Farah is an Associate Professor in the Department of Transport & Planning at Delft University of Technology and co-director of the Traffic and Transportation Safety Lab. She also serves as head of the Traffic Systems Engineering section. Her research focuses on road infrastructure design, road user behavior, and traffic safety, integrating transportation engineering, human factors, and econometrics. Prior to TU Delft, she was a postdoc at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and earned her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Her work includes national/international projects like SAMEN (mixed automated/human traffic implications), AfroSAFE (road safety in Africa), and XCARCITY (sustainable city mobility). She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on road design and traffic safety, including online programs for low/middle-income countries. Farah supervises multiple PhD and Master students in her research areas, contributing to over 50 peer-reviewed publications. Key research themes include infrastructure design for automated vehicles, driver behavior modeling, cyclist safety, and policy implementation of the Safe System approach. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges engineering and psychology to enhance traffic safety and efficiency through advanced analytics and simulation models.

• road infrastructure design
• road user behavior
• traffic safety
• +7 more

Tom A.E. Oomen is a Full Professor in the Department of Control Systems Technology at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). He holds affiliations with the Mechanical Engineering School and the EAISI High Tech Systems institute. His research focuses on data-driven control, motion control of mechatronic systems, and system identification, with applications in industries like automotive, medical, and energy systems. Academically, he earned his MSc and PhD from TU/e, and held visiting positions at KTH (Sweden) and the University of Newcastle (Australia). He has received notable grants (NWO Veni/Vidi) and awards, including IEEE and Mechatronics Paper Prize recognition. Oomen is a Senior Member of the IEEE and serves as an Associate Editor for IFAC Mechatronics and IEEE Control Systems Letters. His work bridges fundamental research and industry collaboration, emphasizing advanced motion control and learning algorithms. Projects include PROACTHIS (projection-based control) and ML4CONTROL (AI-driven motion control). He has supervised 99+ works and contributed to over 500 research outputs.

• Motion Control
• Control Systems Technology
• Data-Driven Modeling
• +4 more

Olindo Isabella serves as a Full Professor within the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science at Delft University of Technology. She heads the Photovoltaic Materials and Devices (PVMD) research group, driving innovation in solar energy conversion technologies. Her academic role encompasses teaching, research leadership, and extensive collaboration with industry and international institutions to advance photovoltaic science and engineering. Professor Isabella's research spans multiple domains of photovoltaics, including silicon and perovskite solar cells, thin-film technologies, offshore floating systems, and agrivoltaics. She investigates material properties, device physics, and system performance to enhance efficiency, reliability, and environmental sustainability of solar energy solutions. Her work integrates experimental and computational approaches for comprehensive analysis. Analysis of her recent publications indicates a strategic focus on machine learning for PV-climate classification, impedance spectroscopy of silicon solar cells, offshore floating platform engineering, and perovskite crystallization processes. These studies collectively address key barriers to large-scale solar deployment, such as performance prediction, structural integrity in marine environments, and novel material synthesis. Scientific Awards: The available information does not mention any specific awards or honors for Professor Isabella. She has guided the research of 20 students and secured competitive funding for impactful projects. Currently, she leads SYMBIOSYST (2023-2026), which explores symbiotic relationships between solar PV and agriculture, and recently completed TRUST-PV (2020-2024), aimed at improving PV plant integration across market segments through machine learning and monitoring technologies. The PVMD group under her direction operates state-of-the-art laboratories for solar cell fabrication and characterization. The team collaborates with global partners on field trials, data analysis, and technology development, contributing to both fundamental knowledge and practical applications in renewable energy.

• Photovoltaics
• Solar Cells
• Silicon Solar Cells
• +5 more

Dr. Harwin de Vries is an Associate Professor at the Department of Technology and Operations Management, Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam. His research focuses on health and humanitarian logistics, particularly disaster relief logistics and improving access to essential medicines in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). He explores the role of data analytics and new operational models in healthcare systems, such as mobile health service delivery. Before joining RSM, he worked at INSEAD as a postdoctoral researcher and manager of the INSEAD Humanitarian Research Group. He holds a PhD in Operations Research from Erasmus University. Education: PhD in Operations Research, Erasmus University Rotterdam His research interests include optimizing supply chain decisions in humanitarian contexts, with over 20 collaborations with health organizations. He teaches courses on Health & Humanitarian Logistics, Business Analytics, and Spreadsheet Modelling across BSc, MSc, and EMBA programs. Dr. de Vries has received notable awards including the 2021 ERIM Award for Young Researcher and a 2022 NWO VENI Grant. His work has been published in leading journals like Production and Operations Management and Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and has been transformed into teaching cases. Grants: NWO VENI Grant (2022) He serves on the board of the POMS College of Humanitarian Operations & Crisis Management, actively contributing to academic and practical solutions in humanitarian logistics.

