Kunsthart in de maak – NPO1

Vandaag bezocht Marc-Robin Visscher van Radio 1 mijn lab in Amsterdam. In de reportage vertel ik over zachte robots en hoe de door NWO toegekende Veni-subsidie de ontwikkeling ervan mogelijk maakt. Wat we …

Veni 2017

I am the proud winner of a Veni grant! Check out the interview on YouTube about my research. The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme “Veni” is a grant that allows researchers who have …

Centre Pompidou

Last week, I gave a presentation at a conference in Paris. It allowed me to go and see the exhibition Imprimer le Monde in Paris’ famous Centre Pompidou. The exhibition is showcasing …

PINC.18

May 16, I will speak at PINC.18. Check out my talk on the PINC YouTube channel. It promises to be “a bubble bath for your brain. Storytellers from all over the world …

10 DEGREES

In January, my research on reconfigurable prismatic architected materials (published in Nature) was translated into the interactive art exhibition 10 DEGREES in Cambridge, US. Each of the four large sculptures in the exhibition has …

De Volkskrant

This weekend, my work on metamaterials (recently published in Nature) was highlighted in De Volkskrant. Read the spread with the hilarious title “This man is King of Higher Arts and Crafts”. See also …

4d printing & metamaterials conference

The second edition of the 4D printing & metamaterials conference was a great succes. It was nice to present my work for a broad audience of physicists, engineers, chemists, designers …