Cryosol-World BV, Netherlands
Maaike started her bachelor Biomedical Engineering at the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands. During her bachelor’s program she expended her knowledge in the biomedical engineering field with a semester abroad at the National Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu, Taiwan. After successfully obtaining her bachelor’s degree in 2015, Maaike continued with the master Biomedical Engineering at the University of Twente. She performed an internship on the development of poly(β-amino ester)-based transfection agents for skin deficiencies and wound healing at the Charles Institute of Dermatology, under supervision of prof. dr. Wenxin Wang. She received her master’s degree in 2017 with her thesis on the development of controlled nanogels as drug delivery vehicles under the supervision of dr. ir. Jos M. J. Paulusse. Thereafter, she started her PhD research in the laboratory of Chemical Biology and Institute of Complex Molecular Systems at the Eindhoven University of Technology under supervision of prof. dr. dr. Patricia Y. W. Dankers. Subsequently, she started working as an appliation scientist at Cryosol World. Here, she works on the VitroJet, a device focused on sample preparation in the cryo-electron microscopy field. Together with colleagues and customers, she works on the applications and further developments of the VitroJet.