• Health & Humanitarian Logistics
• Disaster Relief Logistics
• Healthcare Access in LMICs
• +3 more

Sascha van Schendel is an Assistant Professor in Data Protection & Cybersecurity at the Department of Law & Markets, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam. She is affiliated with the Erasmus Centre of Law and Digitalization and contributes to the Sectorplan SSH-Breed research initiative on the influence of digitalization on work, prosperity, and entrepreneurship. Her research lies at the intersection of law, technology, and fundamental rights, with a focus on data protection, privacy, algorithmic governance, and the regulation of emerging technologies in public and environmental domains. She has published widely on topics including GDPR compliance, privacy by design, smart energy systems, AI in criminal justice, and the legal implications of predictive policing. The recent publications reflect a strong trend toward the regulation of data in public infrastructure (e.g., energy grids), algorithmic accountability in law enforcement, and the integration of legal and technical perspectives in privacy-preserving systems. Her work spans environmental law, criminal procedure, and digital constitutionalism, demonstrating interdisciplinary reach. Scientific Awards: No awards explicitly mentioned in the provided text. Advising and Grants: While no formal PhD or Master’s students are listed, Dr. van Schendel has been involved in significant research projects such as the NWO-funded Megamind project on smart energy grids, indicating experience with competitive grant funding. She actively collaborates with legal scholars and contributes to public policy debates, including responses to national legislation like the Dutch Cybersecurity Bill. Labs and Teams: She is a core member of the Erasmus Centre of Law and Digitalization, a research hub focusing on the legal challenges of digital transformation. Her work is embedded in interdisciplinary collaborations involving law, technology, and public policy experts.

• Data Protection Law
• Privacy Law
• Cybersecurity
• +12 more

Rik Crutzen is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, specializing in health promotion and digital interventions. His research focuses on leveraging technology to improve health behaviors across diverse populations, including adolescents, older adults, and immigrant communities. He leads projects in the CAPHRI research group for Promoting Health & Personalised Care. Research trends include: Digital health innovations (e.g., helplines, apps, algorithms) Chronic disease management (post-COVID-19, dementia risk) Health equity in immigrant populations (cervical cancer, maternal care) Behavioral interventions (physical activity, sleep, STI prevention) Systematic reviews and mixed-methods studies He has supervised 22 academic works and contributed to datasets on activity patterns and sleep-activity correlations. His work spans public health policy, health education, and technology integration.

• Public Health
• Health Promotion
• Behavioral Science
• +10 more

Dr. Jeewanie Jayasinghe Arachchige is a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Science. She teaches undergraduate courses including Bachelor Project Computer Science, Professional Development, and Software Engineering Processes for the academic year 2024–2025. Her research focuses on process mining , healthcare informatics , and data security . She applies process mining to analyze healthcare pathways and subpopulation treatment variations, develops explainable AI frameworks for predictive analytics, and examines data governance in emerging architectures like Data Lakehouses. Her work intersects legal informatics, particularly formalizing Sri Lankan civil court processes using ontology engineering. Recent publications highlight trends in balancing simplicity and complexity in process modeling, Industry 4.0 healthcare applications, and cybersecurity in model-driven web development. She has contributed to over 20 peer-reviewed articles since 2006, spanning topics from service-oriented architectures to value network analysis. Her teaching and research emphasize practical applications of IT in healthcare, legal systems, and enterprise environments. No ancillary activities are currently recorded.

