Dr Costas Nikiforidis
Associate Professor
Team Leader Biobased Soft Matter
Dr Imogen Morris
Technician/Researcher
Repurposing lipid droplets extracted from seeds into nanocarriers for direct therapeutic delivery
Dr Ketan Ganar
Postdoc (TU/e, WUR)
Understanding the properties of Lipid Droplets (oleosomes) as lipid carriers and the mechanism of transferring them to cells
Dr Kerstin Risse
PostDoctoral Researcher
Investigating the effect of the phospholipid packing parameter on plant lipid droplet membrane on their stability and size
Dieke Groot Nibelink
PhD Candidate
Creating an optimised oil structuring process by direct dispersion of protein aggregates in oil
Gijs Konings
PhD Candidate
Filling the sensorial gap in current meat alternatives with accurate mimics of fat tissue
Roos Scheermeijer
PhD Candidate
Using plant-based proteins to structure liquid oils to develop healthier alternatives for solid fat
Manaswini Gowtham V.
PhD Candidate
Thin film dynamics of interfaces stabilized by proteins and lipids
Sybren Zondervan
PhD Candidate
Exploring the structuring potential of rapeseed proteins
Max Angermann
PhD Candidate
Understanding Milk Fat Globule properties and reverse engineering them using plant lipid droplets