Prof. Dr. Ir. Mark Huijben
Master's degree
University/College: University of Twente
Date: 28/02/2002
Main subject: Applied Physics
Doctorate degree
University: University of Twente
Date: 28/04/2006
Supervisors: Prof. dr. ing. D.H.A Blank & Prof. dr. ir. H. Hilgenkamp
Title of thesis: Interface engineering for oxide electronics: Tuning electronic properties by atomically controlled growth.
Work experience
Jan 2022 - present Full Professor ‘Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage”, Faculty of Science and Technology, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, The Netherlands. (link)
Feb 2018 - present Guest scientist, IEK-1 Electrochemical Storage Department, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany. (link)
June 2016 - Dec. 2021 Associate Professor (with ius promovendi) ‘Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage”, Faculty of Science and Technology, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, The Netherlands. (link)Sep. 2009 – Aug. 2014 Program director of the strategic research orientation ‘Nanomaterials for Energy’, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. (link)
Sep. 2009 – May 2013 Assistant professor in the Inorganic Materials Science group, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, The Netherlands.
Experimental research on exchange bias interactions in ferromagnet /multiferroic multilayers in the Inorganic Materials Science group of Prof. D.H.A. Blank, Faculty of Science and Technology.
Sep. 2006 - Jan. 2008 Postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, USAExperimental research on magnetic coupling at interfaces in multiferroic oxide heterostructures in the CONCEPT group of Prof. R. Ramesh, Physics Department, and research on energy conversion by oxide thermoelectrics in the group of Prof. A. Majumdar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
May 2006 - Aug. 2006 Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Twente, The NetherlandsExperimental research on conducting two-dimensional interfaces between insulating oxide materials in the Inorganic Materials Science group of Prof. D.H.A. Blank, Faculty of Science and Technology.
Mar. 2002 – Apr. 2006 PhD researcher at the University of Twente & FOM, The NetherlandsExperimental research on the tuning of electronic properties by atomically controlled growth of oxide materials in close collaboration between the Low Temperature division of Prof. H. Hilgenkamp and the Inorganic Materials Science group of Prof. D.H.A. Blank.
Sep. 2000 – Dec. 2000 Internship, Stanford University, USAInvestigation of the growth of superconducting materials on various templates at the Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials.
Prizes and awards
- VIDI laureate, Innovational Research Incentive Scheme, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, 2014.
- VENI laureate, Innovational Research Incentive Scheme, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, 2010.