• Process Mining
• Healthcare Informatics
• Data Security
• +3 more

Phuong H. Nguyen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). He leads the digital Power & Energy Systems (digi-PES) lab, focusing on smart energy systems, distributed control, and IoT integration for future energy grids. His research addresses energy transition challenges, including microgrid optimization, flexibility markets, and data-driven grid management. Nguyen holds a PhD from TU/e (2010) and has held visiting researcher positions at Clemson University. His work contributes to UN SDG goals related to affordable and clean energy. Education: Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (2002) Master's in Electrical Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology (2004) PhD in Electrical Engineering, TU/e (2010) Key Research Areas: Smart Grids and Cyber-Physical Systems Distributed Energy Resource Management Local Energy Markets and Flexibility Provision IoT and Big Data in Energy Systems Awards & Recognition: Best Paper Award SEST 2020 Projects & Grants: REACT-D: Reactive Power Management (Project Manager) Al-driven Applications to Smarten Power System Operation (Project Lead) UNIversity Campus as a Self-Regulated Network (Co-Manager) Labs & Teams: The digi-PES lab develops cyber-physical tools for energy transition, including microgrid simulations, flexibility markets, and grid resilience strategies.

• Smart Energy Systems
• Power System Control
• Distributed Energy Resources
• +3 more

Raquel Fernández is Full Professor of Computational Linguistics and Dialogue Systems at the University of Amsterdam, where she leads the Dialogue Modelling Group at the Institute for Logic, Language & Computation (ILLC). As Vice-Director for Research at ILLC and a Fellow of the ELLIS Society, she bridges computational linguistics, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence through her research on language use in multimodal and conversational contexts. PhD in Computational Linguistics from King's College London Prior research positions at University of Potsdam and Stanford University's CSLI Her work explores how cognitive constraints, social interaction, and perception shape language use, with a focus on: Visually-grounded language processing Multimodal dialogue modeling Model uncertainty and calibration Language grounding in multimodal data Language learning and semantic change Dialogue reference resolution Recent publications analyze multimodal reasoning limitations, cross-lingual knowledge consistency, and uncertainty modeling in dialogue systems. She has received multiple accolades including an ERC Consolidator Grant , NWO VENI/VIDI/Aspasia fellowships , and EMNLP/GenBench awards . Outstanding Paper Award (EMNLP 2023) Best Data Award (GenBench Workshop 2023) ELLIS Society Fellow ERC Consolidator Grant #819455 recipient NWO VENI/VIDI/Aspasia awardee As a leader in academic service, she serves on the SIGDAT Executive Committee and chairs multiple conference committees. Her lab develops models for multimodal dialogue, visual storytelling, and grounded language understanding.

• Computational Linguistics
• Dialogue Systems
• Cognitive Science
• +3 more

Mohammad Aliannejadi is an Assistant Professor at the IRLab (formerly ILPS) within the Informatics Institute at the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on Information Retrieval (IR), machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), and conversational systems, particularly in modeling user information needs on mobile devices and conversational search systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Informatics from Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland, and a M.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Tehran Polytechnic. During his Ph.D., he visited the CIIR Lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. His research interests include conversational search systems, recommender systems, unified search frameworks, and user-centric evaluation methodologies. Notable contributions include work on clarifying questions in open-domain dialogues, contextual suggestion systems, and cross-market recommendation. Aliannejadi has organized major shared tasks and workshops, including the IGLU Contest (NeurIPS 2021) and XMRec Workshop (RecSys 2021). He serves on program committees of top IR conferences like SIGIR, CIKM, and ECIR, and has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications in these areas. His work has received recognition, including top performance in TREC Contextual Suggestion tracks (2015, 2016). He actively contributes to the IR community through teaching, including courses on Information Retrieval and Human-in-the-Loop Machine Learning at the University of Amsterdam.

