Prof. dr. ir. Marjolein Dijkstra
Leonard S. Ornstein Laboratory, room 0.64
Princetonplein 1, 3584 CC Utrecht
P.O. Box 80 000, 3508 TA Utrecht
The Netherlands
phone: +31 (0)30 253 3270
secretariat: +31 (0)30 253 2952
e-mail: m.dijkstra@uu.nl
phone: +31 (0)30 253 1122
CV
Personal details
| Name | Prof. dr. ir. M. (Marjolein) Dijkstra |
| Address | Utrecht University, Faculty of Science Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Soft condensed matter, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, the Netherlands |
| Telephone | +31 30 2533270 |
| m.dijkstra at uu.nl | |
| Webpage | https://colloid.nl/people/marjolein-dijkstra |
| Researcher-id | http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-6656-2009 |
| Google Scholar | https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=tIc0Bg0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao |
Academic Appointments
| 2020-present | Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) |
| 2007-present | Professor Computational Condensed Matter, Department of Physics, Utrecht University |
| 2006-2007 | Associate professor, Department of Physics, Utrecht University |
| 1999-2006 | Assistant professor, Department of Physics, Utrecht University |
| 1997-1998 | EU-Marie Curie (TMR) Individual Fellowship/EPSRC Prof. Robert Evans, H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Bristol University, UK. |
| 1997-1997 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire, Lyon, France |
| 1996-1997 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Prof. Michael P. Allen, H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Bristol University, UK |
| 1995-1996 | Associate Research Physicist, Shell Research and Technology Centre Amsterdam |
| 1994-1995 | EU-Marie Curie (HCM) Individual Fellowship, Prof. Paul A. Madden and Prof. Jean Pierre Hansen, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, UK |
Professional Experience
| 2018-present | Member Sectorplan Commissie Bèta en Techniek |
| 2021-present | Board member Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science |
| 2021-present | Board Stichting Physica |
| 2018-present | APS Editor Reviews of Modern Physics |
Prizes, Awards, and Recognitions
| 2020 | Elected member Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences (KNAW) |
| 2020 | ERC Advanced grant (2500 kEuro) |
| 2007 | NWO-Aspasia premie (100 kEuro) |
| 2006 | NWO-VICI grant (1250 kEuro) |
| 2004 | UU High Potential Grant (1472 kEuro) |
| 2000 | FOM Minerva Prize |
Education
| 1994 | PhD degree, Thesis advisor: Prof. dr. Daan Frenkel, FOM institute AMOLF |
| 1991 | MSc Physics, Utrecht University |
| 1990 | MSc Molecular Sciences, Wageningen University |
Research interests
My research is focused on theory and computer simulations of soft condensed matter systems to study physical phenomena like phase transitions, glass and jamming transitions, gelation, and nucleation in bulk systems and systems subjected to external fields like sedimentation, electric fields, etc. We employ Monte Carlo, (event driven) Molecular and Brownian Dynamics simulations, Stochastic Rotational Dynamics simulations to include hydrodynamics, Umbrella and Forward flux sampling, and simulated annealing techniques to predict densest packings, candidate (crystal) structures and to determine the (non)-equilibrium phase behavior of colloids, nanoparticles, liquid crystals, etc.