Staff
Academic staff
Prof dr. Anna Kaczmarek
Anna.Kaczmarek@UGent.be
Post-doc researchers
Ian Pompermayer Machado
ian.pompermayermachado@ugent.be
Works on developing hybrid materials combining thermometry and photodynamic therapy
PhD researchers
Ayse Alici
ayse.alici@ugent.be
Silver sulfide-based hybrid nanoparticles for precise temperature sensing to distinguish regulated cell death modalities for monitoring the efficacy of melanoma therapy (co-promoter: Prof. Dmitri Krysko)
Jordi Jaenen
jordi.jaenen@ugent.be
Development of nanoheaters and nanothermometers for temperature control during photothermal ablation in melanoma cancer treatment (co-promoter: Prof. Andre Skirtach)
Mirijam Lederer
Mirijam.Lederer@UGent.be
"Developing near infrared nanothermometers for biomedical applications" (Co-promoter: Dr Hannes Rijckaert)
Simona Premcheska
Simona.Premcheska@UGent.be
"Hybrid nanothermometers for theranostics – the bottom-up approach" (Co-promoter: Prof. Andre Skirtach)
Sonali Mohanty
Sonali.Mohanty@UGent.be
"The up-bottom approach to hollow hybrid nanothermometers for drug delivery and photo dynamic therapy" (Co-promoter: Prof. Kristof Van Hecke)
PhD researchers as copromotor
Chunhui Liu
Chunhui.Liu@UGent.be
"Development of luminescent PMOs for ion sensing" (Promoter: Prof. Dirk Poelman, co-promoter: Prof. Pascal Van Der Voort)
Thesis students
Jens Vroman
jens.vroman@ugent.be
Hybrid nanothermometers with emission signals intensified through dye molecule sensitization (co-promoter Prof Andre Skirtach)
Zofia Petryna
zofia.petryna@ugent.be
Combining nanoheaters and nanothermometers in nanocarrier capsules for drug delivery (co-promoter Prof Kristof Van Hecke)
Former post docs
Dr. Hannes Rijckaert
Developed high temperature thermometeres
Dr. Kamila Maciejewska
Develops degradable nanothermometers and heater-thermometry systems
Former PhD researchers
Min Peng
Cyclodextrin metal-organic frameworks for tempearture sensing and biological applications (Promoter: Prof. Kristof Van Hecke)
Wanlu Liu
"Preparation and luminescent properties investigation of lanthanide Schiff base based Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica (PMO) materials for near-infrared emission" (Promoter: Prof. Rik Van Deun, co-promoter: Prof. Pascal Van Der Voort)
Former master students
Ayse Alici
"Development of lanthanide doped hollow GdPO4 for drug delivery and luminescence thermometry" (co-promoter Prof. Kristof Van Hecke)
Elke De Grande
“Incorporation of preformed luminescent nanothermometers in superconducting YBCO film” (co-promoters Dr. Hannes Rijckaert and Prof Klaartje De Buysser)
Jordi Jaenen
Simultaneous nanothermometer-catalysis platforms based on Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) doped with lanthanide nanoparticles (co-promoter Prof Pascal Van der Voort)
Pauline Rooms
“Synthesis of luminescent HfO2:Ln nanothermometers in coated conductor architecture.” (Co-promoter: Dr Hannes Rijckaert)