• Information Retrieval
• Machine Learning
• Natural Language Processing
• +3 more

Prof. Dr. Madalina Busuioc is a Full Professor of Public Governance at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She serves as Director of the Graduate School of Social Sciences and co-Director of the R&I Lab on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Governance. Her ERC-funded research explores public accountability in the AI era, with a focus on algorithmic governance and cognitive biases in administrative decision-making. She holds a PhD cum laude from Utrecht University (2010). Her research interests center on public power dynamics, algorithmic governance, and institutional accountability. Notable contributions include work on AI's impact on citizen-state interactions, reputational authority in bureaucracy, and regulatory oversight mechanisms. Her book European Agencies: Law and Practices of Accountability (Oxford UP) and peer-reviewed articles in Public Administration Review , Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory , and Governance highlight her scholarly impact. Teaching contributions include designing the MSc Public Administration: Artificial Intelligence and Governance program, which integrates technical and governance perspectives. Awards include the Haldane Prize (2016) and Fernand Braudel Fellowship (2021). She advises on AI policy through ancillary roles like membership in the Meijers Commission on international law. Her research projects address AI ethics, algorithmic accountability, and regulatory innovation. Recent work explores behavioral dimensions of human-AI collaboration in public services and the societal implications of AI adoption in administrative systems.

• Public Governance
• Artificial Intelligence in Governance
• Algorithmic Decision-Making
• +7 more

Dr. Dicle Yagmur Ozdemir is an Assistant Professor of Business Information Management at the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University. She joined RSM in September 2023 after earning a PhD in Management Science (Information Systems concentration) from the University of Texas at Dallas, a Master's in Industrial Engineering from Sabanci University, and a Bachelor's in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University. Her research focuses on user-generated content dynamics in online platforms and the application of generative AI in healthcare. She employs econometric modeling and natural language processing to study how novel information in reviews influences stakeholders' decisions, and designs algorithms to mitigate information overload. In healthcare AI, she experiments with generative AI's impact on patient-provider interactions. Her work has been presented at top conferences including CIST, WITS, ICIS, WCBA, and INFORMS. Key themes in her research include algorithmic fairness in content selection, the psychological effects of AI-driven health advice, and the mediation effects of review novelty on consumer behavior. She has collaborated internationally, with research outputs including 6 works since 2023. Notable contributions address the moderating role of review dissimilarity in credibility assessments and the paradoxical effects of positive/negative review valence in decision contexts.

• User-Generated Content Analysis
• Generative AI in Healthcare
• Online Platforms and Decision Making
• +3 more

Massimo Mischi is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and chairs the Signal Processing Systems (SPS) Division , the largest division at TU/e with over 250 researchers. He founded the Biomedical Diagnostics (BM/d) Lab in 2012, which now includes 180 researchers and clinical/industrial advisors, focusing on biomedical signal processing for diagnostics and monitoring.

• Biomedical Signal Processing
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Ultrasound Technology
• +4 more

Thomas Bäck is a Professor at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) , Leiden University , Netherlands, and a member of the interdisciplinary programme Society, Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences (SAILS) . His academic career spans roles at Leiden University (1996–present) and leadership positions at the Center for Applied Systems Analysis in Dortmund (1994–2000). Education : Diplom-Informatiker (Computer Science), Technische Universität Dortmund (1990) Dr. rer. nat. (Computer Science), Technische Universität Dortmund (1994) Research Interests : Dr. Bäck specializes in evolutionary computation , machine learning , and their applications in sustainable smart industry and healthcare . Recent work focuses on integrating large language models (LLMs) and quantum computing into optimization frameworks, with projects like CIMPLO (predictive maintenance), ECOLE (experience-based optimization), and SAPPAO (airline operations optimization). Scientific Contributions : His 526+ publications cover evolutionary algorithms, quantum optimization, and LLM-driven design, with recent trends including: Quantum computing (e.g., quantum approximate optimization, quantum advantage challenges) LLM integration (e.g., hyperparameter tuning, mutation control, code evolution graphs) Healthcare and industry (e.g., predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, melt quality prediction) Algorithm benchmarking (e.g., IOHprofiler, MA-BBOB, explainable benchmarking) Scientific Awards : IEEE Fellow (2022) Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) member (2021) Academia Europaea member (2022) IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Evolutionary Computation Pioneer Award (2015) Fellow, International Society of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (2003) Best Ph.D. thesis award, German Society of Computer Science (GI) (1995) Advising and Grants : He supervises Ph.D. candidates in evolutionary computation and machine learning and has secured 7 major grants from organizations like the Dutch Research Council , European Commission , and The Research Council of Norway . His editorial roles include Editor-in-Chief of the Evolutionary Computation Journal and associate editorships in leading AI journals.

• Evolutionary Computation
• Machine Learning
• Natural Computing
• +5 more