Annemarie Huijser

Research ambition

My research aims to understand and actively steer the photophysical and photocatalytic processes that drive solar energy conversion by tuning the static and dynamic nanostructures of materials, with the goal of establishing design principles for next-generation solar energy materials. I am particularly interested in correlated structural–electron dynamics, both within materials and at active surfaces and interfaces. My team employs complementary ultrafast spectroscopic methods to visualize individual processes in real time, including femtosecond transient absorption and time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy. We perform these studies under in situ conditions—an approach that remains rare globally—and have observed that the environment plays a major role in the photodynamics that underpin the performance.

Education

Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Delft University of Technology, 2008. 

M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2004.

Grants and Awards

2023: NWO ENW M2 Open Competition grant, with Dr. Andrea Baldi (VU Amsterdam) (k€700)

2022: NWO Wind and Solar Energy grant, with Dr. Rebecca Saive (University of Twente) (M€1.2)

2021: NWO ENW M1 Open Competition grant (k€310)

2020: NWO Open Technology Program grant, with Prof. André ten Elshof (University of Twente) (k€580)

2018: TOP grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), offering outstanding researchers the opportunity to strengthen or renew challenging and innovative lines of research, with Prof. Huub De Groot (Leiden) and Dr. Tomas Jansen (Groningen) (k€820)

2004: Award for best M.Sc. student Chemical Engineering Delft University of Technology (out of ca. 50 students), the Netherlands

2004: Cum laude award (top 5 %) for M.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands