Peter van Oostrum

Peter van Oostrum is a Privatdozent (Priv.Doz.Dr.) at the Institute of Colloid and Biointerface Science, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU). His research integrates advanced optical techniques and biophysical modeling to study colloidal systems.

• Projects: Led key initiatives like AI-supported Holographic Environmental Water Monitoring (2025–2029) and Self-folding particle chains (2015–2020), funded by Austrian Science Fund, City of Vienna, and European Commission.
• Research Focus: Self-assembly of colloids, holographic microscopy, microfluidics, and force-modulated multivalent binding in bacterial systems. His work bridges nanotechnology, biophysics, and environmental monitoring.
• Publications: 32 peer-reviewed works, emphasizing colloidal interactions, inverse patchy particles, and holographic cytometry applications.
• Community Services: Active reviewer for journals like Physical Review Letters, Chemistry of Materials, and Soft Matter.

Theses Supervised: Guided Bernhard Pichler’s diploma thesis on polymer-functionalized nanopores (2020).