Martin Bennink

Martin Bennink

Professor

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Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Applied Nanotechnology
Highest degree: Doctorate
Degree name: PhD
Area of expertise: Natural Sciences
Skills: Martin Bennink (1973) has studied Applied Physics and done his PhD in the field of single molecule biophysics at the University of Twente. After this he has worked for a number of years as a research program coordinator at the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, and later appointed as an assistant professor in Nanobiophysics, at the University of Twente.

In his current position, as professor (lector) Applied Nanotechnology at Saxion University of Applied Sciences, he is chairing a research group that is setting up application-driven, multidisciplinary research projects at the interface of nanotechnology and life sciences. These projects are in very close collaboration with industry, SMEs and other societal partners, aimed at different societal challenges, in health and wellbeing, security and environment. Current research lines are: (i) molecular sensing technologies, (ii) labon-a-chip / organ-on-a-chip, (iii) nanostructured surfaces and nanomaterials and (iv) societal embedding of nanotechnology.